My older son ran with Amber in her first cani-cross today! He was nervous because he had never run with her before, but once she got over the chaos of the starting line, she figured out that she needed to catch up to the speedy dog in front of her and kept her eyes glued on him. Unfortunately, Goldens just aren't bred for speed, so after the initial excitement wore off, she slowed down too much to catch that black & white dog. He's an experienced and prize-winning sled dog though, so no shame in that. She did her best and was still wagging her tail when she crossed the finish line in 2nd place! And, my son had the biggest grin on his face - as much as he loves to run, I've never seen him smile as he crosses the finish line. He thought that cani-cross was an awful lot of fun. Because he presented such a challenge and would have won had he had a faster dog, the winning runner offered to let him borrow a sled-dog at the next race! He said that he had been watching that other runner just fly with that fast dog pulling him and he can't wait to try it.
