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@@TJudit003 this is when the use of commands is a priority. Training your dog the Canicross commands when in harness means you can determine the pace as well as directional commands. Training the commands means that you work as a partnership and they follow your cues rather than them dictating the pace or direction of travel! Hope that helps 🐾🧡

Some training you can add in to help would be: Interval Training: Alternate between sprints and jogs to help your dog adapt to pace changes. Verbal Cues for Pace: Use "easy" or “steady” to slow down and "go"/ “let’s go” to speed up, practice these cues during your runs. Customise Equipment: Experiment with bungee lengths so that your dog can feel when they are taut on the line and not. Your cues should marry up with what they feel in their body too. These should help you start to sync as a team and make your runs more fluid. Let us know how you get on 💫

Lovely thank you for the tips💪💛

✅ Build Gradually: Start with short runs, increasing distance slowly to build endurance. Our coaching plans help you manage building endurance together. dogfit.co.uk/collections/canicross-success-improvers-intermediates You will also find our podcast episode here about building distance together really useful www.talkcanicross.com/episodes/going-the-distance-ultra-canicrossing-e5sn8-ak46r ✅ Train Consistently: Regular, shorter runs during the week build stamina over time. Consistency is more effective than one-off long runs. ✅ Read Fatigue Signs: Learn to recognise when your dog is tiring (e.g., lagging, excessive panting) and take breaks as needed. ✅ Hydration and Snacks: Bring water for both you and your dog if an endurance run is in the plan. Offering small treats to keep energy up is a great way for you to also stop and take fuel onboard. That’s where the Skinner’s Get Out & Go bars work really well dogfit.co.uk/collections/dog-nutrition ✅ Rest & Recover: Recovery days are essential. Muscles (both human and canine) grow stronger during rest!

✅ Build Gradually: Start with short runs, increasing distance slowly to build endurance. Our coaching plans help you manage building endurance together. dogfit.co.uk/collections/canicross-success-improvers-intermediates You will also find our podcast episode here about building distance together really useful www.talkcanicross.com/episodes/going-the-distance-ultra-canicrossing-e5sn8-ak46r ✅ Train Consistently: Regular, shorter runs during the week build stamina over time. Consistency is more effective than one-off long runs. ✅ Read Fatigue Signs: Learn to recognise when your dog is tiring (e.g., lagging, excessive panting) and take breaks as needed. ✅ Hydration and Snacks: Bring water for both you and your dog if an endurance run is in the plan. Offering small treats to keep energy up is a great way for you to also stop and take fuel onboard. That’s where the Skinner’s Get Out & Go bars work really well dogfit.co.uk/collections/dog-nutrition ✅ Rest & Recover: Recovery days are essential. Muscles (both human and canine) grow stronger during rest!

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Hope these help 🐾🧡 Focus Drills: Incorporate attention cues with positive vocal feedback as part of the warm-up and part of your training together. th-cam.com/play/PL2qLNVDAAGBttDsx4x0ahVZk8vdlCW_jy.html&si=SpnBcsvPlLvkrGIy Group Runs for Socialisation: Gradually expose your dog to distractions, practicing redirection and focus. Consistent Commands: Use commands like "on by" (to pass distractions) and "forward" to reinforce focus on the teamwork you want to harness.

So much great advice, thank you so much for chatting to us 🐾🧡

It’s a great way for them to have a “job to do” which gives them a focus and drive that can help them so much.

Make sure you are using the commands so she knows what the "job" is that you want her to do. Building command training distracts them from behaviours like this. It may take time to build the behaviour change but short training sessions working on it really helps 🐾🧡

Hi, yes you can, if both dogs pull in a similar way. If however one pulls more strongly than the other, we would suggest two separate lines, so one does not affect the other.

We love exploring with our dogs 🐾🐾

Yes absolutely! It's win win, support running with friends, exercise and your dog has a lovely time too🐾🐾

The Canicross waistbelt is specifically designed to take the pull from around your hip area so there is no pull coming into the back which can cause injury. It sits across the glutes where it is far easier to control the speed of the dog running ahead of you. It also allows for a more balanced, upright run making it safer and more comfortable to run in.

You'll find our podcast episodes here dogfit.co.uk/pages/podcast

No problem at all 🐾🧡

It's the best 🐾🧡

Thankfully not too many bears or lions where we are!!

If you head here, you'll find you can listen through various podcast providers dogfit.co.uk/pages/podcast

They really were the stars of the show 🤩🤩

Good luck!

Morning John! We are delighted to say that you were chosen by our random selector to win our DogFit complete kit as part of our 7th Birthday celebrations!! Could you email us on hello@dogfit.co.uk with the size of harness you require, the colour you wish to have alongside the length of line you'd like. The link to the product is within the video description above to help you get the correct size harness for Patch. Congratulations once again from all of us at DogFit!

@@DogFit email sent. Many many thanks random selector!!

Yep, the kit helps them understand the "job" you want them to do. Once the harness goes on, they know it's run time! Good luck!

You'll not regret it!

They are the best PT's aren't they?!

That's great to hear.

This is great to hear! Good luck.