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Is it considered exceptable/normal, for these types to be exercised by running them from a car?
As in driving along and leading them from a car.
I see a chap doing this on a regular basis along the one track lane near our yard, and while i see they need a lot of exercise, i find this a very dangerouse way of going about it!
 
I know a couple of people who have done that with GSDs, usually older people with show dogs who couldn't lengthen their stride or move fast enough to allow the dogs to gait properly (I have a similar problem with my ickle legs) but only on lanes and back roads or round and round their yard like my old girl's breeder :o.
There's a bloke who uses the lane beside us, he lets the dogs out (two Sheps and a JRT) at the bottom, drives his van to the top and they chase it up :p not my cup of tea but each to their own...
 
No no no no no!

Never heard of it, never seen it, bloody stupid idea. Shouldn't be running a dog on such a hard surface for an extended period of time (fine for the odd jog around town, but prolonged speed work from a car? Really?)
 
He's onley trotting when i see him, but that could be because he is either just started or has had to slow down for us in the car.
I dont know wether he races, or he's lazy or as OH said maybe he cant let the dog off for a good run for some reason.
 
I wouldn't think it was acceptable for any breed of dog to be exercised as such - sound downright dangerous to me. I don't let my dog off for a good run, hes never off the leash - but he is walked for over 2 hours a day and has a large garden and 2 children to exercise him every day
 
Bikejoring:)

Possibly with a motorbike:o

I've seen exercising via car only once, by an elderly lady with a collie.

It IS tempting when it's raining......
 
Ok just googled. :D

I once took my two out with a bike. :eek:
Door feeding bucket hung on the front of bike with very small dog in, and leading larger terrier.(Alfie)

Once Alfie stopped running in front of the wheel :rolleyes: it actually went quite well. :D
Not too sure about being pulled along though, too many deer and bunnies round here. :D
 
Sled type dogs, sibes, mals and my beloved samoyeds, as a rule, can't have free running exercise. They don't understand the need to come back, and therefore don't :D

But leading from a car is surely dangerous and detrimental to their joints, also I feel dogs like to pick up on the local gossip by having a good sniff around - can't do that from a car.

Although Mals would probably be able to tow my car - hmmmm......petrol saving plan ahoy!
 
Used to see an elderly lady exercising THREE greyhounds whilst sat on a motorised scooter - always wondered what would happen if they saw a small furry especially as we regularly had to avoid hares along the same stretch of road :eek:
 
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How sled dogs think it ought to be done. :p
 
Think there was somebody done for exercising their dog that way a while back in the news, not really surprising. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ailton-banned-driving-using-car-pet-walk.html

MagsnPaddy said:
Used to see an elderly lady exercising THREE greyhounds whilst sat on a motorised scooter - always wondered what would happen if they saw a small furry especially as we regularly had to avoid hares along the same stretch of road :eek:
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Some greyhounds don't have much prey drive, my lad would give chase off lead but only shows a brief look of interest in cats, bunnies & squirrels and would much rather concentrate on peemail while on lead.

A person i know on another forum did end up being dragged along on her arse a few yards when her 6 greys took off after a rabbit that shot out in front of them, though personally i was shocked she walked all 6 together having heard what some were like.
 
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Hmm, not my idea of how to exercise :confused: but the traveller that came to pick up their escaped pony put baling twine through the head collar and held onto it through the pick up's window. :(
 
From a car - No. However, we frequently train ours using a quad and lots of people with bigger teams do the same. It means when my husband is away I can safely run a big team on my own. I can control the speed easily and if I have to stop and get off for any reason I can. We also use a heavy passenger rig and then for racing it's a lightweight rig, sled, bike, scooter, XC skis or run with dog attached to you.

I have seen pictures of people using a sort of car chassis for training big teams (like 16 dogs). Of course this is the dogs attached to the front and pulling it. No reason why not, it's heavy and with good brakes safe to run a big team this way. With a sled you have snow hooks to use as an anchor if you need to stop - the lightweight rigs we use here don't have that option. Stopping anymore than 3 dogs is near impossible. We have snub lines but try attaching one while holding the rig and the dogs pulling!!

Holding a dog through the car window on a lead sounds downright daft and also dangerous. Finally, as has been said, Huskies can't be let off the lead. Their hunting instinct is very strong and they don't 'do' recall reliably at all. You get the odd person (usually people who have gone out and bought a 'cute fluffy husky') thinking they know better and it generally always ends badly ie shot by farmer for chasing sheep.
 
Theres a guy round us who runs 8 huskys off a quad, bit scary when hes doing it on a bridle way and your cantering towards him!!!

He was very polite and stopped his dogs so we could pass.

We saw him again that evening when walking my dogs, he did shout at us to put dogs on the lead and get off the path... he did say thank you, guessing if my lot ran towards his lot there would be a rather nasty outcome.
 
We usually train very early morning or at night when it's dark. We do this to take advantage of the cooler temperatures (I was out at 0530 this morning) and to avoid meeting other users of the forests. We had to do LANTRA training and are only allowed to use Quads in certain places (plus we pay a fee and gate key deposit). I've had problems with loose out of control dogs running into my team (once it was an in season bitch!!) and once had a dog on a flexi lead where the owner (I swear on purpose) allowed it to run into the team and got tangled. I've even met dog walkers in the dark with no headtorch?!! Must have had great night vision!! Scotland's access laws mean you can pretty much go wherever but we stick to the routes the forestry commission like us to.
 
I'm fairly sure you're not allowed to use a quad (even solely dog-powered) on a bridleway - though the law is confusing, admittedly. I can ride a bike on a bridleway, I can use a scooter on a bridleway, I can walk my dogs on a bridleway - fasten the dogs to one of those though and it's a bit of a grey area.

There's areas of forestry around here where you can train with a quad or rig but you must have a permit (£60-80 a year), an additional deposit for the gate keys, be subject to equipment inspections and have suitable third party liability insurance. Can be several year's wait for a permit.
 
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