Roller skating with a dog.... would you?

CFC

If you practice on the skates and feel confident, give it a go! the long lead is a good idea, if you need to drop it due to her speed then you'll be able to catch her later. How are you going to manage if she stops dead to sniff, though?

blue_monkey_2

hayley11 wrote: »

Have you tried your dog with an extendable lead so he can run but only so far? What about taking your dog to training classes? I think it might be worth investing in solving the problem rather than investing in skates to get around the problem.

Personally I wouldn't take my dog out on skates, i'd be terrified of breaking my neck! :rotfl:

Yes, the problem is that she obviously cannot go far, her recall is great on the long line but if she gets a run on she nearly yanks my arm off and would easily pull me over so I have to stop her getting to this point. I have to brace myself and either she, or I, goes flying. It's not good.

I have a trainer who comes to my house and I have been doing A LOT of work with my dogs and it shows, I am paying £30 an hour for private training classes, just specifically for this recall issue, when my husband is back at work after his op. If I can solve it then it will be money well spent.

However, I cannot see her ever changing. I cannot let her off as she just ignores me and the whistle and I find it sad for her as she is missing out on so much exercise. She knows 'come' and she knows the whistle when on the long line as this is why I decided to let her off last time. It was too soon though. She will take food when on the long line - get her off the line and she couldn't give a toss whether I had rare steak dangling there, she is not interested and she just runs off and will not recall.

I just cannot risk it because of her breed unfortunately so I need another outlet for her energy.

blue_monkey_2

CFC wrote: »

If you practice on the skates and feel confident, give it a go! the long lead is a good idea, if you need to drop it due to her speed then you'll be able to catch her later. How are you going to manage if she stops dead to sniff, though?

Well, I have been watching some stuff online tonight and apparently, because they are running, they are not interested in sniffing because they have a different mindset at that time. When she runs, she runs. I cannot ever imagine going as fast as some of those blokes on You Tube though. She does know 'stop' and 'wait' while walking so I was pretty much hoping that she would stop when I asked her..... :rotfl:

For now, I think if I start slow and get her to a trot, if she speeds up I will slow down and just increase the intensity slowly. Plus there are a lot of hills on the cycle paths I could get her to pull me up the hills as well to save me skating up. :rotfl:

I just have to find some skates now, having small child sized feet I don't want Ben 10 or Pepper Pig!! I want some skates now.

aliasojo

blue_monkey wrote: »

......but if she gets a run on she nearly yanks my arm off and would easily pull me over so I have to stop her getting to this point. I have to brace myself and either she, or I, goes flying. It's not good.

It wont solve all your problems but one of these would cut down on the 'yank' part. They are quite effective.


http://www.traininglines.co.uk/dog-lead-shock-absorber-3768-0.html

You can get them instore at pets at home too.

blue_monkey_2

aliasojo wrote: »

It wont solve all your problems but one of these would cut down on the 'yank' part. They are quite effective.


http://www.traininglines.co.uk/dog-lead-shock-absorber-3768-0.html

You can get them instore at pets at home too.

Ah, thanks. I am going to get one of those today anyway, they don't cost much do they.

I just told my husband of my plans as he has been upstairs recuperating from an op, so I had not mentioned it before today, and he would not stop laughing. Git!!

So that has made me more determined and I am going to go to town and see if I can find some skates today. I think the kids will want some as well though so if it works out we could all go skating with the dogs. Even 10 minutes would be great exercise for us. I'll update and IF it works out I'll put a little video up of it for you all.

Hmmm.... how am I going to use my son's pads if he has them on. He only has little knees, he'll be fine. :rotfl:

dizziblonde

I thought you were only allowed to rollerblade with your dog wearing tiny white hotpants when you were on your period? Or did the sanitary towel adverts lie to me??!

MissG_2

No way on this earth would i but i do have 3!! A idea would be to take a pair of shoes with you in a bag like a jd bag so if things get a bit too much when you take the dog out on them then you can stop and change.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

DD would rollerskate with her grandparent's two dogs, one a labrador retriever and one a golden retriever. It worked fine. She did it with our old staffie, too, with no problems. Then she tried to teach her Dad's Boxer.

She has two inch long, inch wide scars on her right elbow, right shoulder and left hip where he dragged her down the street as he saw a cat.


Having said that, I skated with my beagle when I was a kid, and Cesar Milan does with his dogs - but he has boots with huge, angled wheels, which I think are probably a lot safer to use.

They're called LandRollers - http://www.landroller.com/Cesar-Millan-on-LandRollers.html and might be worth a look.

Zooxanthelle

Have you tried it yet? I'm intrigued!!

blue_monkey_2

Well, I have been laid up for most of the week with a vomiting bug so just catching up with my emails now.

I bought some skates in Sports Direct and they were crap. The stoppers were made of plastic so when I tried to stop they carried on, the wheels were also awful plastic and the boots felt horrible on so going to get some retro quads as they are soft on the foot. I've had my eye on some on eBay and they ended today but they went for almost the price of new boots so I am going to order some brand new ones tonight, they should be here next week then.

Hubby laughed but I told him about my grand idea but when I was a kid I used to skate everywhere, I was not someone who liked riding a bike but I lived on my skates and even used to go up and down the stairs on them, LOL - soooo, it should be like riding a bike and I just have to find my balance and get back on the wheels again and should be OK. I am not sure if I explained that before. I've also found I can get an add on back stopper these days so that'll give me an extra brake so going to get one of those.

I have tried running with the dog and she trots along beside me, not interested in anything else - I ran with both dogs as it goes. However, it nearly half killed me, LOL, although I was in the run up to being ill (my excuse anyway!!). So I am going to try and do a little each day and wear the skates around the house. She WILL have the halti on and I am getting the pup used to a gentle leader so if they decide to pull they are not going to get too far - even if I fall over to stop them. I'll be driving to the park and giving them a run up there. She stops when I ask her to as well so I do not think it'll be so bad.

I bought one of those suspension clips for the long line so she cannot yank my arm off but with being ill, today was the first day for a proper walk and not taken her on the ong line this week.

I will be back to update when the skates arrive to let you know whether my body parts are still intact

In regards to the Landrollers - they are around £150 a pair I don't really want to pay out for skates in all honesty. Even the ones I saw on eBay are selling for £130+ and the description for these did make me smile and wonder: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LandRoller-Mojo-Multi-Terrain-Inline-Skates-UK-12-/280628683982?pt=UK_Sporting_Goods_Skateboarding_Skating_ET&hash=item4156c5e4ce