Dog as stickhandling exercise

[SB39 2]

Since I'm in an MA program now, most of my puck time consists of playing keepaway from my dog on the kitchen floor. Funny thing is, my dangles are almost where they were when I was playing 5-6 days a week just by toe-dragging around him and putting the puck between his legs and turning him around. I'm curious to hear if anyone else does this or if they want to try, because its fun.

[shotty 7]

what is an MA program?

[interpathway 9]

Studying for his Masters.

I've always found dogs to be fun to stickhandle with because they can never really anticipate where you're going to go, even if you repeat a move thousands of times. That makes them ideal pylons to work on toe drags and other dekes.

[MatthewRoach7 130]

I have done this for short periods of time with my dog too. I always make sure that I shoot the ball into the yard every now and then so that he can fetch it and feel like he is winning too. LOL

[bigdmac 12]

I used to do this when i played soccer. Just keeping the ball away from the dog is a great exercise, i just started stickhandling around him a few weeks ago, its actually pretty fun!

[All Torhs Team 0]

My dogs too much of a @$%^@$ @$^+ @$^@@!*$ for this game.

I wish!

[tareatingrat 4]

I wish my dogs weren't so stupid. I tap a ball near them and they run away. I don't think they like the sticks...

I've got one dog that will chase a laser pointer around like an idiot until she's about to pass out. But a ball? No.

[english15x 3]

I used to do with with both my labs in the summer out on the deck and driveway. They loved it. It usually ended with my dogs fighting each other cause of the attention ha.

[sol9jam 0]

i use my dog for stick handling practice too....lol....he loves it!! only problem is when he does win, he doesnt give it back!!!

[Machinehead2k5 32]

i use my dog for stick handling practice too....lol....he loves it!! only problem is when he does win, he doesnt give it back!!!

Learn how to backcheck!!! :)

[beerleaguecaptain 999]

My dogs is big and throws body checks! Love it!!!!

[Apes44 7]

I never thought of this until recently hanging out at a friends house. Another thing we did that helped was pass around the dog and the dog loved it

[Beflar 53]

How big is your dog? Mine is only ten pounds I'm afraid I would hurt him.

[HolyRollie 0]

I used to do this with my dogs in the driveway...classic.

[skeeter14 0]

How big is your dog? Mine is only ten pounds I'm afraid I would hurt him.

one of mine is 10-15lbs, and I've never had a problem doing this. I'm very mindful of where my blade is, but he loves it!