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Diesel

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Barked: Tue Dec 6, '05 7:03am PST 
any weight pull doggies out there to answere questions?
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Dusty Dawg- 12/28/98-01/- 09/13

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Barked: Tue Dec 6, '05 11:53am PST 
My Dad and I can try to help you out the best we can.
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Diesel

if i want it,- it's mine		 
 
Barked: Tue Dec 6, '05 12:12pm PST 
thanks Dusty and Dusty's Dad! mommy thinks i'll have lots of fun and i already have Really strong shoulders. sometimes if i want to be picked up, mind you i'm around 35 lbs, i'll stand up on my back legs and mommy'll hold my front paws and i'll pull myself up. the first question i have is...should i start his training now or wait till he's older (he's just a year old this past Nov.)?
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Dusty Dawg- 12/28/98-01/- 09/13

Yeah for- Summer!!!		 
 
Barked: Tue Dec 6, '05 1:58pm PST 
My Dad started training me when I was already almost 4, but that was because we moved to an area that weight pull is a common sport.

He started training my sister Java and new little nephew Flash at somewhere between 8 and 10 weeks. The first thing he did was bought a harness that was small enough for them and let them run around in it playing and everything so they would be comfortable in the harness.

Then after about 2 weeks, he bought the needed supplies for training:
1. 12 feet of 1/4 inch chain
2. window weights in increments of 2 1/2, 5, 7, 10, and 1 20lbs.

You would be looking at a start up cost of somewhere around $200 or so for the harness and supplies needed.
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Diesel

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Barked: Tue Dec 6, '05 2:05pm PST 
awsome. i've been looking at some of the harnesses that people make. were did you get yours? it can be confusing about where to buy what and when wich is why i haven't started him yet.
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Dusty Dawg- 12/28/98-01/- 09/13

Yeah for- Summer!!!		 
 
Barked: Tue Dec 6, '05 2:33pm PST 
HEre is the website for the guy I buy my harenesses from.. he is a good friend of mine named Joe Fiebig:

www.blackjacksleather.com

Give him a call and tell him Chad from Milwaukee referred you to him. And, no.. I don't get anything for it.. just a thanks from him for the business...BOL
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Diesel

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Barked: Tue Dec 6, '05 2:39pm PST 
thanks again. not many other dogs on here do weight pull and didn't really have any answeres to my questions and there aren't any clubs around where i live to help either.
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