Training with dogs!

So good to hear other doggy stories , i agree with dogs being best training partner , mine just loves open fells and goes scatty at streams. I think the more varied the terrain and area i can take her on the better , new sniffs etc.
I understand the need for controlling idiots who let their dogs chase sheep , if in doubt mine goes on but 90% of the time it's not an issue. She has even done some farmers a favour by controlling a few rabbits , much more fun than a cuddly santa or a squeaking hedgehog.
Btw has anyone tried any Cani-X events? They seem to be based down south.

Been enjoying this thread!
I love running with my dog - She is an Alaskan Malmamute and chases anything that moves, has a very high prey drive! I run with her on a waist belt and lead attached so that i have my hands free. Plus it means she can't run off and when the hills get hard work she pulls me up them!
Have been looking at Cani Cross for next year to tie in with the Husky rallies - think most of them are about 2 - 3 miles so quite short.

I agree though very good to train with except in summer for mine as she gets too hot and only manages about 2 miles

Vic

dogs are great to run with pip and lucy both collie are normally quite well behaved but pip has a tendancy to round the odd stray lamb up.. of late though we have taken them to puppy training classes to get them trained for shows etc.. agility obidiance and of late a white poodle has joined the class pip thinks this is a sheep.. other than that they are great to run with untill they get stuck in the odd bog where one has to get them out then they shake emselves all over you..

Love malamutes , bet they take some feeding . If they do a cani x nearby i'll enter

Malamutes are fab - ours was a rescue only got her at Christmas. On the feeding front though they eat only a little - we always feel cruel feeding her but she eats very small amounts. People tend to overfeed them then they are no good for running with! Only two small cups of complete a day. - we give her a bit more when rallying but not much.

some photos of her if you want a nose!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/viccib/

They are absolutely gorgeous and look really happy, a credit to you. Btw have you heard of a book called ' Call of the Wild My escape to Alaska' Guy Grieve (Hodder) , may be of interest. Should be widely available ; published in 2006.

I wouldnt be without my border collie now on a run. Best thing I ever did was get him:)

My Border Collie pups come running with me and my mates on a Saturday morning in the woods. After a half hour walk we all run a steady 4 mile lap. then they have a kip in the van while we humans run another lap flat out.

I have to be careful how much I run them as they are still young, but ideally, by this time next year they will be running with me 4 or 5 times a week.

I run with my Jack Russell Muttley. Wouldn't be without him. As mentioned a dog can be a great training partner but above all a fantastic companion.
I do take great care around sheep though and will always put him on a lead. I personally know of some one out walking their dog and him beeing shot by the farmer for chasing sheep.
As regards other leasure users of the country side I have never had any complaints.

Hello everyone, started this game on 01/01/08 with my first fell race: Nine Standards Rigg ( "not really a fell race" I was told) which, having come about last, put the fear of god into me! Anyroad, me and 'My Bitch' Yan are regulars on the fells and other than racing nothing is more rewarding than fell running with a dog. She sees the 'entertainment opportunities' presented by sheep but recognises that this would be frowned upon and so will heel through a flock. She's fantastic with people but I'm careful no one is surprised by being goosed by a large and athletic German Shepherd. I put her on the lead when I see another dog as she tends to take umbrage if offered violence. Like Britta came off Bowscale towards Blencathra and heard this big splash, I knew what had happened so laughed out loud, turned round, no Yan! went back and saw a black head poking out of the bog. A more terrifying spectacle of a devil dog you would not want to meet, eyes peering out from the pitch black birds nest of a head hurtling down the Glendermalkin. However we got in the beck beneath the Mill (pub) and splashed about then had a Pint in the sun. Now tell me a better day.