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Carting

By far the most popular working activity for Bernese Mountain Dogs is carting or drafting. The following is adapted from Terri Zimmerman regular posting to the carting mailing list: Carting-L. You may subscribe to this list: by going to http://www.onelist.com. Click on "find a list" and follow the directions from there.

Carting
Herding
Draft Regulations
Working Dog Awards
Versatility Award

Books/Video available on Draft/Carting

Intro to Carting video with Beth Ostrander (purchase from Dog Works)
Newfoundland Draft Work 2nd ed. (Consie Powell)
Draft Equipment Guide (published by the Newfoundland Club of America)
Linda Franklin's Notebook on Cart Training
Linda Franklin, 44W431 Rt 64, Maple Park, IL 60151-8552
708-365-9194
Cart Training Manual--A manual designed to aid you to teach your dog to pull a cart. $10.00 + $3.70 S&H to: von Russ Giants, 123 Yeager Ave Forty Fort, PA 18704-4031 717-288-0735/ dogman@juno.com

Useful Websites

A fun and interesting site containing Jan Cooper’s old carting photos

http://www.rott-n-chatter.com/oldcarting.html

Some Vendors of Books and Equipment for Draft, Working Dogs, and Others All sorts of details can be obtained from these vendors. Many also have websites of their own. Most have catalogs that they will mail to you.

Brown's Cart and Harness Company, k9carts@home.com (Ontario, Canada)
Direct Book Service dgctbook@cascade.net (Wenatchee, Washington)
Dog Works Inc., dogworks@cyberia.com (Stewartstown, Pennsylvania)
Graham Carriage Works, carriage@pacifier.com (Portland, Oregon)
Jalynn Kennels, 705-435-3317 (Ontario, Canada)
K-9 Sulkys, k-9sulkys@rott-n-chatter.com (Anaheim, California)
Miniature Wagons, 401-596-7507 (Westerly, Rhode Island)
Moonlight Mountain Kennel & Supply, moonlight@cl-sys.com (South End, Indiana)
New England Draft Adventures, StarNewf@aol.com (Northfield, Massachusetts)
Nordkyn Outfitters, nordkyn@nordkyn.com (Graham, Washington)
Sacco Carts, Sue Meinzinger, gooddogs@cnw.com (Guemes Island, Washington)

Websites for Draft Regulations, Working Dogs, and Others

Bernese Mt. Dog Draft Regulations http://www.bmd.org/working/draftreg.html
Greater Swiss Mt. Dog Draft Regulations http://www.gsmdca.org/draft_page.htm
Newfoundland Draft work http://kendaco.telebyte.com/~marylouz/draft.html
Working Saint Bernards http://www.akc.org/clubs/saints/work.dog.htm#draft
North America Working Bouvier Association http://www.atlantic.net/~msadler/NAWBA.html
Draft regulations for Rotties http://www.rott-n-chatter.com/cartingregs/

Here are two sites that offer not only carts but also cart plans: