Canicross Conversations
If you love to run with your dog, Canicross Conversations is for you. Canicross instructors Louise and Michelle chat to various guests and experts who love to run with their dogs about how to keep both dog and human happy and healthy. You‘ll find lots of tips about getting started with canicross, as well as tips about your own and your dog‘s health and plenty more! So put on your running shoes, download the podcast, and listen in!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 173
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Ask the Expert: Preventing injuries in your active dog, warm ups and cool downs (Episode 13)
We chat to veterinary physiotherapist Dominique Armitage-Riley about how to tell if your dog has a muscle imbalance, how common injuries are treated, and how dog owners can help prevent injuries in t…
Ask the Expert: How old should your dog be to start canicrossing? (Episode 12)
In this episode, we're joined by Dr Caroline Taylor, also known as the Slim Pet Vet, to chat about the best time to start canicrossing.
We chat first of all about whether lockdown has affected our do…
Canicross Story: Rescue dogs and canicross with Lara and Tilly (Episode 11)
Today we chat to Lara Trewin. Lara adopted Tilly, her German Shorthaired Pointer, from Spain 4 years ago, and never expected her to completely transform her life by leading her to canicross. Canicros…
Ask the Expert: High prey drive dogs and canicross (Episode 10)
Louise and Michelle chat to Tracey McLennan who specialises in dogs with a high prey drive.
Pretty much all dogs - apart from companion breeds - are bred to do something with prey animals, whether t…
Ask the Expert: Reactive dogs and canicross (Episode 9)
We chat again to Hannah Lyon, a vet and behaviourist who works with dogs who have problems with other dogs. We chat about the difference between a dog behaviourist and a dog trainer, how and why cani…
Ask the Expert: Dogs in Yellow, and how canicross can help an anxious dog (Episode 8)
Do you know what it means when you see a dog wearing yellow?
In this episode, we chat to Sarah Jones, who founded My Anxious Dog, after realising her working cocker spaniel Bella was very anxious aro…
Ask the Expert: Fireworks Special - how to help your dog through the fireworks season (Episode 7)
In this bonus episode, Louise and Michelle chat to vet and dog behaviourist Hannah Lyon about how to help dogs who are anxious or scared of fireworks through this difficult season.
Hannah gives lot…
Ask the Expert: How DogFit is helping beginners get started in canicross (Episode 6)
Louise and Michelle chat to DogFit founders Gail Walker and Ginetta George about their experience of starting up DogFit to help introduce the joy of canicross to others.
Gail and Ginetta have very …
Canicross Story: No dog? No worries: Journalist Lily Canter borrowed a dog to try canicross (Episode 5)
In this episode, Louise and Michelle chat to ultra-running journalist Lily Canter, who writes for Trail Running Magazine and Runners World. She is soon to feature in a special article in the January …
Ask the Expert: Canicross racing, a guide for beginners, with international canicross medallist Georgie Lambert (Episode 4)
This week we chat to Georgie Lambert, who reveals her extraordinary story from non-canicrosser to international canicross medallist with her dogs, Benson and Bee.
Georgie reveals how she got started …
Ask the Expert: Running health with Dr Juliet McGrattan(Episode 3)
This week we chat to Dr Juliet McGrattan, former GP and author of two books, her second of which, Run Well, has recently been published.
Juliet joins Michelle and Louise on the run with her dog Honey…
Ask the Expert: Heatstroke in dogs: dogs don‘t just die in hot cars (Episode 2)
In this episode, Louise and Michelle chat to canine researchers, canicrosser Anne Carter and vet Emily Hall, about how to spot the early signs of heatstroke when exercising your dog. Not just an issu…
Canicross on the run! (Episode 1)
In this first episode, Louise and Michelle take their dogs for a run while introducing the new podcast, the basics of canicross, and chat about the importance of the correct kit.