Comments on: 9 Rules for Running With Your Dog https://www.somethingwagging.com/9-rules-for-running-with-your-dog/ Helping Your Dog Love The Boat As Much As You Do Sat, 10 Oct 2020 23:59:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Shelley https://www.somethingwagging.com/9-rules-for-running-with-your-dog/#comment-95182 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:57:10 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9572#comment-95182 I used to hate running with my dog, and could only go a half a block at a time. I’m both out of shape but also have asthma, as well as generally low energy a lot of the time. But I got tired of him pulling, and I felt bad for him being attached to such a slow human that I kept up the limited amount I could run/jog, and now I can go further. It took a while though. What’s more, is now, as long as it’s not a particularly bad day for me, I actually enjoy it now. I never thought that would be possible before. Dogs are amazing.

]]> By: Fetching! | The Daily Dog Tag https://www.somethingwagging.com/9-rules-for-running-with-your-dog/#comment-78737 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:48:27 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9572#comment-78737 […] 9 Rules for Running with Your Dog […]

]]> By: Jessica https://www.somethingwagging.com/9-rules-for-running-with-your-dog/#comment-78344 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:40:24 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9572#comment-78344 Run in whatever shoes you want, I say, but braless! That’s extreme.

Silas *loves* running with me, but he’s a bigger wimp than I am about heat and distance. He maxes out at about five minutes. Of course, I max out at about 8 when I run without him. I’m trying to build both of our fitness levels!

I’m having to be careful, though, to keep a good run/walk balance with him. If we skip walking all week in favor of running or playing for exercise, all of his leash manners go right out of his head.

]]> By: Greyhounds CAN Sit https://www.somethingwagging.com/9-rules-for-running-with-your-dog/#comment-78151 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:15:24 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9572#comment-78151 Pamela, I have a mental image of you running with just a pair of sneakers on your feet …. you go girl;)

]]> By: Crystal https://www.somethingwagging.com/9-rules-for-running-with-your-dog/#comment-78074 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:46:25 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9572#comment-78074 Lots of good tips. I know I like using a bungee leash if running with my dogs, and prefer them being on a harness so their neck doesn’t get jerked around if I trip or they stop abruptly, but I’m sure I could run without those things (well, as much as I can ever run!).

]]> By: Dawn https://www.somethingwagging.com/9-rules-for-running-with-your-dog/#comment-78071 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:45:13 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9572#comment-78071 My dogs would love it if I took them running. But I can’t run. So we just do a lot of walking. I let them stop and snif… sometimes. 🙂

]]> By: Jen https://www.somethingwagging.com/9-rules-for-running-with-your-dog/#comment-78070 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:11:46 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9572#comment-78070 Hey, good for you with your Keds! (though I’d be a hazard to myself if I ran braless….)

So long as Nike is sponsoring Michael Vick, I will not buy their products. I personally love to be barefoot pretty much at all times, but I live in a college town…barefoot + drunk people who think broken glass is funny does not equal a good time.

]]> By: Sue at The Golden Life https://www.somethingwagging.com/9-rules-for-running-with-your-dog/#comment-78068 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:26:38 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9572#comment-78068 Brainless? I LOVE it!! You are a woman after my own heart!! No “horror” here! I’m at the younger end of the baby boomer generation, but I still supported my older sisters who rebelled against the establishment by ripping off their bras. In fact, now when I know we’re not going out anywhere but the yard, I take mine off for the night. If the neighbors don’t like it, they can stop looking.

I hate running, but enjoy walking, which is much better for Callie at this point in her post-surgery rehab. I keep her on the leash and walk the perimeter of the backyard about 6-10 times, 2-3 times a day. And we let Shadow run, walk, trot, whatever she wants to do. Except on days like today when there are tornado watches and downpours all day long. Just the sound of heavy rain hitting the metal front porch roof sends Callie into high anxiety mode.

]]> By: Peggy Frezon https://www.somethingwagging.com/9-rules-for-running-with-your-dog/#comment-78066 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:48:12 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9572#comment-78066 Thank you for joining FitDog Friday! I admire those who like to, but I hate to run, with or without a dog! lol. But I try to walk fast, if that counts. I love your tips, especially to let your dog sniff and run in place while you wait. For dogs, the walk or run is about a lot more than physical exercise. I think the sniffing is a crucial part of it. If stopping isn’t possible, I think a run first and a cool down walk after where the dog can sniff away might work.

]]> By: Lava Dogs Hawaii https://www.somethingwagging.com/9-rules-for-running-with-your-dog/#comment-78063 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:07:53 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9572#comment-78063 We run every day…before work for 1 mile on leash through the neighborhood and after work for 2 to 3 miles OFF leash on one of the many trails surrounding our home. It bothers me to see young athletic dogs being forced to walk only on leash only on the sidewalks. Dogs are born to run and frolic…and they are so fun to watch when they do! And yes, we DO take time to stop and sniff the flowers (and weeds and rocks and lamp posts and…LOL).

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