I don’t walk them first as it would be almost torturous LOL:) to the other dogs waiting for their turn! I don’t know if I ever shared with you, but one time I actually had the police called on us as the dogs were carrying on so much inside the van on our adventure when we were getting ready, that somebody thought it was children, and we were harming them… When the police showed up they actually told me just show them I don’t have children in there that I’m harming and they’ll let me go and when they saw the dogs they were cracking up…. they were actually so impressed with my set up that they called the commanding canine officer on duty, and he came and checked it out and just loved what we were doing! But in all seriousness I don’t walk them before as I like to keep their fire hot so they direct it to the sled and can neutralize it on therE safely!