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SCSD is a safety minded weight pull club. We host practices and workshops all across East Tennessee.

23/08/2025

PRACTICE TOMORROW:

What: Drag practice (chain, plate weight) on carpet indoors

When: 10:00 am, August 24th, 2025

Where: Sit Means Sit Knoxville (9023 Oak Ridge Hwy, Knoxville, TN 37931)

Parking: Park in front of the building. Our back lot has been repaved and is currently blocked off until Wednesday of this coming week. Please do not block the alleyway by the RV on the side of the building.

Cost: $5/dog (can be exact cash, Zelle, or Paypal - PayPal has a small $1 upcharge)

Equipment: bring your own harness/weights/chain if you have them, but we will have equipment to loan during practice for those who need to borrow a harness or weights.

Bring crates for dogs and any cooling supplies needed, especially if you plan to work out of your car. Fair warning, the building is right off the highway. I can unlock the back gates for people to come in and out of the back yard to reduce foot traffic near the road if you park behind the building. All dogs must be on leash or in a crate unless it is their turn to pull and they are in the pulling area.

Vydra says she's just as over the dog days of summer as I am. Sound off in the comments if you are coming to practice tomorrow!

15/08/2025

Due to an event I have to attend for work, there will be NO PRACTICE this Sunday, 8/17.

There will be practice on 8/24. I will make a post for this practice closer to the date it is occurring.

There will be no practice on 8/31 (Labor Day weekend) since I will be out of town for a dog sport event.

Have a few cute baby noodle intro to weight pull pictures for the FB picture tax.

- Ami

03/08/2025

PRACTICE TOMORROW:

What: Drag practice (chain, plate weight) on carpet indoors

When: 10:00 am, August 3rd, 2025

Where: Sit Means Sit Knoxville (9023 Oak Ridge Hwy, Knoxville, TN 37931)

Parking: Park in front or in back of the building. Please do not block the alleyway by the RV on the side of the building.

Cost: $5/dog (can be exact cash, Zelle, or Paypal - PayPal has a small $1 upcharge)

Equipment: bring your own harness/weights/chain if you have them, but we will have equipment to loan during practice for those who need to borrow a harness or weights.

Bring crates for dogs and any cooling supplies needed, especially if you plan to work out of your car. Fair warning, the building is right off the highway. I can unlock the back gates for people to come in and out of the back yard to reduce foot traffic near the road if you park behind the building. All dogs must be on leash or in a crate unless it is their turn to pull and they are in the pulling area.

27/07/2025

I apologize for the late notice. Time got away from me today. We will have practice tomorrow. All pertinent info is listed below.

PRACTICE TOMORROW:

What: Drag practice (chain, plate weight) on carpet indoors

When: 10:00 am, July 27, 2025

Where: Sit Means Sit Knoxville (9023 Oak Ridge Hwy, Knoxville, TN 37931)

Parking: Park in front or in back of the building. Please do not block the alleyway by the RV on the side of the building.

Cost: $5/dog (can be exact cash, Zelle, or Paypal - PayPal has a small $1 upcharge)

Equipment: bring your own harness/weights/chain if you have them, but we will have equipment to loan during practice for those who need to borrow a harness or weights.

Bring crates for dogs and any cooling supplies needed, especially if you plan to work out of your car. Fair warning, the building is right off the highway. I can unlock the back gates for people to come in and out of the back yard to reduce foot traffic near the road if you park behind the building. All dogs must be on leash or in a crate unless it is their turn to pull and they are in the pulling area.

16/07/2025

Still going to be far too hot tonight to host drag practice at the park. (NO PRACTICE TONIGHT)

PRACTICE ON SUNDAY:

That said, we will be having indoor drag practice at 10 am at Sit Means Sit on Sunday. Details below and sound off in the comments if you plan to come!

What: Drag practice (chain, plate weight) on carpet indoors

When: 10:00 am, July 20, 2025

Where: Sit Means Sit Knoxville (9023 Oak Ridge Hwy, Knoxville, TN 37931)

Parking: Park in front or in back of the building. Please do not block the alleyway by the RV on the side of the building.

Cost: $5/dog (can be exact cash, Zelle, or Paypal - PayPal has a small $1 upcharge)

Equipment: bring your own harness/weights/chain if you have them, but we will have equipment to loan during practice for those who need to borrow a harness or weights.

Bring crates for dogs and any cooling supplies needed, especially if you plan to work out of your car. Fair warning, the building is right off the highway. I can unlock the back gates for people to come in and out of the back yard to reduce foot traffic near the road if you park behind the building. All dogs must be on leash unless it is their turn to pull and they are in the pulling area.

A cute Vydra for the FB feed.

13/07/2025

The weather forecast for tomorrow has storms listed for our usual practice time of 9 am. It'll be too hot by the time the bad weather is done passing through to have practice later in the day, so we will skip practice for tomorrow. I hope everyone has a lovely Sunday.

Not for tomorrow, but goign forward, would people be interested in indoor drag practice hosted at Sit Means Sit? If so, let me know in the comments.

Picture of Vydra utilizing the yard to sunbathe.

09/07/2025

The forecast for today is calling for potential thunderstorms after 6 pm. We will not be having drag practice. Please check in on Saturday for info regarding practice on Sunday morning.

Throwback to Grimm pulling on a bright sunny day for the algorithm.

05/07/2025

Tomorrow morning at 9 am has a current temperature of 76 degrees with temps spiking to 80 by 10 am. Is there interest in having practice tomorrow at Lakeshore Park or do people feel like it'll still be too hot to do much with the dogs? Sound off in the comments if you'd still like to have practice tomorrow morning. Please note this is for *9 AM* since it will most definitely be too hot if we have practice starting later than that.

Have a pic of Vydra on the slat mill showing off how we exercise despite the heat for the algorithm.

Edited to Add:

We will be having practice!

Practice details:

What: Drag practice (chain, plate weight)

When: 9:00 am, July 6, 2025

Where: Lakeshore Park (5930 Lyons View Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919)

Parking: Use the Lyon's View entrance to the park. Follow the road to the first stop sign. Go straight through that intersection, then turn right into the first parking lot after that intersection.

Cost: $5/dog (can be exact cash, Zelle, or Paypal - PayPal has a small $1 upcharge)

Equipment: bring your own harness/weights/chain if you have them, but we will have equipment to loan during practice for those who need to borrow a harness or weight. Bring whatever you need to help keep your dogs comfortable in the weather (this includes water, buckets, aluminets, fans, etc).

02/07/2025

Today's projected temperatures indicate that it will be too hot and humid to do drag practice this evening. We will give practice on Sunday another go, but at an earlier time in the day. Check back on Saturday for practice info. Hope everyone stays cool and safe with the 4th of July quickly approaching.

28/06/2025

So far, the forecast for tomorrow is looking like low 80's and partly cloudy for practice. Sound off in the comments if you are planning to come and if so, who you are bringing (dogs)!

Practice details:

What: Drag practice (chain, plate weight)

When: 10:30 am, June 29, 2025

Where: Lakeshore Park (5930 Lyons View Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919)

Parking: Use the Lyon's View entrance to the park. Follow the road to the first stop sign. Go straight through that intersection, then turn right into the first parking lot after that intersection.

Cost: $5/dog (can be exact cash, Zelle, or Paypal - PayPal has a small $1 upcharge)

Equipment: bring your own harness/weights/chain if you have them, but we will have equipment to loan during practice for those who need to borrow a harness or weight.

24/06/2025

I picked an unfortunately hot week to start practices up. We will skip practice tomorrow night since the forecast is incredibly hot with storms arriving Wednesday evening. I will post an update for Sunday practice at 10:30 am pending the weather closer to then. Feel free to share a picture of your dog enjoying the sunshine in some way, shape, or form to bump this post 😊

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