Jane England writes
Last April, myself and Mungo embarked on a new dog sport ‘Canix’. Canix or cani-cross means running with your dog. It caters for all shapes and sizes, any breed and all fitness levels – canine and human! The courses vary in length with the Have-A-Go class being 2.5km and the standard being approximately 5km. The season runs from September to May so the dogs are running in the cooler weather.
So, Mungo and I were prepared for our first outing at Cannock Chase. Our training runs had gone OK and he was running to help. However, what I really wanted was for him to be pulling in his harness. Once, at the competition he turned intoa a pulling machine as he was trying to catch the dogs in front of him. We came 8th out of 23 on our first outing, which I was really pleased with.
This season has been going well with Mungo, he has been pulling all the way round the courses and our best result came at Lydiard Park in November where we came 4th. The photo was taken during this event. (Photo ref:chillpics)
If you want a good and enjoyable way of getting you and your dog fit come and have a go at canix – www.canix.co.uk
Myself and Mungo have just learnt that we have been picked as part of the canix UK team that is going to Hungary in October so we need to get training.

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