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ejp:
What about trying something like Cani-Cross?
https://cani-fit.com/beginners-guide-to-canicross/

bmthmark:
I run with Jett, I started when he was about 16 months old. I have a lead that clips to a waist belt and the lead has an elastic part that allows me to stop and he doesn't get pulled back. It also allows him to run faster and he doesn't get choked.
I plan my run to try and avoid roads (as much as possible). I'm lucky that I have a river near me with a path, so I can let him off the lead and I run and he seems to stick next to me. This allows him to stop or run faster if needed.
He definatly makes me run faster as he is super fit and just runs and runs, I struggle to keep up with him at times.
If I was a slow runner I think I would struggle as he would pull me a lot.

I also limit it to 5k runs. My local parkrun allows dogs, so I may take him a long one week.

MortysMum:
We have a 7 month old working/show mix.  We have taken him on many long forest walks where we walk and he sprints, jumps and bounds back and forth, covering about twice as much distance as we do.  We took him to the beach a few times and he ran back and forth for a solid hour before showing signs of tiredness.  Now we run with him (off leash) about 6 kms.  Again, he covers about twice as much distance as we do, with the back and forth-ing, sprinting and stopping to sniff.  We also have that nose-to-the-ground-not looking where he is going problem:) 

All of this is off leash.  Now I wonder if I missed the memo on not letting him run too much, but honestly, he is raring to go the next day, no signs of excessive exhaustion at the end of the day itself, and seems to really need the action.  We space these activities out to about 1 per week on average.  And we are pretty relaxed about it, stopping when needed, offering water, mixing in some recall. 

I also run with him about 1 km each way to get him to the off leash park.  This is purely for efficiency-sake on my part: giving him the chance to meet other dogs while keeping the whole excursion down to an hour.  This is maybe every 3 days on average.

This is my first cocker puppy - indeed my first puppy - so curious to hear what others think on the subject too.

bmthmark:
I think most dogs/puppies would be able to keep going and going but I think excessive exercise may damage the growth plates in puppy joints, and so possibly contribute to joint problems like hip dysplasia.
Therefore they do suggest restricting the amount of exercise in young pups

pibbo1968:
I tried this a week or so ago with our 12 month old WCS...without much success :005:
Jura has been off his lead since he was 12 or 13 weeks and TBH is pretty good.He runs and rummages about etc.So I thought as I've taken up running(not Tarmac but in our local wood etc) I thought I'd give it a go.He just thought it was a game and was happily chasing me and jumping up etc >:( We walk him two or three times a day anyway so i thought do a short run would makes sense for us both.I suppose we'll get there!
A couple of friends meet up for a run in a large park nearby every Friday.One has a Cockerpoo,the other two Whippets so i'm going to join them and hopefully Jura will concentrate on the other dogs!


--- Quote from: MortysMum on September 14, 2018, 12:58:01 PM ---All of this is off leash.  Now I wonder if I missed the memo on not letting him run too much, but honestly, he is raring to go the next day, no signs of excessive exhaustion at the end of the day itself, and seems to really need the action.  We space these activities out to about 1 per week on average.  And we are pretty relaxed about it, stopping when needed, offering water, mixing in some recall. 

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We too worried about this as following the "5 minute" rule Jura never seemed to get enough.He always went out into the garden after a walk and just ran and ran!From about 8 months onwards we've just gone out and let him do his thing.....we still can't tire him out though :005: :lol2:

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