Our Upcomming Pulls

I just wanted to give everyone a heads up on some upcomming UKC pulls that we have planned:

July 18 & 19 Wheels in Port Clinton, PA


August 8 & 9 Rails in Windber, PA.
This is one of the top tracks on the East coast in any registry. We have safely/easily seen near 10,000 lbs roll down it in prior events. We're going to have around 12,000 lbs on hand incase a few top pullers want to come in and set the new UKC record.

September 3, 4, 5 Wheels in Punxsutawney, PA.
Friday night conformation event hosted by us as well. Total dog offered all weekend in conjunction with AK-9's. We're also going to be offering a hands on clinic after the pull on Saturday for anyone who wishes to come and learn more.

October 31 & November 1 Wheels in Port Clinton, PA.

For more information, please look to our webpage at http://www.geocities.com/prideandprejudiceapbta or email me at ppapbta@aol.com . If anyone wishes to join this club, please visit the web page and print out the application. We are always looking for new members who wish to assist us in getting this club more active.

Just what is the UKC all-breed MWP record anyway?

Also, Sep 3rd-5th is a Thurs-Sat... I'm guessing you meant Sep 4th-6th?

Well I thought about doing the July one because I seen that on the sight, I would perfer rails what the address for the rail pull in August so I can see how far?? I wish I could to them all.
time to start playing the lotto

Yeah I got the dates mixed up on the Sept one. Fri-Sun.

August on Rails is located at the Windber Stadium off of Rte 56 located in Windber, PA. Took me around 5 hrs to get to Michigan in Feb. The one in July & October is out in Eastern PA, for me it's about 3 hrs from my house.

The record for UKC on rails is 10,560 lbs.

we might try to do both

Hotel Information:

July in Port Clinton, PA:
Dutch Motel 1-866-488-1479 (I-78 Exit 23) http://www.dutchmotel.com
The Dutch is a no name place, but last year I stayed there and was clean. Though beware of the flat wafer thing the Indian woman had me try on Sunday.

Microtel 1-800-771-7171 (I-78 Exit 29) http://www.microtelinn.com
Directly next to Cabelas. A little on the pricier side, but very clean and new.

August in Windber, PA:
Super 8 Johnstown (814) 535-5600 I have a block of 10 rooms there under the club name. The rate is $64.95 + $7 Pet Room Fee.

Richland Inn (814) 269-3366 Room rate is around $40. It's an old rundown place. The rooms that I saw did appear to be clean. It's mainly where contractors stay when their in town doing work.
There is also Comfort Inn, Sleep Inn, Holiday Inn Express that all allow dogs as well.

September in Punxsutawney, PA:
Country Villa Motel (814) 938-8330 http://www.countryvillamotel.com Room rates start at $42 a night. I have stayed there in the past. I would recommend to book early since this one does go fast. You get to park right at your room door for most of the rooms.

Pantall Hotel 1-800-872-6825 http://www.pantallhotel.com/ You have to walk through the main lobby and up stairs to get to the rooms.

Gold Eagle Inn (814) 849-7344 http://www.goldeagleinn.com/ This one is about 20 minutes away from the show site.

Camping is available at the Saddle Club in Punxsutawney. No hookups are available though. A few of us will be tent camping for the weekend. More the merrier!

well I am thinking September 4-6 will be the pull for us so we will be saving our change. see ya then.

I'll be attending all but the puxatawney pulls.

I tried both the listed motels for the Port Clinton pull, they had rooms for Friday night, but not Saturday night. Found a Days Inn nearby with rooms available both nights.

Just got a call back from Scott (thanks, Scott!) with the following information on the upcoming pulls... figured I'd share.

Next weekend's pull (and the one in Oct-Nov, same location) in Port Clinton, PA will be on wheels, on the hard packed dirt of a baseball infield... provided the weather is good. If the weather is bad, ie wet/rainy, the chute will be under a cement floored pavilion with carpet laid down.

The September 3-5th pull in Punxsutawney, PA will be wheels on grass.

Just for those of you (like me) who have not done any "natural surface" (besides snow) pulls before... so you know what to expect.

My only other question is will the chute be covered (with EZ-ups or a long tent or whatever) for next weekend's pull on the baseball field dirt? I know by experience that those fields can get pretty hot under the sun, and I have nearly all black northern-born dogs who don't do so well in the heat. If it is not covered, would it be okay to set up an EZ-up (my own, not saying I expect the club to do so) near the holding area for my dogs (or others, I'm fine with sharing as long as the other dogs are friendly) to wait under? Obviously, I don't plan on crating them so near the chute/holding area, I would bring a separate EZ-up for that).

As of now, the online weather I checked says isolated T-storms Saturday with a high of 83, and mostly sunny with a high of 82 on Sunday.

If the weather dictates, there may be a tent over the chute area. In the past the holding area was in the dugout, but it would be best to shoot Missy an email. I have no problem if people want to setup their own EZ-Ups to keep themselves and their dogs cool. Kiddie pools will be setup as well to cool the dogs in between rounds as well. If anyonelse has any questions, drop me an email at ppapbta@aol.com .

For the Windber, PA Rail Pull will be under a tented area till the weight gets too high. The holding area will be under a pavillion. If anyone is planning for this one, please call and reserve your room now. The block at the negoitated rate is only good until this Tuesday. The hotel phone number is (814) 535-5600.

Just an FYI for those who don't yet know... the Punxy pull for Oct 31-Nov 1 has been relocated to the Windber location and will now be on rails instead of wheels (Scott posted about this event elsewhere on the forum, too).