Dog Carting DIY or buy?(Please answer??)?

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Dog Carting DIY or buy?(Please answer??)?

Answer 1

There are MANY people who cart with Rottweilers and other carting breeds (including my own Bernese). In my opinion it is CRUELTY to NOT work a working dog breed whether that form of work is herding, hauling or hunting.



Here's a couple of plans: http://www.make-and-build-dog-stuff.com/dog-carting.html

http://www.sonic.net/~cdlcruz/carting/pvccart.htm

http://www.wilczekwoodworks.com/wagons.php





I'm trying to find the plan for the cart being made for me out of a garden cart.



You should also google "dog sulky" -- I saw a Rott up in Canada doing this and he was AMAZING!

http://images.google.com/images?q=Dog+Sulky&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=NF-MS_nlG4f8sQOe3cm8Aw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CCcQsAQwAw I SOoooooo want to do this with a pair of Bernese!



Papaw - relegating dogs to couch potato status simply because society as a whole has become a bunch of bunnyhuggers is wrong.



Saying someone is an "abuser" because they want to work with their dog is wrong and short sighted.

Answer 2

As Pawpaw has indicated, just because you have the badge doesn't mean you actually KNOW anything.



MANY breeds including rotties are used for carting and there are a few goods sites out there. Good for you for wanting more than a couch potato dog.



Hell the Rott BREED CLUB even encourages carting Pawpaw and I think they would know better than you



Here are some links

http://www.rott-n-chatter.com/newsletter/index-s.html#Work

http://www.amrottclub.org/carting.htm

http://www.cartingwithyourdog.com/

http://users.erols.com/gr8rswis/IntroCarting.htm

http://www.make-and-build-dog-stuff.com/dog-carting.html



Good luck and have fun.

Answer 3

Animal Artwork gave you some excellent links. For the person that said it was abuse please read up on Rotts before you spew crap.

Answer 4

Well I think you have gotten enough links of information, and anything I put would likely just be a repeat. I do want to add that this is a great way of using you're dogs working abilities. I have thought of doing a couple of my bulldogs in carting, just for fun really, I have a couple males would could hold the weight, of course it will be smaller just because they are smaller.



Papaw that is absolutely ridiculous, but then again you never make any sense at all. So I shouldn't work my dogs in the field just because they were bred for show? They should just become couch potatoes and not use their brains I guess. Yeah the day that happens is the day hell freezes over.



So it is cruel for me to want to do carting with my bullies? And cruel for the asker to want to do carting with his rottweiler? Who the hell made you the know it all? It is not cruel at all, and it is encouraged in many clubs. While yes bulldogs would not be the traditional carting dogs doesn't mean they can't do it. Get over yourself.

Answer 5

You can probably get ideas from these sites & modify it to suit your needs.

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=how%20to%20make%20dog%20cart





These sites are about weight pulling .

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=dog%20pulling

Answer 6

I have gotten great equipment from "Dogworks" they are on the internet.



Check out Carting-L, I used to be on a couple of years back.



Also check out any newfoundland carting events (look at the Newfoundland club of america site for tests and regional clubs that may have events).



Draft is fun for people and dogs! working with your dog builds a great relationship. I've done draft for years and have achieved many DD and TDD titles. No better way to spend an afternoon that out doing draft with your dog (well maybe doing water rescue too...)



Take a look at happy draft dogs:

http://www.ncanewfs.org/working/draft/

Answer 7

I had a chocolate labrador that literally wouldn't shut up. Since I found http://OnlineDogTraining.enle.info/?YN36



She was 4 years old, we had our son and her barking was keeping him up at night. So my grandfather told me take a soda can put some change in it and tape the lid shut (I used duct-tape). Every time she barked I would shake the can and say quiet in a stearn voice. The sound startled her into stop barking then she heard my command. It took about a week and she stopped. You must not allow the dog to bark at all though. If you do then they will do it when they are not supposed to ie, when your not home. As far as for when your not home, I think the only none electrical, spray thing I can think of is a soft mussel. They can drink with the soft mussel on and it doesn't hurt them, they just can't bark or bite. From what I understand it is very hard to get a dog to stop barking at an advanced age. You are trying to stop something that is ingrained in them to do. Now a few questions for you, are the dogs being crate trained? If they are crated trying put a light blanket over the crate, to limit the stimuli around them. Do they have access to windows? What is the reason they are barking? Maybe it is something in there surroundings causing them to bark. Maybe people talking, people walking by, animals outside. If this is the case then maybe try limiting there access to this stimuli. Maybe crating them in a secluded area of the house to limit stimuli. Make it so they cannot see out the window any more. If it is seperation anxiety, take an old t-shirt sleep in for a night and then put it in the dogs crate with him. It will smell like you and help the dog feel more at ease. I did this when I went away to the hospital to have our son. It helped Kaylea alot.These are all thing my grandfather suggested to me for my dog. I tried them all but the crate training as I don't really believe in it. Reducing the stimuli greatly reduced her barking. The only thing that stopped it was the "noise can" I called it

Answer 8

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Answer 10

Others have given great links to some plans, etc.



My only question would be: Have you actually put a pulling harness on your dog yet?



It really might be a good idea to get a good harness and hook it up to an old tire or whatever you might have available and see how your dog likes pulling before you go spend a whole bunch of money on a cart. There is LOTS of training you can be doing before you rush off and make anything special. (years ago I had a neighbor who competed in Weight Pulls with his Rottie, and he spent lots of time training just by walking down the street with weight on the harness)



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Answer 11

I see you're another 'dog abuser' through sheer ignorance. The dogs weren't bred that way for sport, they were bred that way to be working dogs at a time in history when it was considered very needful to have a strong, working dog like that. Only sled dogs are used that way now!



Papaw

Answer 12

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Dog Carting DIY or buy?(Please answer??)?

Hey y'all, I want to start working my Rottweiler. He's so eager and loves to learn new things, so I read up about dog carting and it sounds great! Is the any way I can make one at home? I want the kind that a person can sit in, preferably holding up to 100-150 lbs (so he can pull people,...

Answer 13

My dogs knows my sons name. I ask her to find Oskar and she runs to him. It's probably because he's only a toddler and I'm constantly saying his name, and were at home most of the day so she's hearing me call his name a lot :)

Answer 14

If your Rottweiler wants to pull you around in a cart, it will make one.