My dog just bit me on the wrist

I saw a program on a sport where fell-runners run with their dogs. All but one of the dogs were GSPs (German short-haired pointer). The missus used to have one. They can run and seem to have endless energy.
 
h4rm0ny said:
No problem. :) Nothing wrong with what you wrote, I just found it interesting enough to expand upon.
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Ok, thanks for clarifying, sorry for being a bit tetchy!


While on the subject? Do you definitely believe that a dog bred for long distance would outpace a human, for want of a better word.. bred for long distance?

I think a humans makeup is better designed than a dog for near continuous travel, and would out pace (if that is even the right word, lol) them in the long run.

I'm not saying they [dogs] are not very good at it, they are probably one of the closest animals to keeping up, but that is where I started anyway! :)
 
asim18 said:
I walk every single day. Last week i went for a 10 mile walk lol. Can dogs walk for 10 miles? I dont know maybe.
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10 miles is a warm up for my Collie. When I'm out in the mountains with him he does at least twice the distance I do and it doesn't even touch the sides, he'll still want to run around and play when we get home!
 
Threepwood said:
Ok, thanks for clarifying, sorry for being a bit tetchy!


While on the subject? Do you definitely believe that a dog bred for long distance would outpace a human, for want of a better word.. bred for long distance?

I think a humans makeup is better designed than a dog for near continuous travel, and would out pace (if that is even the right word, lol) them in the long run.

I'm not saying they [dogs] are not very good at it, they are probably one of the closest animals to keeping up, but that is where I started anyway! :)
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Well my expertise is essentially anecdotal both from my running and friends who run with dogs. Whether two legs or four legs are inherently better for long distance running everything else being equal is outside my expertise. Though from a lay perspective, I would have thought four legs are inherently better in that load is more evenly distributed (thus less strain on the legs and joints). We see few species of animal evolved to be quick that is also two legged. Emus and ostriches come to mind and both are a very different design to humans. Humans to me look very much like a four legged animal that recently learned to walk on its hind-limbs. Emus and Ostriches and Road-Runners have been around a very long time and also spent millions of years practicing as dinosaurs before that.

One of the best land animals for long-distance running is the wolf. They can go at a steady, non-sprinting run for twenty miles or more.

All that said, I like to check my facts before I speak and I searched up this article:

http://www.slate.com/articles/sport..._horses_but_can_t_jump_higher_than_cats_.html

So it seems that humans actually are pretty well adapted for long-distance running. A big part of that however, seems to be our ability to sweat a lot. I guess evolving for long distance running on the African plains worked out pretty well for that. So I am at least partially wrong in what I've been saying. Though I maintain you'll find few humans in good enough physical condition to match an English Pointer or Dalmatian.

Interesting discussion.
 
h4rm0ny said:
Well my expertise is essentially anecdotal both from my running and friends who run with dogs. Whether two legs or four legs are inherently better for long distance running everything else being equal is outside my expertise. Though from a lay perspective, I would have thought four legs are inherently better in that load is more evenly distributed (thus less strain on the legs and joints). We see few species of animal evolved to be quick that is also two legged. Emus and ostriches come to mind and both are a very different design to humans. Humans to me look very much like a four legged animal that recently learned to walk on its hind-limbs. Emus and Ostriches and Road-Runners have been around a very long time and also spent millions of years practicing as dinosaurs before that.

One of the best land animals for long-distance running is the wolf. They can go at a steady, non-sprinting run for twenty miles or more.

All that said, I like to check my facts before I speak and I searched up this article:

http://www.slate.com/articles/sport..._horses_but_can_t_jump_higher_than_cats_.html

So it seems that humans actually are pretty well adapted for long-distance running. A big part of that however, seems to be our ability to sweat a lot. I guess evolving for long distance running on the African plains worked out pretty well for that. So I am at least partially wrong in what I've been saying. Though I maintain you'll find few humans in good enough physical condition to match an English Pointer or Dalmatian.

Interesting discussion.
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Aye i've read over the years that humans are considered arguably the best long distance runners of any creature on the planet, due to our ability to sweat.. As long as we can carry water we can theoretically go for as long as physically possible.. The practice is done mostly in African tribes in which a "runner" would chase after prey until the prey gave up running.. Because we can just keep going they eventually just sit down and let the runner slit their throat.
 
terley said:
The practice is done mostly in African tribes in which a "runner" would chase after prey until the prey gave up running.. Because we can just keep going they eventually just sit down and let the runner slit their throat.
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In more modern times, we symbolically reproduce the prey's experience with something known as "a career".
 
Some areas may be designated as smoke free zones which would limit whether you could have bonfires etc but that is not everywhere particularly outside big cities. I've lived in several medium sized towns where there was no problem having a bonfire in your back garden at any time nor an rules/by-laws against doing it.
 
memyselfandi said:
Some areas may be designated as smoke free zones which would limit whether you could have bonfires etc but that is not everywhere particularly outside big cities. I've lived in several medium sized towns where there was no problem having a bonfire in your back garden at any time nor an rules/by-laws against doing it.
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Yes I ask because I burn stuff all the time - I burnt most of a fitted kitchen in the last place I lived, much more fun than a skip. ;)
 
Em3bbs said:
He doesn't need to be lucky:

http://www.firework-review.org.uk/firework-laws-regulations/
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Unfortunately your answering a question that wasn't asked.

I was asking for a source on the "Pretty much the only thing your allowed to burn is dead vegetation and only in the countryside. In towns and suburbs it's illegal no matter what."

Nasher said:
The council will be able to sort him out. Especially if he is burning things he shouldn't be. That carries a pretty big fine.

Pretty much the only thing your allowed to burn is dead vegetation and only in the countryside. In towns and suburbs it's illegal no matter what.
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mattyg said:
Wow the police will be busy in November then
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Nasher said:
No, because there is an exception for bonfire night...

But you still aren't allowed to chuck tyres on it.
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Em3bbs said:
He doesn't need to be lucky:

http://www.firework-review.org.uk/firework-laws-regulations/

(I don't think it covers bonfires though, but he is sort of correct)
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terley said:
If my dog bit me, i would teach it never to bite me again...
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In the last 8 years I have had two working labs from 12 weeks old. The first bit me whilst playing. It was little to far for my liking so I bit his ear, not a chomp like Tyson but a bite he yelped and came to me wagging his tail and basically acting as to say "I'm sorry dad". He never bit again whilst playing or otherwise. The second Lab a few years later did the same and I bit his ear. Same outcome, he never bit again. I would still not trust 100% with my little lad. I was told this by the breeder I got them from, never hit a dog. They respond by voice and tone. The bite on the ear is something you can do from early ages as they are training. It's the most sensitive part of the dogs body and they don't like it and if you associate him biting you with a bite on his ear, it's something they don't like and probably wont do it again. My dogs have never done it since these ear bites even if I play with them roughly. My dog is good as gold, sometimes too good as it cam take me to actually shove him up on the sofa so he can lie with me, same as dinner time. He won't touch his food until I say good boy or along those lines. Some times I have to really fuss him and play with him so he can eat. Bless him.
 
h4rm0ny said:
A big part of that however, seems to be our ability to sweat a lot.
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Yes, also not being overly hairy means we can wear or not wear clothes to fit with the climate... a furry animal cant just take their coat off!

But this is where I get stuck as to how the dog is so close to us when it comes to long distance? They cant change their fur (although I quess malting here is similar) and they can't sweat.. so is it that they can pant while on the move or what?
 
terley said:
If my dog bit me, i would teach it never to bite me again...
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depends by bite was it a full blown bite or a nip.dogs if frustrated can " nip " to try and get attention.how the owner responds to this is different in many. you should defintely make it know that its not allowed.
 
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