Now that Oscar has received his excellent OFA rating, it was time to experiment with some working dog activities. Only a half hour away, in Rockland County, there was a GSMD weight pull organized by a local swissy club, SCONE. With some encouragement, Oscar was able to pull more than ten times his body weight in a practice setting. Oscar is easily capable of pulling that much plus additional weight, but I have to get him used to the actual process, as he never done it before.

Oscar The Grouch Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Does Swissy Weight PullingOscar The Grouch swissy relaxes in between weight pulling sessions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
For a video of Oscar doing the weight pull:


Thank you to Nicole Kerrigan for organizing the event and Laurie Carmody & Kelly Nevin for working with Oscar.