It’s almost a month late, but our medal finally arrived! Considering we didn’t have a great training cycle, it was a good event. A little outside the 6-7 hours I was hoping for, but not terrible.
Made a stop on a drive across the state and found this gem of a trail out past Fruita.
Not only was it a surprisingly gorge-ous trail (chuckle chuckle), with all the action this sub saw about leashes this week I thought it served as a good example of using common sense. I often leash my dog while running and she does great, but there was not a soul in sight, the couple bikers I saw, I could see way ahead and had plenty of time to use the command "over" so she would pull off and let them pass. Pretty incredible to find these kinds of open, empty spaces these days.
2 days in a row at this pace. This little girl has no consideration for our 10 year old boy, nor my mid 50's butt🤣
Atlas first time Bikejoring! 🤗
We’re comfortably up to 7km now! For him it’s more of a fast walk, since I’m pretty slow. But I’m proud of us. He had a rough start as a rescue from rural Texas. And I didn’t start taking my fitness seriously until I was about 32. Go us! If only he could join me for race day!
Forget dog walking. Can I get paid to run with dogs? I am an ultra runner looking for dogs that would benefit from running 20 plus miles in one go.
Looking to see if anyone else has experienced hip pain when running canicross.
Since January, my husband and I have been gradually starting a running program with our 45lb border collie and 60lb German shepherd/husky. Until mid-March, I ran exclusively with our border collie, and my husband took our shepherd/husky. He stoped running in mid-March due to health issues, but I continued, this time with both dogs, and I’ve started to notice some hip stiffness/pain on my right side toward the outer aspect of the hip which is worse right after a run, improves with yoga, and then slowly wanes.
I’m trying to troubleshoot if this is related to now having 100+ lb of dog harnessed to me or if it could be related to increasing the length of our runs. Has anyone else been in a similar situation? Thank you! Dog photo for tax :)
6 mile trail run on a HOT day
I asked a couple of days ago, now I got a harness a size smaller. I think this fits a lot better?
I tried to get some pulling pictures 😅 they’re not great, but I hope it’s visible enough.
Hi! Love to run trails with my Haku. Giant Schnauzer. Mostly technical, bikers all around. So, do you maintain a routine, to keep him or her in check?
I love running with my dog, she is the best! I’m a fairly slow runner, but we love to go for hours at a time. Recently I noticed her limping a bit and she got diagnosed with arthritis and hip dysplasia. 😢
I will still take her on walks or bike rides but I’m going to have to greatly reduce our runs or stop them altogether. I don’t want to quit running, but it is much more boring alone. Should I be looking for a different running companion? Is so what breeds would you recommend?
My current dog is a springer/ pointer mix, and she’s only about 5 so I’ll have her for a while still.
I want to understand.
First:
So I've always been told that dogs like to approach a strange dog obliquely not head on. So with their bodies at an angle to one another.
Second:
A dog has selective vision. When someone with a dog in a leash is running straight at them, they don't see the leash or the collar. All they see is a strange dog running at them.
Third:
A strange off leash dog I've never seen running at me makes me think I'm about to be attacked
Fourth:
So why do people running with their dogs act surprised when my dog goes postal when they're running straight at us?
My dog has been attacked by dogs that were either off leash, or broke their lead to attack him, four times. One was a running dog.
Then these people who run with their dogs get mad because because my dog lunged at their dog.
WTF??!!!!
Just wondering if anyone knows of a good affordable maybe even Canadian owned brand that offers matching rain gear for you and your dog?
I know there's the tried and true yellow raincoat but just looking for something with a little more style to it LOL 😅.
Been eager to take my guy out for years after following this subreddit! I found training him very difficult as he gets quite excited and would just lunge and bite the leash. This year he turned 4 and I decided to just try out a couple jogs here and there on our walk, and boom now I have a running partner! I mean he is mostly walking at a quick pace while I slog away… but I’m happy that we can finally do this together!
My 5 month old Golden is taking her second puppy class (currently in STAR Puppy). Tonight was our first night and the instructor said we would be working for our dogs to consistently walk beside us. Most dog running I see is utilizing a harness and bungee-type leash and the dog in front of the runner. Will this type of training now hinder our running future? (One of the main reasons I wanted a field golden is to trail run with her.) Does anyone have experience with this?
Thanks for your time and insight ✨
I already have a border collie I run with but our new 1 year old beagle/JRT mix is killing it! This guy lives for running.
Hey everyone! I thought this would be a good sub to ask about harness recommendations. My almost 1 year old old pup is incredibly high energy and a moderate puller (she would probably be a heavy puller but she responds well to leash pressure on a martingale). She knows how to back out of her current harness (probably not the proper size but it was a hand me down and got me through my first few months). I’m now looking for a proper fitting harness for:
Everyday: walks and short hikes
Canicross
She’s about 25 lbs. I’ll measure her before choosing a size. Photo next to a chihuahua mix for size reference. She’s a lot smaller than she looks imo.
I specifically wanted to ask which harnesses you’d recommend considering
She responds best to leash pressure on a martingale. We are working on loose leash walking on the martingale but I’d like to switch to a harness. When we’re in high distraction areas for training, she really pulls and I want to get the pressure off of her neck.
She knows how to back out of her current harness. I’m always watching her but would like to be more confident in the harness if I’m far away on a long line.
Hey everyone, I’m really interested in this sport and would like to see if I can get my JRT to join me on some runs!
So my girl doesn’t pull when we run together, she mainly stays right next to me. I tried looking online for some anatomically-friendly running harnesses for her but can’t seem to find any small enough for her.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!