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[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago

I had dog that the only way she could function (not got crazy) is if I let her pull me on a skateboard (downhill Longboard) at top speed around our block (.25 mile circle around the top of a hill). She'd pull me at full speed (22 mph per my Garmin GPS) for about half a mile, a fast run for about another quarter mile and finished at a trot for another quarter or so. I weighed about 250 pounds at the time. She was crazy. I had to give her to my handyman who lived on acreage in the middle of nowhere so she could roam free.