Training a dog to pull?

i googled and found many sites selling harnesses. here is a link to one...
http://alpineoutfitters.net/Secure/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=16

i know nothing about the store, just turned up in a search.[]

this might be a good place to start looking for info...
http://www.sleddogcentral.com/beginners/welcome.htm#top

good luck! []

Check out www.scooterdog.com. They have information on scootering and carting with a sulky. Even if you don't want to scooter, they have a section on training. You also might want to join a yahoo group for support and answers for all your questions. You'll probably get better answers (and more of them) than here, since there are more people who have pulling dogs.

Talus, our husky mix loves to pull. We first bought a skijoring/dogsled harness then had the good fortune to chat with a friend who competitively races dogsleds. here is what she told us to do to get started:
1. Put the harness on, which sounds basic, but needs to be done so the dog is later excited to wear it. Use a calm relaxed demeanor.
2. Attach a bungy type lead to the clip in point on the rear of the harness.
3. with an assistant, have one person lightly hold the stretchy cord, the other sits in front of the dog with a treat held so the dog needs to lean forward to get it, go ahead and give the treat.
4. continue with this, giving the treat only when the dog is actually pullying against the cord. You can use the the dogsledding term/command "hike" during this training, or the command "get up" which some sledders use to start the pull.
5. Start to move away from the dog, still with your assistant holding the cord to provide resistance. Eventually you can "walk" the dog while they pull towards the treat provider. Eventually you remove the treat, strap on a cart or skis or hop on your bike or rollerblades and gor for a ride.

Other good commands to teach are right or "gee" and left "Haw" and some sort of slow down and stop command. We use "whoa" like with a horse.

Once you get one dog to do it, it is easy to get others to jump in. We now have both our dogs pull us on skis, and they have a blast (so do we!)

Good luck!

lot of people start out by having the dog pull a "drag" item while they walk the dog and teach the directionals/speed commands. We just harnessed the dog, had one person hop on a skateboard and hold onto the tow rope, and had someone else go running off ahead with the other dogs. The harnessed dog happily gave chase. And that was it.

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This looks like a good starter too.
And this has a ton of info:
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