Anyway along the beach out in front of us are two joggers…they had that energy of calm (or maybe that was exhaustion) and appeared confident so I only recalled the Dane and Dobey plus one Setter - back to the “why” in a minute. The pass-by was just fine as all dogs ignored the joggers and the joggers ignored the dogs. So it does go to show that jogging by a large pack of loose dogs can be safe - if the dogs are under control and everyone, including the dogs, pointedly ignore each other!
Now with this mix of my dogs who do not have a particularly strong “chase instinct” the chances of them giving a jogger a “run off” is very unlikely. So too they are all well-trained to ignore people when passing by on the beach - else it would be a nightmare to walk them in the summer when it can get a bit busy…it’s not exactly Benidorm even then though :-)
Why did I call the Dane and Dobey back?? - Only because people have a mistaken impression of these guarding breeds and can get scared easily so out of politeness I make visible my contact with their collars! As for the Setter Alfie - well that’s his track record - he is in his own world when running about and can’t hear or see much as he’s so focused on the drive to run free - so what did he do? He sent a jogger flying last summer - not just his fault as the jogger was listening to music and totally unaware of Alfie’s presence zigzagging about - so that resulted in the jogger tripping over him! No one hurt all was well but I don’t want a repeat accident!
More next on “Dog and Jog” as to when to stop and go - and how to pass by! Plus a story about the Terriers and how they would react to a jogger - let’s just say it would not be in the same way as this pack of 8 behave and there’s only 5 of them!!!
Off to take the Terries out now - along a quiet lane with no joggers!!
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