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| Anyone running with their dog? (Read 217 times) |
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posted: 4/20/2008 at 6:04 AM |
Just curious if anyone else is running with their pooches? If so what breed and how are they doing?  I run with my queensland heeler and she LOVES it and I love it since it makes me feel a lil safer out there since shes very protective and she kinda keeps my mind off the running  |
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posted: 4/20/2008 at 12:35 PM
modified: 4/20/2008 at 12:40 PM |
Hey Yellie,
I will at some point, b/c she needs a productive outlet for energy. She is so much better now, but when I first got her a couple of years ago, here is a short version of some of the things she destroyed:
*a headboard (chewed *through* it)
*a windowsill (" ")
*one Dankso shoe (that's my girl--she recognizes quality and goes for it)
*an electrical cord of a lamp that was plugged in and turned on
*2 crate pads
On a regular basis to this day, she runs a few full-sprint laps around the yard as soon as I get home in the evening. It's like a black lab version of the Tasmanian Devil.
Oh, and what you said about the safety factor too. There are some great places to run around here that are at least partially wooded, and I prefer to have her with me anytime I go to them. While we live in a safe area, scary things have happened in them...
Finally, right now the easiest, most consistent time to run is actually at work, and she doesn't get to come.  When I'm off in the summer, we'll run when it's not too hot for her.
Pic to follow...
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posted: 4/20/2008 at 12:36 PM
modified: 4/20/2008 at 12:37 PM |
Attempt #2 w/ pic:
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posted: 4/20/2008 at 1:24 PM
modified: 4/20/2008 at 1:24 PM |
Quote from PolePole on 4/20/2008 at 12:36 PM:Attempt #2 w/ pic:
Aww! Sweet girl and dog!
MTA: I just have cats, and they don't follow the leash very well...  |
Raleigh, NC group//Martial Artist Runners//
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posted: 4/20/2008 at 3:26 PM
modified: 4/20/2008 at 3:36 PM |
The excess energy is part of the reason I am taking my dog too and while she isnt really a chewer she runs around like a crazy woman jumping on everything in sight unless she gets some excercise in lol. Heres a pic (if it works) of my dog and daughter too
Oh and I figured out how to get a pic of her in my avatar woot lol. |
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posted: 4/20/2008 at 3:50 PM |
Quote from Yelie on 4/20/2008 at 3:26 PM:The excess energy is part of the reason I am taking my dog too and while she isnt really a chewer she runs around like a crazy woman jumping on everything in sight unless she gets some excercise in lol. Heres a pic (if it works) of my dog and daughter too Oh and I figured out how to get a pic of her in my avatar woot lol.
Awww! Your daughter's adorable!!! |
Raleigh, NC group//Martial Artist Runners//
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posted: 4/28/2008 at 3:31 AM
modified: 4/28/2008 at 3:32 AM |
We should get your black lab together w/ my black lab (see pic above) and see who outlasts who!
Have you read Marley and Me? If so, did it have any influence on naming? |
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posted: 4/30/2008 at 2:41 AM |
you know, i found the book "marley and me" on accident at barnes and noble about 2 months ago.
i was there getting a book for my son and saw the marley book on it's own display. had to buy it because of my own lab fetish (note the chocolate AND the black snuggled together ) and laughed/cried all the way through the book. finished it in 2 bedtime sittings.
marley (mine) came to me via the georgia labrador rescue this past december. her former owners were both army (young couple) and were simultaneously (well...w/i a couple weeks) deployed to iraq. they rehomed marley as a result of the simultaneous deployment.
she's been a great gift to our family (3 kids plus me...i work at home and of course run a few times a week.) she's a great friend to our old chocolate lab and is loyal to a fault to our family now. love her to pieces!
as for who would outlast whom...how old is yours? my marley was 2y on march 18. she's got plenty of "labrador puppy stupid" still in her which translates to a LOT of energy most of the time. |
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posted: 4/30/2008 at 2:54 AM |
I had the same sobbing, laughing out loud reaction to Marley & Me. They now have 2 versions of the book for kids too--one is a picture book, the other a "young readers" book, but both have certain sensitive parts (like the miscarriage) edited or removed.
I had *no* idea what I was in for w/ a lab...I thought all dogs were just, well, dogs. Oh my was I wrong! "Lab puppy stupid" is certainly an adept description. However, now she is about 5 and that has calmed down some. She is wired and ready for speed when I get home though. She loves the dog park, usually starting with several full sprint laps around the field before she checks out the potential playmates. |
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posted: 4/30/2008 at 3:28 PM |
| Ya know I keep meaning to pick up that book!! Guess now that I have some real people saying its good I'm gonna have to really get on it |
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posted: 6/4/2008 at 2:27 PM |
Thanks for the welcome! I didn't find a dog-running group. I may consider starting once when I get into the swing of things here.
Mary |
~ Mary ~
"Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don't think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made."
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posted: 6/4/2008 at 2:56 PM |
Hi meewolfie -
I know exactly what you mean about feeling naked without the dogs. Sometimes when I see people out running alone, I feel sorry for them. I've been a consistent walker since I've had dogs. I currently have two - Hendrix (about 100 pounds, great dane, shepard, lab, whatever mix), and Leeta (about 70 pounds, hairy, maybe border collie/newfoundland? who knows mix). I was in-between dogs briefly after my old dog died, and I couldn't go for a walk alone. I had to borrow a friend's dog, just to take a walk!
My dogs and I are extremely lucky to have some trails right by our house where it is okay for them to run off-leash. I have run with one on the leash at a time, but haven't tried both at once. I love to watch them sprint off into the woods after a squirrel or other critter, then make a big circle back. They make running look like the most fun a being could have! I hope to feel as much joy as they do someday. I shuffle along on my C25K, and they bound their 10 or 15 miles.
I'll see if I can post some photos - I'm not that good with that sort of thing, and my dogs are black and not easy to photograph so I don't have many photos.
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2008 Goals
1. Don't get injured
2. Run for at least 1 hr at least 3X/week
3. Keep running in the winter
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