Do any of you run with your dog? (Page 3)

Our 2 golden-y dogs love runs of up to about 45 min. at a nice easy pace but we've gotta keep them out of the hot weather...they're super happy about this fall weather!  They get really excited if we're putting on the running shoes, and I'm pretty sure they're devastated if it's a specific workout that makes us not able to take them along. 

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let me try to post a pic of my new pup

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WOW your dog is beautiful!

I have a 112 lb., 4.5 year old Great Dane (Bela) and a 65 lb., 5 year old Yellow Lab mix (Boris).  I walk them both at the same time.  We go for one mile each day.  The Dane is worn out for the rest of the day, whereas the Lab, though he's good about laying about, could use some more exercise.  Don't be fooled by the Dane's size:  they are the biggest couch potatoes!

So, I'm going to start taking Boris on my runs.  My longest distance right now is 4 miles, so I'm only going to take him on my shorter runs right now to build him up.  Very important, indeed.

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I run with my standard poodle Bam Bam.

A neat story about him: I traveled 400 miles to buy him about 4 years ago. When it was time to find a groomer for him I called the woman I got him from to ask what to look for in a good groomer. She told me that a woman that lived near me had bought Bam Bam's sister and found a good one and I could contact her. When I did we got to talking about our Poodle's. She told me she had bought a white female and when she told me what she named her I dang near dropped the phone. Bam Bam's sister was named Pebble's!

True story I promise.

I have a husky. She can run far--I've taken her on 18 milers but she gets bored and I feel like I am dragging her. She does best on 6-10 mile runs.  She also does not like to run when it is hot. 40-60 degrees is perfect for her. She does about 20-40 mpw.

Oh yes,  Butter has done a 20 miler with me during trainup for the Portland Marathon.  And last winter did an hour run on trails with my ChaCha (pomeranian)

Cha Cha the stick carrier.

I'm going to keep trying. I want my pup on here too!!!

 You guys' dogs are gorgeous.

one more time...  YAY! there he is. BT meet Jordan. He's a lab who's only 14 weeks old. A long time before running with me but there he is. He LOVES bushes.

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After my wife and I moved in together we were able to bring her old puppy (she is 8) from her parents house to come live with us (hard to have a dog at college before that). She is a flat coat retriever mix (who knows with what) but was a bit overweight when we got her. This was two years ago and we started her off with frequent short walks, slowly getting longer. then we added in some hikes for her (which she loves) and finally as the summer weather is cooling off this year I have started taking her on my runs 2-3 times a week. She can't go more than about 20 minutes at a time right now of a steady 8 min/mile pace but after that I just drop her off at home and go for longer if it is a longer day for me. She recovers semi fast from it all and is usually ready to go out back and chase her tennis ball when I am finally done with my run/stretching. She has also lost about 12 pounds in the last 2 years (and is now down to a healthy 74).