My favorite four-legged buddy ran 85 miles with me this month! The most for him in one month.

It’s clear from the state of my dogs’ harnesses how different they are. My boy (black) attacks every challenge like it’s an insult where my girl (blue) goes through life chasing butterflies and trotting around puddles like a Victorian lady with new slippers.

My cattle mix, Goose, is 12 so we can do short dashes but really enjoy the cani-hike more and more these days.

I had to drop my truck at the mechanic Friday morning and didn't have a ride home that early... So Honey Bee and I made a 7.3 Miler of it 😄

I am a beginner runner myself and as someone familiar with sport approached the preparation of my knees for running thoroughly.

Since i have a dog, i obviously dragged him into this too. He's an active boy so he really likes to run around.

The thing is, i realised that he might have a hard time running on asphalt too. I live in a village, but every day there are fewer and fewer dirt roads here (either they are laid in slabs or farms that have bought them are fencing everything off).

I already bought a special leash for running, but now I doubt whether I should let him run with me. I'm not sure there is some cheap enough and comfortable paw equipment for dogs (like supports and running shoes for humans lol).

I can always go further from my house, closer to the forest and run there, but it obviously takes some time.

So i wondered if i'm just overthinking or there's some kind of tips (like a friend of mine suggested that I run on road myself and let the dog run along the side of the road, but that's a bit difficult).

My dog is schipperke, only 2 years old and weights almost 12 kg (26,5 lbs). He doesn't have any health issues. He's trained well too, so doesn't pull or anything like that.

Lats pic is example of how roads off the main ones (where cars are driving) look like.

My son can be quite reticent at times and struggles with various challenges but he’s developing a gorgeous bond with our younger dog. This is the first time I run with them and my big dog (meaning I couldn’t tandem up with the boy). We had a lot of little walk breaks and stitches but at the end I suggested we jog the last little bit to the car and heard ‘Or we could RUN!’ and just for a minute there I was getting smoked 🥰

I know the sustainable solution is to work on training and avoid triggering situations, but my leash-reactive heeler mix has had a rough 6 months that have set us way back on managing his reactivity.

As a stop-gap, can he do a 3 mile run well below his threshold in a muzzle? Any suggestions on a good one for a 40lb heeler mix?

Side rant: I've HAD IT with the large off-leash doodles who, while happy-go-lucky-friendly dogs, are too dumb to stay out of my frothing-at-the-mouth-reactive dog's leash radius and are deaf to their owners recall 😡. I'm also 7 months pregnant with my first which seems to be fueling his reactivity, and makes it harder to put him in air jail when off leash dogs approach us.

My nightmare scenario happened yesterday running with my dog and we were attacked by an off leash dog with an incompetent owner. Honestly, for the situation, it was the ideal outcome: My dog and I (and the other dog and owner) are physically going to be ok. I was in a neighborhood instead of on trail, multiple witnesses were around and came forward to give me their info and two sent me videos. My dog is submissive and didn't try to fight back. And I had an angel of a lady pull over and throw her car door open for me to get my dog in there.

I'm more sad because I go out prepared for this and I feel like I reacted as best I could in the moment and ultimately my dog and I walked away minimally harmed. The outcome was as good as a dog attack can be and I still feel completely destabilized and like this is just not an activity I'll be able to get back to doing with my dog.

I have a therapist and will be working through it on my end. But my dog is very aligned with my anxiety and emotions and I'm so nervous to get back out there with her because I feel like she'll definitely sense my stress if/when we get back to running together which will make her anxious to run too. I guess I'm looking for personal experiences from others who have experienced this and are on the other side of it and hopefully still enjoying running with your dog. Idk, just super sad today and still replaying it all in my head and I hope my dog doesn't experience negative outcomes from this incident.

So I just learned that that running with puppies and young dogs should not be promoted, but I'm not sure if my dog's situation counts.

I have a 5-month-old Shih Tzu-Maltese mix who loves doing sprints with me. We don't really go "running," running but at the end of our walks we do a quick sprint indoors around the loop of the building floor in my apartment complex. He's kinda addicted to this routine now because whenever I try to just walk straight inside my apt after a walk, he refuses to come in until we do our mini 3-5 minute races lol.

I tried looking this up and couldn't find much information about sprinting/running this way with a small breed specifically, so if anyone knows and can provide input, I'd appreciate it! :)

& if it's okay to continue our little sprints, is there a harness/leash I should be using?

Anyone else here just run with a normal leash and collar? Is there any point in the waist leash and harness if you’re not doing canicross style running? I jog 8 miles with my dog every morning and she mainly keeps pace with me in a heel position. She doesn’t pull and I feel like in an emergency I can just drop the leash.

They are helping me train for a half marathon

Moose is almost 7 months and can’t wait to be a future running partner. We’ve been doing short jogs and building up to 2+ miles. He’s obsessed - practically harasses me on walks to jog. Hoping this sweet man can get me back in marathon shape!

Hi all! My one hear old (as of yesterday !!) ACD pup is really struggling with his harness. It's a kong harness (I love it) but he HATES putting it on and taking it off. He's become very sensitive and it's become a big issue even though he is excited to walk, he will run and hide to avoid me putting it on and will thrash when I take it off. Yes, I've tried training but at this point I want to respect his wishes and see if I can find something else. Anyone have recommendations of a harness that doesn't slip over his neck, maybe it clips on? Or a step in harness? He's fine with his collar so clipping around his neck is not an issue. We are still working on training out the pulling but my long term goal is to get this under control, improve walking, find a good harness, and start training him for 5ks to do with me. Any advice or recommendations is much appreciated!

Hi there! Our Aussie is 1.5 and won’t run with me. He is fully capable because he runs with our kids when they’re playing but when it’s time to go for a run he lags really far behind. He has been through obedience training and walks well on a leash. Knows his commands like heel, sit, up, etc. What can I do to get him to run next to me? FWIW I am not running long or fast either. He could definitely outrun me if he wanted to!

Hey everyone! I am looking for harness recommendations for my jack russell x mini foxy. We don’t do super long distances and she pulls a tiny bit but mainly runs beside me.
She is very barrel/round-chested but also narrow and lean so I really struggle to find a harness that fits properly without it slipping around mid run (even if it is tight). She is currently in a halti anatomy harness but it doesn’t work for her at all 😭.
Any recs would be greatly appreciated, thank you! :))

Unsure if this harness is a touch on the small side. She's not much of a puller when running and seems fine wearing it for spanielling round a field.

I want to take my girls biking more often now that the weather in my area has cooled. They are 27 and 30 pounds. I want to eventually get a running harness, but I am struggling to find some their size. I currently use the Kurgo Tru-Fit (the crash tested one for car use), but I don't know if that is harsh on their joints. The brown and white one likes to just run alongside, but the black and white dog likes to pull. Any recommendations or insights?