Hard to find a good running dog that doesn’t need endless exercise. The pointer I’ve ridden with needs more exercise the more he runs… plus whilst he enjoyed it, if he stopped to sniff something and got behind out of sight, you’d hear him coming as he would panic Yelp until catching up. Some dogs thrive, others not.
Viszla, all of them I know are mad.
My lab shep cross was great, waited till after 12mo to trail run her. 1-1.5hrs max and we pulled the plug on riding at 8years old. Was amazing while it lasted and it’s taken her a year to realise when my bike comes out, she’s not coming.
Next I’d get something with a much slighter build. But I’m almost thinking if we do get another dog when current mutt leaves us, a sausage dog would be better and skip riding with the dog altogether.
I do miss the pure happiness that exuded from my dog when we hit trail together and at full chatter along the tech trails, it was a sight to behold!
Aussie cattle dog? Duck troller?