Room report which church witley knight, quail grouse woodcock mondays with some pink or purple spokie-dokes. Go to a Country Bar or a locals only kinda suburban Pub at 3pm on a Tuesday. The one that's a little too easy to chat up, about 36yrs old low light...46 high...Once she has a buzz on, bring up everything awesome about mountain biking. She'll say something like OMG, omg...I always wanted to try that! I almost bought a bike and everything but a-hole ex-husband...well, I won't bore you about him. You say Thx. Ask her to go ride, you haz spare bike. She'll say What about the seats? I heard they're bad for, ya know, your private parts? You say Naw...they make Vagduro and Sackduro specific seats now-a-days...no worries. BAM!...you'll be irresistible and she'll go to a trail with you....there you go, Trail A.K.A....Cougar True story.. took a 4 week old kitten 3 weeks ago because I'm a pushover and soft. She's been on two weekend camping trips Utah and Nevada and been on 3 or 4 bouldering days since I've had her. She follows me around the desert pretty well and now comes running when I call her, and yes it's better when she's a little hungry. Whenever I come back from a ride she gets psyched and starts playing around on the tires and all that obviously the next step is to rig pack and take her riding. Potter took his dog BASE jumping, what the hell.. Worst case scenario? Pack full of pee or OTB disaster I used to bike with dog when she was younger. I learned a few valuable things from vet. The most important being dogs are sprinters. Anything over 2 to 3 of consistent running is too much for a dog. Their anatomy is not built to sustain distance performance like our bodies are. Even sled dogs trot and slow jog for durations of time during races. I would typically stop everyone mile or less to how she was doing and let her drink, cool off and catch her breath. Make sure to give your dog proper and wholesome foods and supplement their diet with a multivitamin to help with their joints and to keep them performing at their best! Also, giving dogs ice or ice cold water can cause stomach spasms large chested breeds, but most breeds are fine with ice and cold water. The last tip I could think of is to not let your dog drink too much water at once. Control how much they drink they do not over drink and the water back up. Oh, one last thing, keep mind your dog can run itself to death trying to keep up with you! You are their whole life and they push themselves beyond their limits to keep up with you! Be vigilant and stay safe! Completely agree with you, and sadly I people with trail dogs grinding a tough pace and really hurting their companions. I have a 140 lb bloodhound, he can easily do 10 on a very slow cadence, however throw a couple high output sprint and he maybe can do 3 before he is gassed. For SOCal folks; the rattle snake vaccine works great, they buy you a few hours to get to the vet, worth every penny! General trailing tip: all dogs can sniff very well, train them to follow your smell and if they loose sight it isn't no big deal, they pick the sent up and keep rolling! I think that border collie thinks she's to smart for normal trail dog stuff. While I'm flying down a trail, she disappears into the woods, and is waiting for me at the bottom. She is very weird and unusually wayward for a border collie, but she can always find me or her way home even a new place. Too late to train her to be the model trail dog, but our system works great for us. I have australian shepherd and since he is a herding dog he is awesome at staying with me. I've never ever had him run off. I 't ride with him much because he can