Run With Dogs : Fitting In A Run

Fitting In A Run

Posted by: Audrey Post date: May 28th, 2008

I have just eaten a large chunk of chocolate macadamia fudge and half a bag of gummy bears, and feel quite ill!

I’m finding it hard to fit in a run at the moment. It’s dark by the time Hubby gets home from work, and it’s dark in the mornings until fairly late. I could probably fit in a half hour run in the morning, but I’d rather go a bit further than that. So, I’ve been encouraging the kidlets to come out on their bikes with me. They can easily ride 10k, and although the run is usually interrupted by drinks and rest breaks, it’s all time on my feet. I’m planning on extending them to 12k very soon. I have a fairly flat 12k loop mapped out around home, so we may try that next week. Yesterday I took them into Redcliffe, thinking they’d enjoy a ride along the foreshore while I ran. It was really nice, they enjoyed it, and I was hopeful of getting a bit of distance. Unfortunately Master 5 rode his bike into a pole, both were okay but that was the end of that. We had an ice cream on the beach, then came home. I wanted to go out this afternoon with them, but after a full day with a homeschool group, they were tired, but sigh, they’d come with me if I really wanted to go. With that level of enthusiasm, I could see it just wasn’t going to be a success, so I decided to give it a miss. They’re just going to have to get out there and ride with me if they want me to continue to take them to all the activities they do.

I took Guinness out the back yard for a bit of obedience training this afternoon. He was really fired up and easily remembered how to heel, automatic sit, and drop. He’s dodgy on the stand, and is totally useless on the stays :smile: . However, he’s so enthusiastic and did so well after a long break from training, I can see it won’t take him long to get back up to speed. I want to have a modicum of control before we go back to obedience classes, so he doesn’t totally embarrass me. I’ve also found agility classes close by, that are privately run. That may be an option. I have to get some pipe for the metal frame I have and then I’ll have a set of weave poles we can practice with. I’ll also get the hurdle out of the shed, and get him jumping a bit more.

I vaccinated and microchipped the whippets last week. Tiger screamed like a banshee, Sherbet was so laid back and didn’t even flinch, even when the huge microchip needle went in. They’re such different personalities. Sherbet is around 5 months old now, and with the whippet’s smaller size, they should be mature enough to go running very soon. The kidlets will be thrilled with that.

Some more fun from the Japanese (have you seen their Human Tetris game? ) – Treadmill Game!

2 Responses to “Fitting In A Run”

Andrew (ajh) Says:
May 30th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
If you want a really tough job (maybe Mission Impossible) you can come down and try some of that obedience training on our mutt.

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Sara Says:
May 31st, 2008 at 10:16 am
Bella is so good at listening to my commands- as long as there isn’t anything more interesting than me- like birds, other dogs, people, sticks, leaves, bits of rubbish or clouds to distract her! Mmmm chocolate macadamia fudge!

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