#7222888 - 12/24/12 10:48 AM
Re: best running partner
[Re: hackleback]
|
Campfire Guide
Registered: 12/22/07
Posts: 2682
Loc: Hooter Hollow
|
I've never met a GSP that didn't love to run.
_________________________
Democrats and Republicans arguing over the debt is like two drunks arguing over their bar tab on the Titanic.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#7286084 - 01/08/13 01:53 PM
Re: best running partner
[Re: MadMooner]
|
New Member
Registered: 01/08/13
Posts: 2
|
Goldendoodle - in all seriousness.
My wife has allergies like crazy, and we compromised with a mid-sized, low shedding, fun-loving tweener. I've been running almost daily with him since he was 3 months old, off a leash from the get-go. Retriever type instincts, top-tier intelligence, and rock star hair. Not great with the Arizona heat, but loves the water and trails, and overall is a very athletic and happy breed.
_________________________
Tradition is not the worship of ashes but the preservation of fire.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#7288643 - 01/09/13 06:05 AM
Re: best running partner
[Re: hackleback]
|
Campfire Guide
Registered: 12/04/02
Posts: 4790
Loc: Upper Midwest
|
With your caveat of 20 miles/week with 4-5 miles sessions I would pay careful attention to WHERE you run. If you're running purely on pavement and the dog can't run on anything but pavement you run the risk of pounding his or her joints to pieces. Make sure that they can run on bare ground, lawns, ditches, etc. to protect their joint health. Lucy has the most fun trail running with me. It's an absolute ball!
_________________________
Selmer "Daddy, can you sometime maybe please go shoot a water buffalo so we can have that for supper? Please? And can I come along? Does it taste like deer?" - my 3-year old daughter 
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#7395308 - 02/02/13 01:51 PM
Re: best running partner
[Re: wilkeshunter]
|
Campfire Guide
Registered: 02/20/05
Posts: 2691
|
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#7396033 - 02/02/13 05:21 PM
Re: best running partner
[Re: duckster]
|
Campfire Kahuna
Registered: 01/09/06
Posts: 15570
|
Greyhound.
_________________________
"Be sure you're right. Then go ahead." Fess Parker as Davy Crockett
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#7396745 - 02/02/13 08:01 PM
Re: best running partner
[Re: 79inpa]
|
Campfire Outfitter
Registered: 02/19/04
Posts: 8708
Loc: Iowa
|
Well, I have a GWP, smooth coat, handsome as can be; loves people, dogs and to run--I have a pic of him from my ATV including the speedometer showing 18-20 mph at mile six and he's 50 yds ahead.
If Photobucket would quit jackin' the picture-posting process around, I'd throw it up here.
_________________________
Communication expert G. Thompson: "for the receiver," one's voice carries four times the weight of "the content element." "Your message, which you see as the most important part of the process, is the least-considered factor [by the receiver].
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#7396790 - 02/02/13 08:10 PM
Re: best running partner
[Re: George_De_Vries_3rd]
|
Campfire Outfitter
Registered: 02/19/04
Posts: 8708
Loc: Iowa
|
In warmer seasons I run with him and while I'll do four or five miles, he'll double that by going back and forth, side to side on the country roads we run on. I do run him with a collar to control him a bit because, though he is very obediant, he can get carried away with the enthusiasm a five year old pointer has. He looks like a GSP having short hair but it's dense and does shed a ton.
_________________________
Communication expert G. Thompson: "for the receiver," one's voice carries four times the weight of "the content element." "Your message, which you see as the most important part of the process, is the least-considered factor [by the receiver].
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
Previous Topic
Index
