Colin and the rucksack.....

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Well all I can say is..... it was a lovely idea, and if it had worked it would have been brilliant ?

We did a walk of two halves today, a mile for the lame greyhound and the lazy greyhound then I took them home and took the other three for another couple of miles from home. Obviously I carried Colin for most of the way for the second bit (he did have a fun time scampering round an orchard), I really found how heavy he is now ?

but when I tried putting him the rucksack.... oh dear ? How many legs can one small puppy have sticking out in every possible direction? How much squirming can he do? I gave up pretty quickly I have to admit, and tucked him under my arm instead! I tried to tell him how cute he would look sitting in the rucksack, he wasn’t having any of it.....?

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Levrier said:
Wow I didn’t even realise they made so many types of dog rucksack!!! Mine was an ordinary rucksack where I’d intended his head/neck to be coming out of the top so he could see around! Those look to be a really uncomfortable position for the dog....
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There were far more than I thought too.
That one does look uncomfortable.
Could you imagine trying to put a wriggling Colin in one?
 
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Well, they do say that weightlifting, and training your balance, is extra beneficial for humans the older they get, so basically, carrying Colin = weight + possibly affecting your body balance, could be good for your health.

Although if you happen to have something similar to a duffel bag with backpack straps, that would offer a bigger hole to place him in, where potential wriggling, and legs trying to escape, might be less of a problem.
 
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Levrier said:
Wow I didn’t even realise they made so many types of dog rucksack!!! Mine was an ordinary rucksack where I’d intended his head/neck to be coming out of the top so he could see around! Those look to be a really uncomfortable position for the dog....
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Asaklitt 30L + 15 year old Lapphund + box with dog treats off camera =

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I carried my stocky schnauzer in a cooler bag,for the first two weeks ,until her vacs kicked in..but she was heavy...(8kg at 6 m)after that I just did short walks with her and we gradually built up her walks.My hub used to follow us with his car so I could hand her over and walk on with the big dog...she was never happy to give up though..it won’t be long before Colin can just get on with his walks ...probably after six or seven months he will hot to trot safely.
I think you are right to ration the excercise...I used to know a jrt whose elderly owner was thrilled the pup,could walk five miles a day,with her son.
The dog did well for about three years but ended up with two severe patella luxations..I used to tell her it’s not what the pup could do but what it should do.
Lovely pics of Colin as always.
 
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I’m in awe now FL - I tried again this afternoon with the rucksack, we were at home so I thought he would be much calmer and so on. I actually got him into it..... he was turning round and round and round inside the rucksack.... then his little head popped out the top. Great, I thought, just what I wanted! Lots of praise! Whereupon he squeezed his whole body out like toothpaste to cover me in enthusiastic puppy kisses..... ????
 
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Clodagh said:
That expression! She is so plotting revenge!?
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Plotting revenge is not in Jonna's vocabulary. That's her "Are you finished soon" - look.

She just have this habit of looking like a miserable, dying swan about 90% of the times when I try to take photos of her.

After discretely trying to avoid putting her back paws into the rucksack, she patiently sat waiting in it, hoping that she might get some treats for being a good girl. Which she did get.

Once I pulled the zippers down, I lifted her up like a loaf of bread, and put her in this Duffel bag, and she waited patiently again, hoping for more treats, and me being finished with her soon.

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I have never been able to get any of mine into a carrier - I think terriers are just so independent they like to do things their own way. Years ago my husband used to carry Tilly on his shoulder where she sat upright on her bottom like a parrot or a meerkat - he just supported her with one hand. She loved being high up so she could see things.
 
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I can't imagine any pup sitting quietly in a rucksack, yet my friend's GSD pup did just that with her head sticking out the top :) I will have to see if she will let me share the photo.
 
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