Kaja's journey into dog powered sports began on her initial 6 month visit to Canada. She wanted a true Great White North experience and landed a job as a handler for an Iditarod Musher. She was hooked. Kaja has ventured to try every dog harness sport you can think of and now shares her passion with friends and family.
Kaja is a leader when it comes to harness dog sports and is working tirelessly to get others involved by hosting classes and outings in the North Bay area of Ontario. She spent 12 years living in the North West Territories - prime mushing land!
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Neil has been a huge support for our events through volunteerism.
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Today I chat with Karen and Rylan- two great ambassadors for our beloved sport.
The Canadian Association of Harness Dog Sports
CAHDS exists to promote development, expansion, and participation in harness dog-powered sports in all its diverse aspects and to foster understanding and appreciation of the history and traditions of harness dogs.
Today Lizzie Hill from NACC joins us on the Canadian Canicross Sports Podcast. LIzzie and her colleagues Alexis and Jacqui are truly pioneers in developing and growing our beloved sport of Canicross not only in their home state of Georgia but as their name says - North America
Paula has a background in distance running and has recently entered the world of Canicross with her good boy Koda!
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Cheryl is the owner of Vita K9 which is dedicated to improving the bond between canine and human using creative activities and proven training solutions.
Cheryl has been Canicrossing for over 8 years. Having run with multiple canine teammates in that time, Cheryl has witnessed the profound benefits and bonding that occurs while running the trails with your dogs. Register for the Muddy Paw Canicross Race
Today we dive deeper into the previous episodes shocking findings regarding y shaped harness use in Canicross dogs (link below)
Should we be concerned that or harnesses are will contribute to physical ailments later in or dogs lives? Listen and feel free to read the article for yourself.
Want to share your thoughts?
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A Systematic Review of the Biomechanical Effects of Harness and Head Collar Use in Dogs
I was looking for research about risk factors for injuries of dogs and came across an article that left me stymied! While I feel we have just scratched the surface of this topic, we will be digging deeper in future episodes.
I also cover an article from VCA Canada called Running with Your Dog.
If you're looking to get some running advice or have a training plan built for you and your dog contact Coach Alex Maycock at alexmaycock@aol.com
Sue Joy is our guest on episode two. Sue is a dog enthusiast and has been running canicross since before canicross was cool. Our chat includes considerations for running with your dogs in the winter months.
On this the very first episode of the Canadian Canicross Sports Podcast, Shawn talks about the how and why Canadian Canicross Sports came into existence. With the Snowy Paw Canicross race set to take place on January 13th Shawn talks about the current and projected trail conditions on race day and he touches on the topics of Canicross gear and what the "must haves" are if you are looking to start this amazing human and canine sport!
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