Anyone ever successfull with this? Just bought some rollerblades. I use to love doing it when I was younger. For some reason it isn't quite as easy as it use to be! I can skate just fine, stopping is the problem so I am going to practice for a bit before trying w/ the dogs. Anyone ever trained their dog(s) to rollerblade with them? I have two 70lb golden retrievers & I think they would have a blast. I also bought wrist, knee & elbow pads just in case my idea does not work out as planned!

1/18/2006 12:28:06 PM

stopping? just do a little circle turn

1/18/2006 12:34:13 PM

what size did you buy them? do they stay on? i wonder how they did it in The Truth About Cats and Dogs

[Edited on January 18, 2006 at 12:43 PM. Reason : e]

1/18/2006 12:43:04 PM

i am sure you will have some falls.... labs/goldens can get excited and might just run off and drag you. i used to let mine pull me around on skates (i was like 10 years old)

1/18/2006 12:57:26 PM

For a second there I thought you were putting the dogs on rollerblades.

1/18/2006 12:59:09 PM

1/18/2006 1:07:46 PM

^AGH!

get the one in plastic...it looks less scarey and still works

1/18/2006 1:25:07 PM

We take Gizmo skateboarding with great success. He's a pro. Hope your doggie doesn't roll you into a tree.

1/18/2006 3:04:11 PM

you could always just let go and worry about chasing them down later

1/18/2006 3:31:05 PM

I've done it before without incident, but that was in Wilmington where there is no such thing as hills. Up here hills, even without dogs, present a challenge to successful rollerblading. Plan your terrain wisely and you'll be fine.

1/18/2006 3:39:28 PM

I took a 70lb dog for a cross country walk on a unicycle when I was in high school... I think you can handle rollerblades on a sidewalk.

1/18/2006 4:22:29 PM

As long as the dog is trained well and you are good on rollerblades it should be fine.

1/18/2006 4:28:38 PM

enjoy the dogs now because if they pull you around in about 5 years they will have horrible arthritis

happened to a dog down the street back home, it was a golden retriever

1/18/2006 4:34:23 PM

You are just asking for trouble on rollerblades. The dog catches one whiff of a scent across your skating path and you are going to bite it and probably hurt both of you in the process.

1/18/2006 4:46:46 PM

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=327447

1/18/2006 6:15:16 PM

By the way those choke chains are horrible. Good alternitives are the "gentle leader" http://www.gentleleader.com/pages.cfm?id=17 or "sporn training halter"
http://www.sporn.com/product_info.php?products_id=28

Oh and also I do not plan to have the dogs pull me but walk along beside me. Again I say the "plan." We will have to work on more training if they try to pull me on the blades. I know that is awful for their hips.

[Edited on January 19, 2006 at 12:29 PM. Reason : more]

1/19/2006 12:27:13 PM

i'm sorry

you want to have 140+ pounds of living creatures pull you while you're on fixed wheels?

yeah
this has DANGER written all over it

1/19/2006 12:34:06 PM

Quote :

"By the way those choke chains are horrible."

no they aren't.

they teach dogs discipline, and a well disciplined dog lives a much happier life, as his relationship with his master is more clearly defined.

1/19/2006 12:43:01 PM

Quote :

"no they aren't. they teach dogs discipline, and a well disciplined dog lives a much happier life, as his relationship with his master is more clearly defined."

If you beat the shit out of something you can teach it discipline but it doesn't mean its the best approach.

Gentle leaders are the best method we've used. It doesn't hurt the dog and they definitely won't pull. The choke collars can definitely hurt your dog and if the breed is big enough there is a good chance that they will still pull with it.

1/19/2006 1:44:49 PM

gentle leaders do work, yes, but they only work when you keep the gentle leaders on them. the spiked pinching choke collar will make them learn not to pull because they will associate it with pain and not want to do it. seriously, it is not cruel or horrible or damaging or anything like that. they learn quickly.

1/19/2006 1:49:33 PM

Quote :

"gentle leaders do work, yes, but they only work when you keep the gentle leaders on them. the spiked pinching choke collar will make them learn not to pull because they will associate it with pain and not want to do it. seriously, it is not cruel or horrible or damaging or anything like that. they learn quickly."

Actually, no. We used the gentle leader to train our dog not to pull. We use a standard collar now and she doesn't pull. Why not just hit the dog with a stick anytime it starts to pull or how about electroshock therapy.

1/19/2006 1:51:41 PM

if you know how to skate well and you are dominant then you can skate with even an untrained dog pretty well. My friend use to take my parents 100lb untrained idiot of a dog whenever we saw him at Lake lynn... and he ran her really well with no problems.
But, I'm sure that if you have control of your dog and are only mediocare at skating it won't be a problem.

1/19/2006 3:45:36 PM

Every animal related thread that Smath chimes in on proves that he has no idea what he is talking about and is clueless about animals. I feel for his pets.

By the way my dog learned how to jump and catch a frisbee today. So exciting!

1/19/2006 4:27:49 PM

Prong collars do work...but the average dog owner is too stupid to know how to properly use them.

Gentle Leaders are the most effective pulling aid out there.

1/19/2006 8:53:22 PM

solution: get a sled dog

1/19/2006 9:08:41 PM

1/20/2006 12:49:55 AM

Quote :

"Actually, no. We used the gentle leader to train our dog not to pull. We use a standard collar now and she doesn't pull. Why not just hit the dog with a stick anytime it starts to pull or how about electroshock therapy."

I actually shot my dog with a beebee gun to train him.

1/20/2006 3:08:06 AM

my grandma used the "fly flap" (aka flyswatter) to train her peekapoo.
She doesn't even have to use it b/c when he sees it, he knows that she means business.

1/20/2006 7:55:40 AM