unknown 3 Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 skycat , i dont understand how jogging yr dog can build the wrong sort of muscle ??????? this just doesnt make sence , ihave always jogged my dogs , and they often do up to 10 mile , and it hasnt stopped them running turning , infact the fitter they get the better they run , i think the problem would of been yr dogs feet, a month without a day off is a lot of work and the dogs pads may have been tender , this would stop it turning aswel as it could ,,,its probably had sore muscles aswell , been flat as a fart , you have to remeber their dogs not machines , its done a 140 mile without a rest , its got to take its tole ? Jogging a dog to fitnes has to be done at a steady rate , building the miles up with the dogs fitnes 5 mile every day for a month is just to much ! A lot of people on here give the wrong advice to people , when they dont really know what they are doin themselves , Some of the very best conditioners of dogs iv met , all jog there dogs wether it be saluki x dogs , bull x dogs , lurcher to lurcher x dont matter they all do it as long as its done right it works !!! ETA Before every one jumps on my post , yes nothing beats running game to get them fully fit , jogging just gets them ready to run and helps keep them at full fitnes if it done right , Well said mate..the top and bottom of it is that rest is as important as the work load given to a dog whether that be when tuning the dog up or when it's fully fit..i've seen many a dog run flat as a pancake when it's supposedly super fit..without a doubt it had gone over the top,getting a dog fit isn't hard,keeping it at it's peak over a longer period of time ie: several months is the true sign of a good "conditioner" Bet your glad he posted so you could share your worldly experience and errr....... agree with him.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FUJI 16,245 Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Bet your glad he posted so you could share your worldly experience and errr....... agree with him.... Trust me matey i have PLENTY of experience :kiss: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
unknown 3 Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Bet your glad he posted so you could share your worldly experience and errr....... agree with him.... Trust me matey i have PLENTY of experience :kiss: I'm sure you have mate..... just pointing out the hypocracy(probably spelt wrong) on this site..... someone posted ages ago, this guy posts a contradiction, you've posted before he posted then you agree with him!!! Maybe just me but why didn't you contradict the guy yourself and make yourself look like you know a wee bit??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild_and_Irish 11 Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 <br />skycat , i dont understand how jogging yr dog can build the wrong sort of muscle ???????  this just doesnt make sence , ihave always jogged my dogs , and they often do up to 10 mile , and it hasnt stopped them running turning , infact the fitter they get the better they run , i think the problem would of been yr dogs feet, a month without a day off is a lot of work and the dogs pads may have been tender , this would stop it turning aswel as it could ,,,its probably had sore muscles aswell , been flat as a fart , you have to remeber their dogs not machines , its done a 140 mile without a rest ,  its got to take its tole ?<br /><br />Jogging a dog to fitnes has to be done at a steady rate ,  building the miles up with the dogs fitnes  5 mile  every day for a month is just to much !<br /><br />A lot of people on here give the wrong advice to people , when they dont really know what they are doin themselves , <br /><br />Some of the very best conditioners of dogs iv met , all jog there dogs wether it be saluki x dogs , bull x dogs , lurcher to lurcher x dont matter they all do it as long as its done right it works !!!<br /><br />ETA  Before every one jumps on my post , yes nothing beats running game to get them fully fit , jogging just gets them ready to run and helps keep them at full fitnes if it done right ,  <img src='http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/victory.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /><br /><br /><br /><br /> I see what you're saying about too much fitness work, I know lads that have trained hard 4 or 5 nights a week for 2 or 3 months and suffered burnout same idea should apply to dogs, without recovery time excercise is pointless Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stabba 10,745 Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 The dog is still a puppy at that age...it might be best to just let it have free reign everyday for a hour or so. Puppys tend to run about alot when allowed to do so ....maybe a couple of throws of a ball now and then may halp also...just dont over do it mate...atb stabba Quote Link to post Share on other sites
staffs riffraff 1,068 Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 i agree with stabba puppy excuberance should keep him mostly fit with just normal walks and run around off the lead but best excercise for a dog for me is a flirt pole get them using all there muscles with the twisting and turning n jumpingas well as a good cardio workout they will enjoy it as well just get a rabbit pelt and fishing rod and rope about 2/3s length of the rod or pole and away you go you will see how much it does for them straight away Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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