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does anyone else cruise on their bikes with their dogs jogging next to them?
I don't often jog. As a former hockey player, jogging was my least favorite part of the off-ice conditioning, though I had no problem with sprinting and weights/stair climbing. I play fetch with gunther a lot in addition to our walks (which are an average of one hour, depending on the temperature. If it's under 70 degrees F it's usually longer. Otherwise he gets too hot after about a mile, so I have to break his walks up and end up taking the longer walk at night). Occasionally I sprint a couple of blocks, but I need a cool down as much as he does after enough of it. My mom thought it was cruel that I ride my bike while he jogs along my side because she thought he was being forced to run, though I know that this is not the case because when I say, "Bike run?" he gets super excited and once I'm on the bike he takes off. I never ride so fast that I'm dragging him... I ride at his pace. I don't ever go for too long and not at all when it's too hot/humid.
Does anybody else ride and jog their dog, or is it bad that I do that?
I don't often jog. As a former hockey player, jogging was my least favorite part of the off-ice conditioning, though I had no problem with sprinting and weights/stair climbing. I play fetch with gunther a lot in addition to our walks (which are an average of one hour, depending on the temperature. If it's under 70 degrees F it's usually longer. Otherwise he gets too hot after about a mile, so I have to break his walks up and end up taking the longer walk at night). Occasionally I sprint a couple of blocks, but I need a cool down as much as he does after enough of it. My mom thought it was cruel that I ride my bike while he jogs along my side because she thought he was being forced to run, though I know that this is not the case because when I say, "Bike run?" he gets super excited and once I'm on the bike he takes off. I never ride so fast that I'm dragging him... I ride at his pace. I don't ever go for too long and not at all when it's too hot/humid.
Does anybody else ride and jog their dog, or is it bad that I do that?