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Although we've had Leika for 6 years now I have only just recently introduced her to a harness, rig and the freedom to run as much as she likes. In other words I have started to 'work' her and so far so good! Zolly has done this in the past so knows what to do and between us all we are getting there!! There is nothing better then seeing your dogs do what they were born to do... run and as they can never be let off the lead this is the only way they can run as if they are free and they love it. Zolly is in his element when he's pulling a rig (3 wheeled bike type thing that we use )... he has such a huge stride that Leika has to run slightly faster than him to keep up but they run well together. It's a brilliant feeling being out in the middle of a forest, just you and your dogs striding out in front of you... ears back listening for your voice... the only down side is when it's muddy...because a pair of huskies going flat out produce a lot of mud spray.. which inevitably covers you from head to toe... but that's all part of the fun... and we wouldn't change it for the world. At the end of the day the dogs are happy and that's all we care about.
And if we can't take them out on the rig we use our mountain bikes, attaching them to the bike with a special bungee and using the same lines and harnesses that we use when they are on the rig and they love it just the same... although being pulled by a couple of huskies on a mountain bike is slightly scarier then running them on a rig... you've only got two wheels on the bike whilst on the rig you've got 3..... which is slightly more stable....... !! But still loads of fun for us and the dogs.... and Ben always comes along for the run too!!
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