COMPETITION PAGE
This page will contain text describing the dog competitions members have entered, and the
results. While the Greene Valley Dog Drivers welcomes everyone
regardless of interest in competition, we encourage anyone interested
in competing in a dog sport to get involved. Pictures can be seen off a link on the Events page.
2007 - 2008 Season:
IWPA link: http://www.iwpa.net/
Carey and Annette:
Labor day weekend 2007 Carey took Czar to an IWPA sanctioned weight pull and Czar pulled 2170 lbs!
Four Lakes Pull - Feb 9/10, Four Lakes Ski Lodge, Lisle, Illinois Results Are In Click Here
2006-2007 Season:
Carey and Annette:
We entered several mushing competitions, hosted a weight pull, and
entered Czar in the weight pull national competition.
Here is a video about IWPA nationals.
CZAR WINS SILVER MEDAL AT IWPA CHAMPIONSHIPS
CZAR WAS INVITED TO TRAVELED TO GREELEY LAST WEEK AND COMPETED AGAINST THE
BEST THAT THE INTERNATIONAL WEIGHT PULL ASSOCIATION HAD TO OFFER.. HE BEAT OUT
OTHER GOLD MEDALISTS FROM PAST YEARS AND HAD TO SETTLE FOR SECOND PLACE AMONGST
THE BIG BAD BULLY BREEDS.
IN THE PAST WHEN I CALLED HIM TO THE FINISH LINE HE WOULD JUST YELP BACK AT
ME WHEN HE THOUGHT HE COULD NOT PULL THE WEIGHTS. NOW HE IS DRIVEN AND BANGS
AWAY T HIS HARNESS FOR THE ENTIRE 60 SECONDS UNLESS I ASK HIM TO STOP AND REST A
SECOND OR TWO JUST TO GET HIS STRENGTH. THEN HE BANGS AWAY AGAIN LIKE HE WILL
NEVER GIVE UP. HE ALSO HAD TO COMPETE IN VERY NON-HUSKY ENVIRONMENT. 18 HOUR
RIDE TO GREELEY, WHICH IS ABOUT 6000' ALTITUDE, 70 DEGREE SUNNY DAY ON A OUTSIDE
TRACK BUILT ON A BASEBALL DIAMOND, WIND GUSTS OF ABOUT 20 TO 30 MPH BLOWING SAND
INTO THE AIR AND ONTO THE TRACK. IT WAS A VERY PROUD DAY FOR HIS HANDLER.
ANNETTE AND I WERE IN TEARS OF JOY TO SEE HIM MEDAL FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
YOU COULD SEE THE JOY WAS ON CZARS FACE AS WELL.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND INTEREST.
WE HAVE ONE MORE BIT OF GOOD NEWS.
THE DOWNERS GROVE ICE ARENA IS GOING TO HELP ME BUILD AN OUTDOOR TRACK TO
PRACTICE ON RIGHT OUTSIDE THEIR BACK DOOR. SO NOW WE ALL CAN BENEFIT FROM CZAR'S
SUCCESS AND BEGIN WEIGHT TRAINING THIS SUMMER FOR NEXT YEAR'S COMPETITION. I WILL
LET YOU ALL KNOW WHEN WE CAN START.
CZARS BIO
Czar is a healthy 7 year old male husky. His dad , Kodiak, helps him stay
in shape by running along side of him in wheel position on a sled and cart team.
Czar loves to weight train on the slopes of Four Lakes Ski and Snowboard Area.
It's nothing for him to pull 500 lbs. up the ski hill that sponsors him. Czar's
love of snow and cold weather gives him the edge he needs to compete against
younger dogs that come and. try to beat him on his own track. Czar also has a
new style this year. Driving him seems to give him an easier expression on his
face. He can come back and talk to me if he needs a little more than a HIKE,
HIKE, HIKE, GEE, or HAW. I have been blessed with the one buddy that never runs
out of love.