Weight pulling
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Weight pulling is a dog sport involving a dog pulling a cart or sled loaded with weight a short distance across dirt/gravel, grass, carpet, or snow. It is a modern adaptation of freighting, in which dogs were used as freight animals to move cargo.
Weight pulling is a dog sport involving a dog pulling a cart or sled loaded with weight a short distance across dirt/gravel, grass, carpet, or snow. It is a modern adaptation of freighting, in which dogs were used as freight animals to move cargo. ==Controversy== Proponents of weight pull cite the improved fitness and wellbeing of the dogs, especially working breeds. Handlers often cite improved bond with their dog and that no force or baiting with food is used to convince the dogs to pull. The activity has been criticized as cruel or harmful by animal rights activists who cite that dogs are at risk of physical injury including muscle strains and tears, allegations of doping the dogs or abusing them during training and that the sport may be used by some to prepare dogs for dog fighting. ==See also== Championship (dog) ==References==
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