Back in Stride & Southern Sask Weight Pull

11/12/2025

Over the barn tonight ❤️

11/11/2025

Lest we forget

10/29/2025

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10/29/2025

As lush green grass withers to crispy brown threads in the fall, it may seem like the risk of laminitis is low for the horses grazing in their pastures. Colder weather brings the risk of fall laminitis — especially for obese horses and those with a history of laminitis, metabolic syndrome or PPID (pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction).
When nighttime temperatures drop below 5 C, the grass enters a miniature hibernation state overnight where it stores the sugar it created during the day rather than using the sugar to grow. The next day, the grass contains sugar levels that are higher than normal, which can trigger laminitis in your horse.
The day after a hard frost is particularly risky because the sugar levels in the grass will be even higher due to the additional sugar that grass produces when it’s stressed.
What can horse owners do to prevent a surprise spell of fall laminitis?
• Call your veterinarian if your horse exhibits any signs of laminitis such as being reluctant to move, attempting to shift their weight off affected feet, or a pronounced digital pulse in the fetlock area.
• Limit fall pasture time for horses that are predisposed to laminitis.
• Remove horses from pasture when the overnight temperature is below 5 C
• After a cold night, keep horses off pasture for several days to allow the sugar levels in the grass to return to normal.
📷 Christina Weese.

10/13/2025

The challenges of canine fitness. Many handlers can tell anyone their dog’s fastest run, highest jump, or best performance, yet getting to that next level often feels out of reach. They start to wonder if it’s even possible.

But what if that’s not the full story? What if your dog is capable of more than you realize?

Every dog sport and working activity has its own demands. High-intensity, short-duration sports like bitework, agility, lure coursing, and dock diving lean heavily on fast-twitch muscle fibers. Endurance-based work, such as tracking, mushing, herding, or sustained patrol or detection work, rely more on those slow-twitch muscles and endurance.

So naturally, we spend the bulk of our training time preparing for activities and exercises that are specific to our dog's sport or job.

And that’s good! It helps the body adapt to perform that work better.

But here’s the catch: it’s not just about doing more of the same.

To truly get the most out of our dogs, to build the kind of athlete that can give 100% when it matters most, we have to train both what they do and what they lack.

Because if you only condition one system, sprint or endurance, you build imbalance.

Fast sprinting dogs can lack endurance and struggle during recovery.

Endurance dogs can lose explosiveness, power, and speed.

And when these imbalances grow, performance suffers… and the risk of injury rises.

The real challenge (and opportunity!) lies in knowing how to balance it all: understanding your sport or job’s primary demands, identifying what’s being neglected, and designing a conditioning plan that fills in the gaps.

That’s where the magic happens... when you build a dog that’s healthy, powerful, and balanced. Because your dog's body is remarkably adaptive, it will respond exactly to how you train it. And that’s both the incredible part... and the dangerous part.

With the right program, you can shape your dog’s physiology for lasting success. With the wrong one, you can unintentionally train them away from the performance you want.

The exciting part? You have the power to shape that outcome.

10/13/2025

Happy Thanksgiving!

09/16/2025

Tonic! A true testament that even with a disability, like being blind, one can still do weight pull and have fun❤️

09/16/2025

This past weekend was the final APA competition of the season for SSWP.

The sportsmanship award was handed to Manda Poluck. She plays a big roll behind the scenes for this group. But she also cheers on everyone when she comes down, gives tips and pointers to help people out with their dogs.

Another award was made up last minute by myself for most improved dog of season and that went to Chunkford who is owned by Roann Murray. He gives everything to Roann when he steps on that track and he truly does love the sport.

For the MWP 70 and under over the whole season went to Neeva owned by Jess Nelson pulling a total of 17,996 lbs.
2nd Chunkford 11,224
3rd Aloy 8,562
4th Hide 7,190
5th Eleanor 5,248
6th Shay 3,846
7th Teddi 3,238
8th Tonic 1,956
9th Koda 1,484

For the MWP 71 and up over the whole season went to Thor owned by myself pulling a total of 18,906 lbs.
2nd Haven 18,686
3rd Odin 13,660
4th Xena 8,172
5th Draken 7,332

Thank you to everyone who came out to the competitions this year! See you all in 2026

09/01/2025

Where did summer go? Not going to lie this time of year the flies drive my animals and my self nuts that I do look forward to the “F” word meaning Frost.

Sept 13-14 is the last APA weight pull competition being hosted here for the 2025 year. See you all there!

08/31/2025

08/31/2025

Come to me for this amazing product! It really does work ❤️