Thursday evening, Gabby and I drove over to Coleshill and had a bit of a run along muddy tracks to Maxstoke golf course and back. We had a little walk around as a cool down before returning home for showers. Friday was an “easy” day of six miles (2.5 + 3.5). Saturday morning, and after…
running
Gentle Jog
After work, I collected Gabby, put her new harness on (on Gabby – not me!) and we jumped into the car. The new harness (Howling Dog Tough Skin) is designed for running. I thought that we could take a gentle stroll with Gabby pulling in harness. To ring the changes I decided to head out…
Four Good Legs
We went for a short (half a mile) walk in the morning and Gabby seemed to be walking alright. Arriving back from work, in the evening, we got roped up and nipped out for a stroll, nice and easy, to see how Gabby was walking. She was walking fine – no sign of a limp….
Running / Splashing
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…
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…