I have a dog, does that mean I can go nordic walking?
^ top of faq page If you can let your dog off the lead when you walk it, then with care, the risk of using your poles with the dog should be minimal. Naturally, you will have to make sure you don’t fall over the dog, and that you don’t hit the dog with the poles, especially when the dog is behind you. You can’t safely throw sticks or a ball with your poles strapped on. I usually kick the ball for the dog. You could also try nordic walking across one field, unstrapping and throwing the ball for the dog in the next, and so on. Use your common sense. If you have the nordic walking poles which have a quick release wrist strap, then it’s relatively quick and easy to unstrap, bend down to pick up and then throw the ball, click in the strap again and continue on your way.
