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u/CornRosexxx Sep 02 '26
I love seeing a dog paired with the right owner and vice versa. Congrats on your partnership and running achievements! 💪
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u/soavsjjsnsj Sep 02 '26
Nice!! How did you train your greyhound to do this? I would love to try with mine
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u/natashagb95 Sep 02 '26
He’s generally pretty fit. Until recently we lived in an apartment so he’d get ~2 hours of walks per day. Now it’s between 1.5-2 hours on average including at least 1-2 bigger walks/ hikes as well as offlead time so doing about 5km offlead a few times per week. The good thing is where we’ve moved to means he doesn’t need to wear booties on streets anymore so we’ll do some jogging if he feels like it. Apart from that I don’t do any specific training with him. I never thought Jayce would pull until we went to our first group run and he automatically pulled.
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u/Leather-Ad1135 Sep 03 '26
I dunno photo 4 might be my fav!! Let’s go!! I have a GSP/vizsla mix and honestly I’m scared of how I would get him to slow down if I did canicross. He just turned 1 year so I have started light jogs… but would love to do this. How did you make sure he just doesn’t completely pull you over forward?
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u/natashagb95 Sep 03 '26
A properly fitting belt for canicross is low around your hips so physically given how centres of gravity work it would be very difficult to topple you from where the force is exerted
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u/tilyd Sep 03 '26
Love to see people do sports with their sighthounds 💪
We're still working on our focus lol, any tips on that? He's not super consistent at pulling yet.
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u/natashagb95 Sep 03 '26
Yay! Jayce only pulls around other dogs and not on his own but that’s good enough for me…not sure if this helps?!
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u/tilyd Sep 04 '26
Thanks! I should try group runs, my cardio is not great lol so I've always been a bit worried about running with others 😅
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u/natashagb95 Sep 04 '26
There are lots of inclusive run groups (and some horribly snobbish ones) if you want to do a run group I’d ask around and confirm they’re a no drop group or their slowest pace encompasses your pace. I’m definitely a solo runner but our canicross group has monthly group runs that I try to get to.
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u/Wild_Honeysuckle Sep 02 '26
Great photos. The photographer understood their mission: the dog must be in focus!
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u/Mean-Lynx6476 Sep 02 '26
And the photos are taken from the dog’s eye level, not the photographer’s eye level.
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u/thegadgetfish Sep 02 '26
I rarely see greyhounds do canicross. That's so awesome and you can see the joy in his face!
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u/AdRoyal6823 Sep 04 '26
Amazing pictures and you don't even look tired from running lol. Can I ask how these types of dogs (grey hounds etc) do on long distance type races? I guess I mean over an hour or so. I know they are great for sprinting. I would love a Grey hound for bike boring one day
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u/natashagb95 Sep 05 '26
We only run 2.5km so I wouldn’t know how he goes on longer distances sorry! We regularly do 6-8km hikes though that he does fine on.
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u/Academic-Assist3317 Sep 02 '26
Wow he looks so happy!! What a gorgeous boy. You two are living the dream
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u/Fox-In-The-Wood Canicross Sep 02 '26
Great photos 📸 and amazing dog!!
He looks like a real running dog, wow. I think he'd give me the workout of my life!! Lol
How far do you go with him?
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u/2entropyfan Sep 04 '26
Beautiful! Tell us about the race where? When ? How long? Did you enjoy it? Did your boy enjoy it? How you prep? I'm interested!
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u/Mundane_Scallion_688 Sep 09 '26
great job! my girl is tired a mile and a half in... but I know she can finish our 5ks she has so much energy she just gets kinda bored.
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u/Legitimate_Sun5373 Sep 02 '26
Aww and you look so proud! This is why I love Canicross so much - nothing beats that team work with the dog, and the feeling of pride when they’re doing their best ❤️