Originally posted by Glacier
What kind of harness are you using and do you have a bungy-shock absorber section in your towline? I found it was easier to control and handle the bumps with bungy section line. I used my skijoring line.

On-by is a tough command to master. I use it with my sled team all the time. 98% of the time, they have it down, but sometimes it's like a foreign language to them!!
AMEN to that!! LOL, Sometimes it's like Nova is right there, doing wonderful and she is doing GREAT, but then there is that every once and awile when I am like "On by" and she is like "No" LOL!

I the harness I use is just this http://www.petco.com/product_info.as...6+Muzzles&ct3= It's not made for pulling or anything, so I only used it once, that's all. I don't want her to hate pulling because of this harness.

The harness I ordered is http://www.chinookwind.com/acb/showd...ID=753&CATID=9

and I am ordering a towline ( http://www.blackicedogsledding.com/page10.html ). I think it will be easier, Nova seemed to get jerked alot while she was on the leash.

Thanx for the help. We are going out now to practice Gee and Haw. Something we should probly master before we go out bikejoring. O, also, how do I know when Nova is contitined to run for awile? Last time we went running we ran maybe a half mile (long way for a doggie who only walks a mile every day) and she was pooped. It was definitly to far for her.

Ash