Exercising for me AND my dog

[farrellcollie]

I rollerblade with my dogs (except the one who hates it) and I use a "gentle leader" head halter - no dog liked it at first - but they got used to it and they LOVE running so they get all excited when I get the gentle leaders out now. They can open their mouths, drink, bite, etc - but I can control them on rollerblades without fear of getting hurt. ALso - all have gone to training classes with me.


I had disasterous results with both the springer dog leash and the bicycle dog leash - but it was about 8 years ago so perhaps the designs are better. On the springer - hound lab mix would just snap the safety snap and go off so we tried something called the bicycle dog leash. WIth bicycle dog leash - no safety release - dog took bike after a squirrell and I flew into a tree. Dog was fine. Bike and I were not as lucky. My collies have not been as tough to handle as the lab/hound who had a very high pain tolerance (I mean he did not seem to mind dragging a bike that weighed almost as much as he did), was quite strong for a 50lb dog and had no sense whatsoever.