Dogs fitness

[toby1235 6]

my 2 year old gets 8 mile at from 15mph to 30

[Cookie423 21]

Mines only a pup at the moment but when he starts getting bigger and the evenings get lighter I'm hoping to get out on the bike with him a fair bit. Do you think you can over do the road running at all? Was thinking of building up to 4-6 miles a day sometimes more. Or would that be too much?

[Simoman 110]

Big difference between GETTING them fit and KEEPING them fit. To get them fit i do a couple of weeks roadwalking, about 3 miles, i do this for two weeks and then add the road walking and some free running exercise. To keep a dog fit i do less road walking and still keep the dogs free running...........

[Simoman 110]

my 2 year old gets 8 mile at from 15mph to 30

 

Really, sounds far too severe to me.......

[Guest born to run1083]

my 2 year old gets 8 mile at from 15mph to 30

 

Really, sounds far too severe to me.......

Same here I used to only go between 10 to 12 mph and hold it there any faster on hard surfaces is to hard on there joints and need longer rest periods after to recover plus in the long run can cause more perminant effects. but like you commented if a dog is worked and worked often they shouldn't really need it, find it helps just as a top up if you have a few days break from going

[FUJI 16,276]

my 2 year old gets 8 mile at from 15mph to 30

 

Really, sounds far too severe to me.......

 

I think alot depends on the breeding of the dog Simmo to be honest...obviously a predominately Grey or Whippet cross would be bottomed by such an overload of work?...my crew get about 8 mile behind the bike but obviously not if their out grafting 3/4 times per week..only as and when imo they need it ie:to get them upto something like the fitness level where they are capable of putting in a decent shift and when the moon is up and then perhaps the weather ain't suitable for the hunting i do..as for the speed of running the dogs i go no faster than having the dogs at just better than a quick walk...has worked in the past for me with good results so see little reason to change things now lol. ATB Andy.

[Simoman 110]

my 2 year old gets 8 mile at from 15mph to 30

 

Really, sounds far too severe to me.......

 

I think alot depends on the breeding of the dog Simmo to be honest...obviously a predominately Grey or Whippet cross would be bottomed by such an overload of work?...my crew get about 8 mile behind the bike but obviously not if their out grafting 3/4 times per week..only as and when imo they need it ie:to get them upto something like the fitness level where they are capable of putting in a decent shift and when the moon is up and then perhaps the weather ain't suitable for the hunting i do..as for the speed of running the dogs i go no faster than having the dogs at just better than a quick walk...has worked in the past for me with good results so see little reason to change things now lol. ATB Andy.

 

I know what your saying Andy, and your dogs have far more stamina than my own mutts, they wouldn't be able to put a shift in like yours. I have often walked them 8 miles plus, but at a walk and trot, not at 30 mph, that was my point

[TOMO 24,876]

i think what toby ment simmo,, was speeding up and slowing down,, i do the same,,, but i dont go as far as 8 mile,,,

 

but like andy says if there wotking regular they need the rest

[Simoman 110]

i think what toby ment simmo,, was speeding up and slowing down,, i do the same,,, but i dont go as far as 8 mile,,,

 

but like andy says if there wotking regular they need the rest

 

Yes ive been in your van when the dogs are following, you need to focus on not running them over instead of stroking your passengers inner thigh!!!!

[toby1235 6]

theres a square field near mine that is 1.9 miles all the way round.. i chuck him out and go 15mph one side then go 20 25 and on the opposite side i do 0.5 mile at 30 mph and now hes that fit im following him, not him following me