I used to run with mine 4 days a week till he blew out his back acl's. Now- after $ surgery $- he only gets to go on a slow run once a week and a walk twice a week. He tends to gimp around and I sure miss him. Nothing like having dog to suddenly chasing a seagull across the street to make me keep running faster!

My Border Collie can run longer than I can in cooler weather. Shes not much for the faster (sub 7:30 pace) stuff though. We just ran 2 hours on tuesday. You gotta start em out easy, just like a person, work their way up through time, letting them get in shape. If they show any signs of limping, give them a week or two off. Hot weather isnt a friend of most dogs. I try to run in the morning as much as I can during the summer.

My doberman is good up to 4-5 miles. After that he is toast. He's a good sport about it though, all I have to do is mention the word run and he is at the front door waiting.

I run with my austrlian kelpie all the time.hes been out on 3 hour runs with me. I think,like triguy said,you gotta start them out slow just like you would a person. Just make sure they are enjoying themselves and all is well.

Yes, love running with the pup! I have to carry water for him though after about 10 minutes, starts panting quite a bit, so we share a bottle or two. We did try to run in a snow storm once, well, we were out and it was pretty cold and his paws at first didn't like it, but then it started snowing really hard sideways and he started to freak out, took a little while to calm him down. Still, its like killing two birds with one stone, get the run out of the way for the day, and have a tired dog for the reaminder of the evening so I can relax!

Well I have not been running because of some knee issues, but when I get back to it I'll take my Beauceron... at least on trails he's young so I don't want to mess up his joints by taking him running on the road. Also have a Boerboel but he's doesn't have the endurance or drive. (Boerboels are quite large dogs... :P Mine is around 130 lbs.)

I ran with my dog a few times when I was younger (and had a dog to run with) until we were going pretty fast and the dog decided to run on the opposite side of a phone pole while on the leash. Almost having your arm wrenched from your shoulder tends to put a damper on that, and I don't think she enjoyed almost breaking her neck. She loved running, though. She was a pure-bred mutt ;-)

Otherwise, if I still had a dog I'd totally run with it again :-)

We did it!

Ok - no biggie for most of u, but I've never been much of a runner - until today. Devil and I did our usual 4 mile out and back, and FINALLY ran an 8:30 mile. I double checked the split, in disbelief, and we were cruising on home, on pace to repeat when we had to stop and wait for a train (carrying edible beef tallow, amongst other things).

Gah, I really really want a dog to train with now :D!

db and I ran a 7 mile loop yesterday - but he still looks like a coffee table. that dog's too smart for me. he slows down around mile 3.5, saving his energy to bark at any passing trucks, and to protect me from any evils we might encounter. now I get it - a shepherd's job isn't done until we're home safe.

love running with him, and although it's been discussed, I can't run without him so what should be longer days aren't. it'll do for now.

I do all my runs with only a furry training partner as I am one of the few headcases in my area that dares to move outdoors without a motor attached. We have four dogs: two shiloh shepherds, a shepherd husky mix, and my doberman pinscher. I take different dogs for different workouts. The mix is eight, so he's my cool down dog (maxes out at 10min). The shilohs can do long as they can trot all day. Anytime I have speed work or go mountain biking, it's the dobie. I can also use her to run anywhere anytime...If I need to run at nite, I can go through the area were the dope is being sold, and I either clear the area or make an interesting selection of new friends who all love my "killer" dog. We have great conversations and periodically stop in parks to chase crows or drink out of puddles. They will even drink from my waterbottles if I hose it into their mouths (I am not sharing with them for obvious reasons). I have a marathon planned in September and am going to rotate dogs every 10k.

I hope you are ok, but that is a funny story.

devil dog update - he's down 4 lbs from the massive 82 that he weighed in at previously, but he's retired since my arm is broken from when i tripped over him. radial head fracture.

who knew dogs were so dangerous :-)

don't forget speeding through skool zones