DPSAY Dog Sports Symposium

An all day extravaganza on Sunday Sept 13th at the Mt Mac Centre. From 8.30 am - 5pm

Food Concession (let's get the important things sorted first!) with Arctic Charr Chowder and thick nourishing tomato/vegetable soup with fresh baked bread; cookies, bottled water, coffee and dessert squares all supplied and prepared by the Chocolate Claim, with certain ingredients supplied by Icy Waters Ltd, and Sky High Wilderness Ranch - worth going just to fill up on the soups! But that's not all -

Various dog-related businesses will on hand to display their wares throughout the day, and there are four information sessions -

Veterinarian John Overell will be detailng how to keep your dog(s) hale and hearty throughout the year.

Agility/Obedience - how to get your dog to do what you want, and actually want to do what you want!

Dog Sports on the fringe - local Skijorer Darryl Sheepway on ....Skijoring; local Environmental Analyst Dave Desmarais on...Freight Pull (gotcha!), or how to get your dog, any dog, to pull a huge load, and win you lots of dogfood, without you having to lift much more than a finger! and Jon Lucas, on why he wears body armour, or how to have fun with two wheels and any dog that thinks it might possibly like to run - officially though - Dryland Running.

and Finally - the Long/Mid Distance Question and Answer panel - local and somewhat famous mushers are going to form a panel, ready to be peppered with your questions, with CHT/Hot Hounds Race Marshall Gene Ennis as Moderator - "Everything you wanted to know about running a team of dogs a long way into the back end of nowhere and back (hopefully) in brutal temperatures, but were afraid to ask"

See you at the Mt Mac Centre on Sunday Aug 13th for a fun, tasty, and informative day! PLease see official schedule below:

Dog-Powered Sports Symposium 2009 – Schedule and Speakers

Date: Sunday, September 13th; Location: Grey Mountain Room – Mt MacIntyre

Doors open at 8:30 am

Free Exposition all day

Sessions:

1) 9:30 am - 11 am

Nutrition for working dogs, Common diseases

Veterinarian John Overell

2) 11:15 am - 12:45 pm

Pet & Sport Dog Training

    Lisa Barnard - Agility

Leslie Jonassie - Cart pulling , breeding and conformation

Cheri Vandelst - Therapy Dog and the Lyrical Hounds Dog Club

Erika Rozsa-Atkinson (Canin es & Company) - pet training

3) 1:30 - 3:00 pm

Skijor, Freight Pull & Dryland

Jonathan Lucas, Dave Desmarais, Darryl Sheepway

4) 3:15 - 4:45 pm

Distance Musher Q & A Panel

Hans Gatt

Gerry Willowmitzer

William Kleedehn,

Sebastian Schnuelle

Kiara Adams