I saw earlier someone asking about using a Springer for running thier gsd and wondering if it was a good product. I have one and use it alot. After getting advice from our club helper, a Salt Lake City Police officer, I attach the springer to his harness and have a leash on the pinch collar. This way I can steer and control him with the pinch/leash completely seperate from the springer. My only concern was the plastic clips used to attach the harness to the spring. This system was particularly useful when we lived in a highly populated neighbourhood with lots of kids and lots of loose dogs.
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I have been useing the springer for about a year to excercise my Sibe, I haven't used it with my GSD yet but it does work well with a sibe. A tired sibe is a good sibe. As far as the plastic clips go I think they are a good thing especially when riding trails, you neve know when you may snag a branch or something and it's good to have a breakaway release.
It is this gizmo http://www.gearfordogs.com/pages/Springer.shtml
It has been discussed in past threads and alot of people really like 'em. If your dog has any serious pull training I don't think they are as good as other methods for various reasons, but to each their own... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
I've got this very amusing picture in my head of a couple of Lynn's working huskies merrily running down the road, hooked to some poor fool's bike with a couple of springers. Beats any amusement ride I can think of. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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I've got this very amusing picture in my head of a couple of Lynn's working huskies merrily running down the road, hooked to some poor fool's bike with a couple of springers. Beats any amusement ride I can think of. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
4 days later, and 3 states away, the cyclist is found dead, hands locked on the handlebars, with the huskies panting next to the bike....tired, but good... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
And also beware if your dog has any serious crtitter issues; one of mine pulled the bike sideways before the saftey snap snaped! He also pulled it sideways to go after another dog... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
Ecollar and a long line for me, for biking. Tho some people still use a prong with the springer.
Relation is reciprocity. How we are educated by children, by animals!-Martin Buber
I found the Springer really useful for training my GSD to run alongside my bicycle, but now that he's trained, when we're on a familiar road I just use an e-collar--no leash needed. The only downside is the possibility that he'll cross in front of the bike, so I keep him back a bit to prevent that.
Actually for just one or two dogs I have a scooter - much easier to bail off of than a bicycle! I am not a gracefull or particularily co-ordinated person! I have tried them in front of the mountain bike and that works ok. Much easier to tie 8 or 10 dogs together and have them pull the engineless ATV! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> I think Springers would work well for high traffic areas and dogs that are used to working with a little more restraint. When I did try the Springer I did away with the little plastic snap and breakaway string thingy and used a neckline which has two light snaps that are made to break under impact. I think I like having the dogs running in front of me - easier to read their intentions and see gait etc, but anything that gets people running their dogs above a human speed stroll that most dogs get is a good thing.
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Unfortunately I haven't got the stamina that my dog has, and since he turned 7 months old he's been able to out run me <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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