For the first time in years I have decided to try a pair of studless shoes with a sticky rubber sole. Years of canicross running with total confidence in the excellent grip the metal studs have given me makes it difficult to reconsider those soles. However I will give the soft sticky rubber a chanse this time.
Canicross on bad trails or even outside any is a demanding sport. Especially it challanges your balance and coordination. It is nevertheless, the best way to give your wolfdogs proper exercise. Wolfdogs are lazy animals and without early stimulii for running, they will hardly develop their physical potential fully. At approx. 3 months old they should start to trot along with the older dogs outside in rough terrain. A restricted walk ("walk") on the leash along a road is the most detrimental physical activity for a young wolfdog during its physical development. A free and fast trot is the natural way of locomotion for a wolfdog when moving on a distance. The walk is only for short distance relocation around the den or atthe resting site. Large dogs that have been mostly walked along a road on a leash develop what I would call a " Gressus Vaccinus " better adopted for a cow. Observe their hips and you will understand.
