What is canicross? 🐕-🏃‍♀️ Canicross is a sport where a dog and human run together in a team. In canicross, the dog runs in front and the runner guides them from behind using verbal cues. It is, of course, also possible to run with your dog next to you. To get started with canicross, all you need are a canicross harness, a bungee line, a canicross belt and a pair of good shoes! Canicross is the perfect sport if you like to be active with your dog. Running together also stimulates your dog’s nee

It’s extremely important to teach dogs not to pull on any equipment unless it’s a specific harness designed for the specific pulling jobs such as canicross or weight pulling etc. But the reason that I use a harness is the same reason I use a safety belt in the car (which goes across the chest not the neck) in case there is an emergency, and I would suddenly have to pull my dog out of the way of some thing like a car that comes up on the sidewalk or the dog sees someone they haven’t seen in a lon