Interested in Weight Pulling

[PitbullLover]

I have a 20 month old male that I was interested in pulling. I take him for long walks, play tug-a-war, and play catch with him daily for exercise. However I was thinking about adding weight pulling for added training and exercise. I have read up a little on it and know that you shouldn't start training until the dog is
1 1/2 to 2 years old. Does anyone have any added info I can use or have any personal experiences on weight pulling? How do I get started? I am in Northern Indiana and don't know if they have competitions up here for weight pulling or not. If not I may still do it just for the exercise. Any information will be appreciated! Thanks!

[planterspeanut]

You should be fine starting you dog at that age. My pup is 8 months and I already have him drag pulling between 30 (long pulls) to 60 (short pulls). The first thing is to get you a good weight harness. Let him get adapted to having the harness on the add a milk jug with rocks on a 10 ft rope behind him, just to get him use to the noise...Then if all goes well, SLOWLY add a little weight behind him..

[PitbullLover]

Thanks for the help. They posted an article on here about weight pulling and I just picked up a few books.

[Thor]

I have a 6 month old that is going through training and he starts by doing lite days and the i switch to heavy days two days off but he walks everyday.
Get your k-9 on a schedule and put yourself on it. If you want your dog to be the best you need to give him or her 100% and patients

[rocksteady]

MAke sure you take your dog in for a complete physical before starting any type of pulling, training for etc. You want to make sure your dog is healthy before starting.

[game_test]

6 months is way too young to be training a dog. do you think it would have been wise to make you lift weights when you were about 4-5 years old?

[Thor]

I never said anything about pulling weight my male pit is conditioning for that but he wont pull weight til he's 1yrs old his lite days are treadmill 2.5-4.0 incline
20 min Heavy 5.0-7.0 for 30 min. stairs @ the college.6 months is way too young to be training a dog. do you think it would have been wise to make you lift weights when you were about 4-5 years old?

[game_test]

Ok Thats A Little Different Lol, Thought You Were Pulling With Him, Heavy Workout Didnt Sound Good For Such A Young Pup.....