Showing posts with label conditioning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label conditioning. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Over the river and through the woods

I love running the dogs. Just running them. They love it too. There have been several different blog posts of running the dogs on foot, from bikes, (both good

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Exercising Vizslas can be FUN!


There's a sport called "bikejoring". It involves :

  • A Bike



  • A "tugline" (note my tugline here is a leash wrapped around the post on the bike, then bungees to absorb shock to the harness) Poor man's way to bikejor...

  • A harness


  • A dog that likes to pull in harness

Scarlet is getting much better at pulling - Tessa is ready for the ididarod - except it would have to be dry and about 60 degrees Farenheit.

This is a very fun way to run your dogs - they get full running, pulling weight, but not too much. It's great conditioning for their "wind" when trialing and it always makes me smile doing it. I would suggest gloves, a helmet and a face shield, because they tend to pepper you with debris! Good luck and have fun!