Cani cross?

[Tikaani&Aiyana]

Hey there, has anyone had a go at cani cross with their husky? I am thinking of taking it up as I need to get back into running and it looks really fun!

Any feedback would be much appreciated

[valkyries]

hi sorry i've never done this but i'm sure some on here have xxx

[Sid_Wolf]

I have seen it and it does look fun, If you get into it then you could enter you and Tikanni into rallies! (most local is thetford/brandon)

Also seems the cheapest, as you only need the belt, line and harness (pm me n i'll get you the number for 13.50 harnesses )

I scooter with kira (should be doing it competitively next season ) its so much fun! I would get yourself down to brandon next season and talk to some of the people there who do canicross

[Tikaani&Aiyana]

Thanks for the info, I have been to a rally at Thetford and that looks great but expensive and more time consuming I think! Especially when I have 2 horses to fit in also ! Haven't yet seen anyone doing cani cross but will keep an eye out for the next one locally. Would be great to have a go at the scootering though

[Sid_Wolf]

Your welcome to hook Tikanni up with Kira if your free one weekend? Will be training down in bramford village, I've got the scooter and 2 dog lines so all you need is a harness and a collar

[WolfMoon]

I used to do canicross (never competitively) and it's a great sport and great fun. All you need is a skijor belt, a bungee line and a harness. And oh yeah, one enthusiastic dog and one enthusiastic human!

There is a great (IMO) book called "Ski Spot Run" that I would reccomend. It's mainly about skijoring but it also has a lot of good dryland info. And the skijoring information can be easily applied to canicross or scootering. The same with the book "Skijor With Your Dog."

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[Sarah]

me and running don't mix lol but i would think that you'd need to apply the same training as with scootering / running on a rig. Make sure you have got the commands down well - left / right or gee / haw whichever works best for you - last thing you want is to be trotting along then whoosh you go one way and your dog goes the other

ON BY as well is a good one to teach - this means carry on, don't stop leave the bloody leaf / cat alone lol

[Tikaani&Aiyana]

Thanks for the great tips & advice, I will definately have a look for those books you have suggested Alice. First I need to start up running again & get fit!

Im sure it will be lots of fun teaching him the commands for left & right

[Cathy]

I'm currently using the "Skijor with your Dog" book to work with Dakota on canicross. There are no canicross events down here, but we run dog-friendly 5ks canicross-style. We are having lots of fun on the local trails; there are many helpful tips in the book for training and conditioning. I hope to meet a "real" canicross team to 1) learn how to pronounce the word (is it CANE-E-cross, CAN-uh-cross, other??) and 2) learn if we're doing it correctly. Water stops and cooling strategies have been our greatest challenge so far. We're still at the early stage with 15-min runs.

I am lucky that a dryland mushing demo is coming to my area, and there's a dryland mushing group that held a race within a day's drive from here, so I'm working on getting connected with them to learn more. Slowly, it looks like dryland mushing and canicross may catch on in areas where we just don't have snow.

Anything I learn, I will pass on!

Good luck!