Roller skates!
 We only went out for a little while, since it was still pretty warm out though not as hot as it's been. We figured out it works best to have Jacob walk with Bailey a little ways in front of me and Eevee, that way Eevee will keep walking without going way too fast (it is super scary to be pulled really fast on roller skates by a dog, especially when you're headed right for a curb!! I found this out the hard way...). Anyway, this was super fun! We need some practice, but we did pretty good for a first time. We'll take pictures next time! |
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| yes pics would be fun to see |
| Lol, we are hoping to train Ava to pull the kids one at a time around the derby track during their introductions at bouts. |
| That would be so cool! Like I said, it works best when someone is in front of the dog to encourage her to keep going. You need to post videos of that if it works out, I'd love to see that! |
| Jade, I don't want to be a stick it the mud but isn't Evee a little too young to be putting this kind of strain on her still growing and forming body? Maybe others can shed a little light on the growing and vigorous exercise like pulling - Dawn? Vance |
 Sounds like you had a fun but scary time! Bloo pulls me up the street, i dread to think what hed do to me on roller skates!  As for the pulling, as long as shes not struggling and is having fun i dont see a problem with it. When bloo was evees age we were doing stuff like you are now!  Puppies need to have fun!  Just dont strain her too long, puppies also sleep a lot too  Sam xx |
Vance wrote: Jade, I don't want to be a stick it the mud but isn't Evee a little too young to be putting this kind of strain on her still growing and forming body? Maybe others can shed a little light on the growing and vigorous exercise like pulling - Dawn? Vance I weigh almost 100 pounds, I'm not exactly hard to pull. I wouldn't have done it if it looked like she was having any trouble or struggling at all, and we only stayed out about 10 minutes. She really wasn't pulling any harder than she would on a regular walk, and I attached the leash to her harness, not her collar. She was having fun too, since they both love anything that involves being outside the fence! If y'all think it's still a bad idea, we'll hold off til she's older. |
| Look, all I'm saying is that in our first obedience class when the puppies were only 4-6 months old, we were told explicitly to NOT push their bums to sit as this is enough to cause permanent damage. If, according to people who are supposed to know dogs, especially puppies, that was enough, then pulling anything of any substantial weight 'might' do the same. I'm only looking out as it just crossed my mind that way. I even hoped our resident pulling expert would chime in. I didn't say not to do it, I was just thinking out loud. Trust me, in this crowd, that act is becoming more and more dangerous. Vance |
| Well, thank you for looking out for her! When I posted this I figured someone would say something about her not being old enough. I wanted to start trying this out because everyone always says you should start training while they're still young. I'm not mad that you said something or anything. You make a good point, and I'd also like to hear what Dawn thinks about it because I know she has so much experience. We're starting obedience classes next week, maybe then I'll be able to get Bailey to calm down and have her pull me instead! Until she sees a squirrel or something... I have a feeling that will end badly! |
OK, chiming in...  If you are little, and rolling on a smooth surface, it's probably not that much more resistance than the typical puppy tugging when on a normal walk. (But I still would wait a bit with her) However, my actual concern would be the surface - doing your exercise (any exercise - walking, running, etc) on pavement or cement is actually harder on them. Better is to be on grass or other natural surfaces - gravel, woodchips, etc. We do tons of activity, but we avoid hard surfaces like the plague! All my dogs, all my activities and we never have had a sports injury (knock on wood!). |
| So we shouldn't really even be taking walks on our sidewalks? I never even thought about that. |
snazzierella wrote: So we shouldn't really even be taking walks on our sidewalks? I never even thought about that. If you have any alternative, I would take it. We humans have cushie shoes to make paved surfaces better, dogs have nothing but their own skeletal systems to absorb shock. It may not do noticeable damage now, but it's long term and builds up over time. Any chance you have to avoid it is beneficial.  |
| I could try to convince them they should walk on the grass instead of the sidewalk, but they're weird and only walk off the sidewalk when there's something interesting over there. I wish they'd get around to building this dog park here I keep hearing about! They're still working on raising the money for it. We have a regular park down the street, which would require walking on the sidewalk to get to. Maybe we'll just go for walks in our yard! Lol. |
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