Trail dogs

[pink poodle]

If the dogs spend most of their life in a soft surfaced environment (lawn, house, etc) their paws will be accustomed to it. The more time they spend on the rocks, dirt, concrete etc the tougher their pads will become. So you probably have to ride more....

 

[stirk]

How do you know what is an 'OK' distance, time and speed for your breed of dog to run with you on the trail?

Different breeds would have different tolerances.

I'm thinking that when I adopt my next dog and take it trail running I'll let the dog show me what it can do and the ride will determined by their ability.

 

[moorey]

How do you know what is an 'OK' distance, time and speed for your breed of dog to run with you on the trail?

Different breeds would have different tolerances.

I'm thinking that when I adopt my next dog and take it trail running I'll let the dog show me what it can do and the ride will determined by their ability.

Get a whippet. No matter what ride, you will always come home feeling flaccid and inferior. out:

 

[pink poodle]

How do you know what is an 'OK' distance, time and speed for your breed of dog to run with you on the trail?

Different breeds would have different tolerances.

I'm thinking that when I adopt my next dog and take it trail running I'll let the dog show me what it can do and the ride will determined by their ability.

Look at the breed and what it was bred for. My main Tassie man Nath's dalmatians were bred to run along with stage coaches as protection, so they will be fine for long runs. Kellie's and cattle dogs are another breed for those long rides. Where as something like a terrier or retriever probably not so much.

I used to have a mini schnauzer. He was good for about 800m of walking. By then he was worn out from trying fight of fuck everything on the circuit and dehydrated from his public urination feats.

 

[stirk]

Get a whippet. No matter what ride, you will always come home feeling flaccid and inferior. out:

What you and your whippet's get up to on the trails is between you and your whippet's!

Flaccid and inferior indeed!

 

[moorey]

What you and your whippet's get up to on the trails is between you and your whippet's!

Flaccid and inferior indeed!

That's girl talk. :hand:

 

[stirk]

That's dominatrix talk. :thumb:

Edited for ya!

 

[nathanm]

How do you know what is an 'OK' distance, time and speed for your breed of dog to run with you on the trail?

Different breeds would have different tolerances.

I'm thinking that when I adopt my next dog and take it trail running I'll let the dog show me what it can do and the ride will determined by their ability.

The only thing you have to avoid is strenuous activity in the first 12 months as they're bones and muscles are still developing, over-exertion can cause issues.

Other than that I've taken the same approach as you've said, started off with short rides of just a couple of kilometre's. Also helps with training them, particularly stopping them from running in front of the bike.

 

[crank1979]

He's a little way off hitting the trails with his red cattle dog buddy, but my Kelpie pup will eventually get out there.

 

[weldin_mike_27]

Mooreys first photo looks like Santa's little helper when home was choking him.

 

[stirk]

Mooreys first photo looks like Santa's little helper when home was choking him.

^^^^^

Forgot an '

and an er

You need to hang out with hot teacher's more often.

 

[weldin_mike_27]

New swipe keyboard. And not checking posts before sending. Better make it a hot IT teacher.

 

[indica]

Happy dog on the trails today.
Rode about 13 kms...

 

[BLKFOZ]

Horus is about 9 months old now (and probably close to 25kg but I don't have scales) and has come on a few easy trail rides. He's pretty good at following me, much better than I thought he'd be actually. Once he's a bit older and bigger I think he'll be good for 20oddkm on the XC trails.

 

[steve jobs' pancreas]

Happy dog on the trails today.
Rode about 13 kms...

nothing looks happier than a happy pooch

 

[lindz1817]

Here is my pooch after a ride today. He was a bit worn out

 

[BLKFOZ]

Night ride with the pooch, excuse the dodgy phone pic while riding.

 

[Ackland]

Hey BLK you should check out "Ruby the trail dog" on YouTube or Instagram...
She's a viszla and has done up to 50km trail runs!

 

[luke.palmer.587]

Scooby the kelpie x retriever, loves getting out on the trails and learnt pretty quickly not to get in front of the bike!
Now if he cuts corners etc he stops and waits for you to pass

 

[BLKFOZ]

Hey BLK you should check out "Ruby the trail dog" on YouTube or Instagram...
She's a viszla and has done up to 50km trail runs!

Yeah, I saw that night ride vid a while back - I haven't looked into lights for the dog; I think their night vision is good enough to not worry. 50km is a fair run for a dog - if he can manage my 30km loop once he's a bit older I'll be happy. We tend to do about 10km at the moment.