"Where we all goin?" - Dog probably
this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2025
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I wonder if the dog was anxious, like “why are we all running away?” or if it was the greatest day of their life.
That looks like a Labrador / Bloodhound mix. Both have a lot of running in their DNA. And labradors are particularly communal. So very probably "greatest day of their life". They finally found some humans who understand the value of a good long pack run. Haha.
Boi fast
Sled dogs are crazy. So much stamina.
Here's a blog post about some science The Canine Kings of Endurance | Runner's World - https://www.runnersworld.com/training/a20832277/the-canine-kings-of-endurance/
That dog in the picture though. Betcha anything it didn't start at the beginning but just joined later in the race. Little cheater.
Wait till you hear about humans.
While most of us these days are obese, humans as a species are capable of running indefinitely. Because of that, we could hunt faster prey by simply tiring them out
This and uncanny ability to pickup shit on the go. Who the fuck just bows a little and scoops up water in their hooves to drink while running?! WHY AREN'T YOU STOPPING EVEN TO DRINK?!
And throwing. "Well, at least they're over there. If they come closer, I'll fuck them up."
... "Did they just yell 'Heads up, shitass'? What the fuck, is that A FLYING ROCK"
Ah yes, this. We have instinctual need to throw things, because we literally evolved half of our bodies to do so. Give child a rock and see it flying. Our whole science is relying on "throw shit harder".
I mean, at the end of the day what is particle accelerator if not uber yeetmachine?
I never thought about it but yeah you are right, we can eat and drink stuff while on the move, plus we can sweat and control our body temperature
Yup, it's the sweat thing that makes us able to run indefinitely, as long as we're in good shape. I hate the feeling of sweating, but it's pretty much magic that with how much heat my body generates, my resting body temperature is actually pretty low, maybe 36.1C.
Throwing that *we word around a bit loosely here.
I know about humans. A sled dog would not prosper on the savannah. Humans are everywhere. 34% of the global mammal biomass is humans.
Btw this would be physically impossible for it right? Even half marathons are something thay basically only a very few specific animals can do right?
Nah dogs have mad endurance too. My dog comes mountain biking with me and runs 20 miles, I have a friend that rode 40 miles with his border Collie following. I have another friend that studies mountain lions and hikes with a rat terrier trained to sniff out scat and they do about 15-20 miles/day
Dogs have been hunting partners for humans for likely tens of thousands of years. They should have comparable endurance...they go wherever we go
They have good enough endurance for the hunts they’d be involved with us for, but we are almost uniquely suited for endurance in the animal kingdom.
Becoming terminators is maybe the real thing that launched our ancestors.
Some older dogs - well, at least one good boi I met by a stunning lake - will run and run and run to the point they can barely walk the following days. Dog sooo wanted to fetch this stick so owner has to ask:
Please don’t throw that stick. […]
Can take his youth… not his drive!
Dogs are one of those specific animals. There's a reason they got domesticated into dogs in the first place - because they're the closest to be able to keep up with a hairless monkey at running after an injured animal.
Yeah i see from the other comments as well. Now that you point it put its logical that humans would pick wolves/dogs, the only animals that could keep up.
Our 10lbs dog can come on 25km walks/hikes with us and wants to continue so a larger dog like that following humans at what isn't running running speed for a dog that large? As long as water was available and temperature wasn't too high, I would believe it...
I just did a web search and people do it with their dog, even smaller breeds...
Wolves are the most prolific persistence hunters. It's like thier whole thing
Where whole thing?
Werewolf thing!
It is certainly on the upper end of what dogs can do without inflicting harm on their body, but a one off doesn't have to be harmless.
Just earlier I had walked to the store and back, came back to my dogs wanting to go pee. It's kinda hot today and I was out of it, grabbed the leash, forgot to put it on and then opened the door as my husky dashed out before I realized I fucked up. Chase after her and she just ran to her usual pee spot, pissed and then ran back to the door of our apartment. I was expecting her to just bolt, like she has always done before.
Huskies are great. Mine loses her shit if I even look at the leash, but she will not run out the door by herself. At worst, she'll take a few steps out with her ears down (which is the sign that she knows she's being bad), but then run back in as soon as I call her.
I didn't train her at all, she's just an unnaturally good girl for some reason.
How could a husky be happy living in an apartment?
Depends on the dog, the available space and how they're cared for.
I take care of two shepperd dogs and they just love to spend their day sleeping and lazying around. Morning walk I almost need to beg them to get out of bed. End of the day walk, they're fine. But these are two lazy ladies. My partner, their godfather, was always up for a long walk, come sun or rain.
I went I for a pee and then I started run-ing.
This is me and you
And we are running
To change the world
Where hope is shining through
- the Dog, probablyHow fast you can get when you really hard need to pee...
I hope his name is Forest...
