LifE in a Working Weight Pull Yard
As I sit out on the deck overlooking a yard full of kennels and thinking about how just today, I just spent half a grand and put in twelve manhours just because I saw a flea on one of the dogs. I ask myself; is it worth all the time, money, and moreover the heartache that come when you lose one you’ ve grown more attached to than you probably should have? Regardless of how I answer myself, I just keep moving forward as if driven by some unknown force. Maybe it’ s a sense of pride or purpose that drives me. Or maybe, just maybe, it’ s their drive and purpose I’ m feeding off of, something I need to assure my sanity. With my wife Angela, son Carl and my brother Robert, we are all working as a single unit. It’ s a source of family bonding to which there’ s no equal; bringing together the best in them and in us.
There have been many noteworthy accomplishments; so many it would seem boastful to name them all in one setting. I could spend all day singling out just one of these dogs and talking
Burton’ s“ ACE” TUG OR NOT * 4x Nationals Champion
number jumps to 38 placements.
We got into the sport of weight pull as a way to test our dogs, to see just what they’ re made of. Bringing a dog to it’ s limit and comparing them to the other top dogs out there has a way of letting one know about your dogs character you would never have known otherwise. I believe in the more information you can collect about your dogs, the better your decisions will be when it comes to making choices in your own program.
To anyone who’ s thinking about getting into the sport of canine weight pulling at a high competitive level; my advice would be this:
• The want to train first and foremost.
Most successful pullers out there will say they enjoy training more than competing. I feel the same; without a doubt.
Burton’ s ISIS P. O. E.
about what it has done on and off the track.
What I can say in a short summary, concerning the ADBA, is we have one dog titled ADBA Producer of Excellence( P. O. E.) and 8 other standing dogs that have earned at least the ADBA title of ACE, and placing 11 times at numerous ADBA Nationals. If you add the other placements in all in other weight pulling organizations the
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Burton’ s“ ACE” NIGHTSHADE * 2x Nationals Champion