20/05/2025
SCRUFFY CITY STRONG DOGS SUMMITS 2025
This weekend, your SCSD sent 4 of our Strong Dogs up to Toledo, Ohio for the 2024 season “National” Summits.
Cherie Mathis + Owen
(Pug, 40 # Class)
Allie Weaver + Malcolm
(Siberian Husky, 60 # Class)
Ron Gornick + Grimm
(Dutch Shepherd, 80 # Class)
Cat Frisbie + Sebastian “Bash”
(Beauceron, 125 # Class)
Friday was the Snow Pull.
This was Owen & Bash’s first time pulling on Snow, and ALL of Team TN showed out!
ALL TN dogs earned a spot on the podium in their weight classes, ALL TN dogs earned new Personal Bests, and ALL TN Dogs + Handlers showed an incredible display of teamwork.
Owen- 517 #, 23.50%, BRONZE
Malcolm- 1265 #, 27.5%, SILVER (tied for Gold, beat on time)
Grimm- 1333 #, 20.82%, BRONZE
Bash- 1333 #, 12.69%, SILVER
Saturday pull was on Rails.
Rails is incredibly competitive but our Strong Dogs held their own!
For the second day, ALL TN teams pulled new Personal Bests.
Owen earned his 100% Rails Special Achievement!
Bash pulled his 100% Rails Special Achievement AND earned his spot in the 10k Club!
Owen- 2410 #, 109.54%
Malcolm- 5470 #, 118.91%
Grimm- 7850 #, 122.65%
Bash- 10570 #, 100.66% GOLD
Sunday was the Wheels Pull.
Wheels is notoriously difficult and all the dogs were very tired.
But they still put their best foot forward, pulled their hearts out, and ALL TN dogs earned new Personal Bests!
Owen- 998 #, 45.36%
Malcolm- 1542 #, 33.52%
Grimm- 1698 #, 26.53%
Bash- 3582 #, 34.11% GOLD
In addition to the Summits performance awards, a few of our SCSD members earned special awards in the 2024 season!
Reagan Hart + Hudson (Mixed, 60 # Class) earned their Silver Hall of Fame, 60 # Overall Dog, and their Triple Crown Special Achievement awards!
Ron Gornick + Grimm earned their Bronze Hall of Fame and 80 # Overall Dog awards!
Brianna Stock + Averi (Mixed, 60 # Class) earned their Triple Crown Special Achievement award!
There are two very special awards given out at Summits, Handler of the Year & Rookie Handler of the year.
It is a great honor to announce that, for the SECOND YEAR in a row, two members of our Scruffy City Strong Dogs family received these very humbling awards.
The uniqueness of the Handler/Rookie Handler Awards, is that they are given based on nomination & votes. For the second year in a row, members of the W3PO community thought of two of SCSD to having shown the handler-skill, performance, and good sportsmanship behavior worthy of being awarded these trophies.
And that is very special.
Handler of the Year- Ron Gornick
Rookie Handler of the Year- Allie Weaver
We want to extend our thank you to the organization, W3PO, for putting on Summits and being so welcoming to Team Tennessee. And our congratulations to all competitors who pulled alongside us this past year & at Summits!
