After surviving a canicross session with Gabby on Monday, I decided to repeat the exercise, today. Arriving home, after work, I quickly changed, grabbed running belt, put Gabby’s harness on, grabbed the bungee lead and headed out of the door. We drove the few miles to Kingsbury and parked up. We started gently with some…
Author: kevbaldry
Canicross
I have discovered a few things over the past day or so. There is an actual sport of running with a dog. Not just trotting around the park with man’s best friend jogging alongside, but full-on dog pulling one along. To enable the human to run unencumbered, the lead is attached to a belt and…
Gabby's Op
As part of the package, when taking a dog from the Birmingham Dogs’ Home, they will ensure that your new companion has been neutered. Because of Gabby’s low weight, we were given a complete dog but were told to return when she’d put a bit of weight on. When we first had Gabby, she weighted…
Doggy Update
It’s been a month since we became dog owners again. We re-homed Gabby from the Birmingham Dogs’ Home on Saturday 24th August. Gabby was found wandering the streets and was very underweight – she was just 17kg. After work, Gabby and I can be found clocking up anything from two to seven miles. Over the…
Gabby Gets Wet
After work, we (Gabby and I) jumped in the car and drove to Sutton Park. Sutton Park is a 2,400 acre National Nature Reserve located 6 miles north of the city centre. … Sutton Park has been designated as a National Nature Reserve, a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. About a mile into the…