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.

Help support breast cancer research and sponsor Neil at the Run for the Cure on October 6, 2024 HERE

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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.

CAHDS Website

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!

Enjoy the show!

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Cheryl is the owner of Vita K9 which is

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.

Cheryl Woods

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.

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A Systematic Review of the Biomechanical Effects of Harness and Head Collar Use in Dogs

Muddy Paw Canicross Race

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 [email protected]