Weight Pull
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Weight-pull competitions are becoming more popular again now also. This is where a dog is required to pull either a sled or a wheeled trolley over a set distance, with increasing amounts of weight being added. This event requires the dogs to be wearing a properly fitted freighting or weight pull harness.
This is a much more popular event in the US where weight pull titles are offered along side working pack dog, working team dog and lead dog titles. Events now being organised in the UK are enabling dogs to gain their Alaskan Malamute Club Of America Working Weight Pull Dog Certification (WWPD). This requires a dog to pull more than 12 times it's own bodyweight (when on a man made surface) in 4 separate events run under strict rules . The first four UK Malamutes gained this certificate in April 2008 and included our very own Chena and Sika along with Chena's Mum Cassey and Uncle Kodi.
There is also a more challenging level of certification, the Excellent, in all of the working dog disciplines which requires a much greater level of ability from the dogs. In order to gain a Working Weight Pull Dog Excellent Certificate (WWPDX) a dog must pull either 23, 21 or 19 times it's body weight, depending on the weight of the dog. They must also be finishing in the top 3rd of their class and there must be no more than 75% of the other dogs competing, pulling the same weight. Chena has been living up to her pedigree and was the first in the UK to earn her Excellent Certificate (WWPDX).
This is a much more popular event in the US where weight pull titles are offered along side working pack dog, working team dog and lead dog titles. Events now being organised in the UK are enabling dogs to gain their Alaskan Malamute Club Of America Working Weight Pull Dog Certification (WWPD). This requires a dog to pull more than 12 times it's own bodyweight (when on a man made surface) in 4 separate events run under strict rules . The first four UK Malamutes gained this certificate in April 2008 and included our very own Chena and Sika along with Chena's Mum Cassey and Uncle Kodi.
There is also a more challenging level of certification, the Excellent, in all of the working dog disciplines which requires a much greater level of ability from the dogs. In order to gain a Working Weight Pull Dog Excellent Certificate (WWPDX) a dog must pull either 23, 21 or 19 times it's body weight, depending on the weight of the dog. They must also be finishing in the top 3rd of their class and there must be no more than 75% of the other dogs competing, pulling the same weight. Chena has been living up to her pedigree and was the first in the UK to earn her Excellent Certificate (WWPDX).
