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@@tracieems616 short, sweet and fun! It’s a perfect one 😁 we’ll definitely do it again to hone our skills and for me to work out timings a bit better as she’s quite different to Dizzy at the moment!

@@jessdunn4957 🚀🚀🚀

@@jimmcbride6297 Noooo! Just do what I do and use a hat to hide your grey hairs 😉 Thanks, hopefully she’ll be a smasher 🤩 I’m not planning on two dog teaming (maybe could be convinced for a fun video 😏), as they have very different styles that won’t necessarily match. So racing will be once around with each 🥵 I definitely want to try Dizzy running free with Peggy Canicrossing at some point too.

@Adventures_oakley_clover_tuck depends on where you are in the world. I would suggest going to a club for a run, they all have a kit bag with loads of things to tryout. However if that’s not possible I’d always recommend contacting Snowpaw store and they’ll give you great advice and get you kitted out to go 😁

@Adventures_oakley_clover_tuck Yes! Lots of race organisers in the UK have a junior category. Canicross midlands, CaniX, NATB & BSSF all have very good junior races with ages from about 7 up to 18

@thatspottydogruns really I will definitely look into some near me.

Where could I get a small cani cross harness and gear at?

@Adventures_oakley_clover_tuck best bet is to find a club near you, they have loads of kit to try out and find the perfect one. If that’s not possible then I highly recommend getting in touch with the team at Snowpaw Store - they give great advice and will no doubt be able to get you kitted out 👍

@thatspottydogrunsthank you so much!!!

@@NatalieEa100 good question as I didn’t explain the plan that clearly 🫣 She’s eight months here and living the life of a sprint queen running 200m (it takes us around 35 seconds) at a time once a week. She’ll run 1km broken up into various portions for the next month or so (again once a week) before trying a whole 1km. We’ll do this for a while and I doubt she’ll race a full 5k until winter 2025/26 The really short distances are perfect as it’s good for her to build up her stamina and strength safely whilst also being super fun and leaving her wanting more. The added benefit of doing 200m is I can go flat out so can help her a lot by running as much resistance off as I can which is even more fun for her. You’ll see over the next few videos all the cool things we can train over really short distances so she has learnt everything before we start actual training and racing when we can really start building consistent distance and regularity around Easter (when she’ll be 12 months old) 😁

@ thank you so much for explaining!! This is a super exciting time and I look forward to watching your journey with Peggy! Love this subscription - it’s the only good one out there covering canicross!!

@ Thanks 🖤🤍🖤🤍

@@peterhowse6237 🤣🤣 when they bring out a hot pink colour line and harness we’ll be available for negotiations… but not before!

@ 😂😂😂😂

@@sophb0322 it’s amazing to see isn’t it! Something about watching a dog do exactly what they are bred to do is so cool. I’m not sure about together 😬🤣 they have quite different styles. But they will certainly be swapping over in races that allow it 😁

@thatspottydogruns It could be a bit chaotic running them together I suppose 🤣 I've seen multiple dog teams at canicross events and genuinely wonder how people don't fall over lol. Either way it's great to see different running styles with different dogs 👍

@ Haha! Yes, it looks like a quick way to end up hugging a tree 😆 we’d struggle with puddles… Peggy would go flat out straight through them and Dizzy would tip-toe characteristically around the edge 🤣🤣

@@jessdunn4957 thanks 🖤🤍 yeah super impressed with the harness! Fits beautifully, super adjustable and Under £40 including shipping 🤯

@@jessdunn4957 she has the BEST time 🤩 took her again this weekend and her whole back end was wagging at the finish 😍 she might even enjoy it more than barking 🤔

@@sophb0322 Thanks 🖤🤍 he enjoyed the course but getting the drive to run no matter what is tough to find in non-purpose bred dogs, you’ve got to be either really lucky or an outstanding team I think. Good luck with your running with Alfie!!! Sounds like a great team 😁

@@NatalieEa100 thanks 🖤🤍🖤🤍 tough but enjoyable nonetheless 😁

@@jimmcbride6297 Yes, it was a different one to break up in your mind too as you couldn’t really break it up km by km as the splits fell at different points each lap. Proper Cross Country vibes! Not Dizzy’s format unfortunately, very tough to get a stubborn Dalmatian to run laps when there is a food truck at the finish 🤣

@TheoDeacon-y8h Thanks! It was a tough run, we’ll definitely have better days but enjoyed it nonetheless 😁

@@peterhowse6237 That’ll be why your courses are so fun 🤩 I can’t walk Dizzy on the course before or he works out the bits he doesn’t like and breaks down in the race 🫣

@ yep ! Dogs are to clever for their own good lol

@ the laps on this one would have still been a challenge in a dogless race… there was a chip van at the finish 🤣🤣

@@thatspottydogruns thats the main thing !! Cheesy chips after lol

@ some people apparently turn up to run 🤯🤷🏻‍♂️

@@NatalieEa100 it’s such a fun course! Perfect for Dizzy 🤩

@@Seanpikelocke1 thanks 🤍🖤

@@jimmcbride6297 Thanks 🤍🖤 there’s certainly a bit more to come off that time isn’t there!

@@tracieems616 Yesss! Get that matching team kit going 😁 It just shows what a long way 5k is even if you run it in 18 mins. There is always time to make up for a slip up. Dizzy’s last two km’s were amazing and faster than any previous race around this course. He closed it out and finished like an absolute pro.

@@oli73490 Thanks so much 🤍🖤 Amazing! what dog do you have?

@thatspottydogruns he's a pitt/Australian shepherd mix. He's only a year old and we just adopted him so I'm looking to find ways to exercise with him. 🤗

@ ah nice! You’ll have loads of fun 🤩

@@jimmcbride6297 thanks 🤍🖤 We’ve never had any interactions that have been properly negative. As you say Dizzy’s focus and temperament are excellent. So I never mind. Dizzy is actually quicker on a busy racecourse than in a time-trial environment anyway. Although recently there were reports of dogs getting bitten at the World Championships in Italy. Shockingly none of these actions resulted in disciplinary actions 😡 not sure how I’d feel in that scenario

@@thatspottydogruns Hopefully it is rare that blood is drawn between dogs (I have seen fur fly though). I would hate if muzzles were mandated from a few bad actors. The canicross crowd seems to have more temperamental dogs than the multidog sled dog teams I have seen. I wonder if this is because there is a more personal relationship when running behind your dog.

@ quite the opposite - muzzles are often banned at some of these events! I suspect the big teams don’t get a chance to interact as there is so much time between them on the trail. Canicross works best with close racing… it’s how humans work too 😁

@@tracieems616 Ha! we’d have finished 🥈 without it 🫣 YES! Can’t wait for that one 🤍🖤

@@harveypearson8497 Absolutely! We can’t wait… fastest course in the UK by my reckoning 🚀🐄

@ it was the first canicross race me and the doggo entered last year, hoping to go quicker and break 20 minutes by January!

@ awesome 🚀 it’s a tough one to place yourself at for that time. If you go too far forward in the queue everyone disappears off but if you go too far back you can get caught in traffic. I always look for people I know who are running a certain speed at the start and try and place myself around them.

@@cariboudle6915 Haha! very rare for cameo appearances to be of faces rather than the back of heads as we fly past in these videos 🤣🫢

@@MWalsh_NY Thanks 🤍🖤 you can get us on IG with @thatspottydogruns - we changed it once the team grew 😁

@@cariboudle6915 hahaha 🤣 of course my mistake!

@@geoffpirie4442 Thanks 🖤🤍 - I love your photos! They capture the joy on Dizzy’s face when he races (and the struggle on mine 🤣) We’ll be there in November, we’ll definitely give the series a go… you’ll be able to catch my pup Peggy before the end of the season too 😍

@@jogooding7380 Amazing! What breed is Bella? Raw Trails High Lodge is one of our favourite races 😍 We’ll be there in November so you’ll get a good feel for the course!!! We can’t do the December one but hopefully catch you both at another race soon 🤞🐾

I'd assumed it was Dizzy's heart rate!😅

@@spinklin Haha! Jogging with your dog is cheating don’t you know 👀🤣

@@willmartin5810 🤣🤣 - we reckon Dizzy’s max heart rate can go to well over 250bpm and he has a Vo2 max of 200+ … although I doubt he breaks a sweat with me in tow 😆

@@calder79 Thanks 🙏🤍🖤 Camera is a GoPro Hero 9 Black Race Metrics are done in Garmin VIRB edit 👍

@@thatspottydogruns You’re welcome, keep on creating great content! Starting to canicross myself in Sweden, so it’s motivating to look at your content. 😊 Will check out Garmin VIRB, thanks.

@@calder79 brilliant 🤩 let us know how you get on!!

@@danielleemond9209 I think I get what you mean. There are a number of ways you can get the dog to run with more focus and drive. Some simply get someone on a bike to ride out front so they have something to chase. Running with other dogs is also great as they really get the pack mentality and don’t want to stop and sniff. With Dizzy, I did interval training to train this. We started with really short intervals, 200-400m with loads of praise and fun. Then we gradually lengthened them out, he didn’t know we were going further, it just seemed like the same fun thing as always. Also, most dogs generally LOVE to race! Dizzy works a lot harder when we are racing compared to when we are training. So they might surprise you!!! Good luck - let us know how you get on 🖤🤍

@@bettysmissingfinger haha awesome! Lovely to see you guys again and we are hoping to get to newnham at some point 🤞

@@jimmcbride6297 thanks 🖤🤍🖤🤍 we’ll be doing our best 😁

@@Snailyandwhaley Thanks 🖤🤍🖤🤍

Interesting thought. I guess most people will get fitter and quicker as Canicrossing gets them more into running. Biomechanically, running with a dog is good for increasing your cadence too so you might find you get quicker as you are stronger and can move your legs faster. Plus all that cross country mud and hills will help too! But, Psychologically I know a lot of people find dogless running way harder now! So having the ability to push yourself right to the end could be diminished for sure. Of course it's such a different sport to dogless running it's actually tough to say. But most people I know (including world champions!) are getting quicker dogless.

@@SophieGorman 🤣 - I love it, they are good ones!!

@@cariboudle6915 definitely! She’s doing well with the recall, trying to overcome distractions from birds will be the big challenge!! She’ll be walking on a belt rather than me holding the lead for some walks before too long now too… maybe I’ll come and canitrek her in the Zombies sometime 🤔

@@thatspottydogruns we'd love to have her when she's old enough and frankly you walk quicker than I run so it will hardly be a challenge 😂

@@edvardcsontos709 🤍🖤🤍🖤

@@dogsofmischief 🤣🤣🤣 with the sound OFF 😆

@@thatspottydogruns 😂😂😂

@@cariboudle6915 🖤🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️🧡

@@-reky welcome! That’s brilliant, you guys are going to have so much fun! For filming I do all my race footage on a head mount, it’s a lot better than the chest mount which I find doesn’t produce great footage for running XC.

@@thatspottydogruns oh, thats a valuable info, thanks :) just have to overcome feeling of looking silly with something mounted on my head 😅

@@-reky we’ve started a mini revolution here, I see loads of people giving it a go at races now 😁🖤🤍

@@BrittsGeodeK9s Brilliant! It makes such a difference knowing you’re going to Canicross them from the beginning

@@lindacarter1449 Great! Yes this could be brilliant for you guys - can’t wait to see your 🚀🐄 out on the trails 🖤🤍

@@Mangohead75 Peggy is a Greyster, purpose bred for Cani-sports and racing!

@@thatspottydogruns I have a gsp and I can definitely see the pointer in her

@@Mangohead75 ah amazing! How old is your GSP? Yes, there is GSP mixed in a few generations back in her line. Then some other types of pointer and some greyhound even further back.

@@thatspottydogruns Hercules is 15 months. I also have a 3 year old springer spaniel. I started off lead running with Hercules at 10 months after talking to my vet.just short runs with plenty of stops . I will be looking to do longer runs with him in the autumn. Training him was easy as he just copied Waffle my esp

@@Mangohead75 brilliant! Yes, it’s all about building them up gradually. Let us know how you get on go a bit longer!!! Peggy will be focussing on the middle distance stuff and leave the long stuff to Dizzy!

@@cariboudle6915 in the depths of the Ashridge rainforest, which hasn’t seen dry weather since last September 🤔

@@thatspottydogruns September 1902 😭

@@cariboudle6915 🤣🤣🤣