re: People that run with their dog....

The problem I have/see is that a human running and a dog running have different strides. You may think you are wearing out your dog when they are just barely trotting. Running with a dog is more of a social and pyschological thing than exercise. You can get more exercise in the shortere time span without the dog. The dog can also get more exercise without being slowed down by human. Of course its SOME exercise at the same time but now I walk my dog on warmup, come back to house, leave Fido, thrn I run. When I get back is when we play fetch a lot. My dog also chases a laser light, which is the greatest thing Ive ever used for exercising a dog.