The Bernese Mountain Dog Club of Southeastern Wisconsin is pleased to offer 2 Instructional DVD’s
‘Training your Draft Dog’ & ‘Showing your Draft Dog’
Are you interested in carting with your Berner? Not quite sure how to get started. Let 2 BMDCA Draft Judges, 7 handlers and 15 Berners provide you with an in depth, visual explanation of drafting equipment and instructions that will help you teach your Berner how to pull a cart.
‘ Training your Draft Dog ’ Overview of DVD contents
Learn about:
Selection and use of Drafting Equipment: Harnesses & Carts
How to safely begin draft training with a Berner puppy; and how to train the young adult.
Learn how to train your Berner to:
Pull a cart in a straight line;
Make turns;
Back up;
Go through a gate, ‘Narrows’;
Adjust speed;
The stay command,
Freight hauling
After you've trained your Berner to cart, you may want to enter your dog in a BMDCA Draft Test.
The Bernese Mountain Dog Club of America Draft Tests are a series of exercises designed to develop and demonstrate the natural abilities of purebred Bernese Mountain Dogs in a working capacity involving hauling. BMDCA draft title certificates include: Novice Draft (NDD), Open Draft (DD), Brace Novice Draft (BNDD) and Brace Open Draft (BDD).
‘ Showing your Draft Dog ’ Overview of DVD contents
In this DVD, volunteer members of the BMDCSEW take 8 mock Draft Tests. You‘ll see some ‘Draft Test Exercises’ done well; and you‘ll see some examples of performance errors. After the mock draft tests, you‘ll be presented with training tips which will help you to understand how to perfect and improve performance in specific draft test exercises. You‘ll also see an example of a good draft test performance – exemplifying teamwork; efficiency and the willingness of the dog to work.
If you have general questions about the BMDCSEW‘s Drafting DVD‘s, please contact Peggy Granger.
For technical assistance with the BMDCSEW‘s Drafting DVD‘s, please contact Barb Waltenberry Phone: 888-253-8393.
To order the BMDCSEW‘s Drafting DVD‘s, please use the ORDER FORM.
Cost: $25.00 each. $5.00 discount for the set.
For the location and dates of BMDCA and Regional Club Draft Tests, please see the Draft test calendar.