ADBA Nationals

Who's going?

Not me i would love to but i cant

sorry guys to far away this year or i would love to go

anyone know how the conformation turned out there? i heard weight pull turnout was real low with real bad track set ups

Our turn out was great for the conformation show, the track was not set up bad, just heavy. We were required to hold it at an angle. This was a National event. It is supposed to be hard. People not coming to support the National weight pull had nothing to do with the track since they had no idea if it was going to be heavy, people just didn't want to travel. The dogs that won were the dogs that were supposed to win, they were the better dogs. There has been an overall lack of support for the adba weight pulls over the last few years. As far as the Midwest weight pullers goes, only a few people came out to support the east coast, I guess we (east) are the only ones expected to travel with our dogs. Our conformation show had people coming out from as far as New Mexico & California. We had a great turn out and lots of fun. We thank all of you who did travel for their support.

well i would have to say money was just too tight for my family to make nationals - who hosted it did not matter the year before i couldnt go do to my job pulling my time off for someone else quitting it was maybe 3-5 hours from me, this year it would of been 27 hours not counting stops for food,fuel and rest..... i had conformation and weight pull dogs ready and willing - sometimes money just does not allow.. so i would not totoally agree the just not want part - thats an unfair comment to alot of folks out there who just cant afford that distance

my club will host it next year

im gonna go im not gonna win but i hope i have a good time

TriStateAPBT wrote:

Our turn out was great for the conformation show, the track was not set up bad, just heavy. We were required to hold it at an angle. This was a National event. It is supposed to be hard. People not coming to support the National weight pull had nothing to do with the track since they had no idea if it was going to be heavy, people just didn't want to travel. The dogs that won were the dogs that were supposed to win, they were the better dogs. There has been an overall lack of support for the adba weight pulls over the last few years. As far as the Midwest weight pullers goes, only a few people came out to support the east coast, I guess we (east) are the only ones expected to travel with our dogs. Our conformation show had people coming out from as far as New Mexico & California. We had a great turn out and lots of fun. We thank all of you who did travel for their support.

I wholly agree. The track was tough, but it showed which dogs were worth their salt on it and those dogs won. The conformation turn out was pretty good - my boy's class (2-3 male) had 21 dogs in it.

Kudos to TriState APBT Club for hosting this show. It was absolutely fantastic and I hope to come back out to NJ to show with you guys again!

tri state preach it girl and yes i know how it is its very hard to see the numbers go down at the shows

Good post, Tristate.

midwest_showdogs wrote:

tri state preach it girl and yes i know how it is its very hard to see the numbers go down at the shows

the adba changed the rules for the big dogs in the weight pulls and alot of them left the adba for good and started there own weight pulling shows

the utah point show was pretty dead also ive seen fun shows that had 5times more people there

lovemypits wrote:

Amanda you were there?? I don't believe it!! Prove it!!

(shameless attempt to get to see some recent Ryker pics)

Jackass! Yes, I was there. Lyric took 2nd place in her class (after I was an idiot and put that poor club through hell forgetting she was older than she was!).

I'll go make a post in the gallery for Nats. Butthead.

Hey Tri-State I love you guys... I'm totally new to all of this and have been to 3 shows this year and have loved and learned allot from all 3... Thank you for having all that you do. I don't really ever expect to win anything 'cause my dogs are blue (TNT) (sorry i had to put that in, I don't want anyone 2 think they are bullies) and I know we have a hard time. But I have yet to come home with a negative from any of the shows we've gone 2. Our friend got points for both of his dogs in both conf. & weight pulls just for coming with us. We have placed in best blue class but that's it. Still that has not stopped us from attending when possible. Thank you all for not giving us the cold shoulder; I know our dogs are blue but you can obviously see the difference between our dogs and the bully dogs 7 it seems like you all can see the difference also.
W e will be coming to more shows and participating in both cats... THANK YOU TRI-STATE & VA club also. Sorry for ranting... : }

i posted that Question for those who were able to attend so they could clarify that for the rest of us.... if you take that as a statement and become offended then i'm sorry but i don't appreciate the idea of being taken as someone who has nothing better to do than sit behind their pc and whine and complain about some other club track -- it was a simple question for clarifacation not intended as a bash towards anyones show.... i been attending shows for 12 plus years and many times busted my tail helping and cleaning, etc wether it was my club or not - i know what goes into making or breaking a show.... for those who read my Question properly thank you and God Bless to everyone