This evening, we finally had a great night to run when I got home for work. I have been wanting to go out for a run with my dog Edisto for weeks. Edisto is a 1-1/2 year old German Shepherd / Greyhound mix. This was his first time ever running with me for any long distance. We have been working with him for about 8 months to get him walking on a leash without issue, so I had no concern about him sticking with me.
I planned a 2 mile run, and was thinking about a 10 minute pace, with a few walk breaks. Boy did he surprise me. We did the run at a 9:38 overall pace, and he showed no signs of a weakened effort. He could have probably done more, but we limited ourselves to a 2.25 mile run.
He got excited when we started, doing some hops with excitement. He would get a little nervous when we would pass other yard dogs, and would stick to my legs, so I need to work on him on staying straight. When we would do our walk breaks, he would bounce & hop with excitement again.
The temperature was around 64 degrees, 87% humidity, & 13mph wind. Here is the Garmin data from our run.
I think he really enjoyed it. I cannot wait to do it more in the future.
I love to see pet parents run with their fury kids:) Edisto must have been ecstatic. It shows:)
Yep he really seemed to enjoy it! I cannot wait to do more run with him.
Great. Just be careful with irresponsible pet parents letting their dogs off leash. Enjoy your runs with Edisto.
Thanks!
Wow, nice that you can take Greyhound out there.