Skycat's Conditioning Chapter

[BORDERSCOT 3,816]

Lots of lads on here lately asking for info regarding getting their dogs fighting fit for the approaching season....they'd do no better than reading Penny Taylor's chapter on 'Conditioning' from her Running Dog Maintenance book....this is an in excellent piece and would, I'm sure benefit novices as well as the more seasoned dog men....

 

I'm sure Penny won't mind adding it to this thread as she is always helpful and has shared this info with many in the past....also be good if a mod could pin this to make it easily accessible to all.....

 

 

[captain2010 2,806]

Where can ya order the book

[skycat 6,174]

As the chapter is already on this site in the Articles section, I think it would be better to put a link up to that: here t'is. I'll add some more photos when I know how!

 

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/page/index.html/_/hunting-dogs/running-dog-maintenance

[Hot Meat 3,109]

Time to start dropping hints to the wife to get me this for xmas. I got rid of me books a while ago an have never gave them a second thought to be honest, I think I'll try this one tho, as others have said she talks a lot of sense. Well done for putting the chapter on here Penny, too many pen merchants in it only for the money imho...

[inan 841]

Time to start dropping hints to the wife to get me this for xmas. I got rid of me books a while ago an have never gave them a second thought to be honest, I think I'll try this one tho, as others have said she talks a lot of sense. Well done for putting the chapter on here Penny, too many pen merchants in it only for the money imho...

It's an excellent book for those who work their dogs.

 

Packed with hands on tips ,what makes it particularly invaluable , is that is entirely designed by some one who not only works their dogs , but is written expressly for those who do the same.

 

Couched in simple ,down to earth language that covers just about every situation a working dog owner is likely to encounter

Penny's success in coursing competitions in a Fens club pre- ban illustrated to those of us who saw her dogs run that she not only knew what she was doing , but was able to consistantly get the best out of her dogs.

 

Since those days she has added more knowledge , gleaned from quizzing good vets, and combined these with her own experiences in the field

Garry Dickinson pays a fulsome tribute to her condiitoning expertise in Darcy's excellent ",A Passion For Coursing".

 

 

I recommend Penny's " Running Dog Maintenance", unreservedly to all working dog owners and most particularly to lurcher and sighthound owners

[paulus 26]

when i got rid of most of my books, this was one of the ones i kept, says it all really

[my hounds 315]

Straight up the book is a "must have"

[BORDERSCOT 3,816]

Chapter now pinned at the top of this page.....

 

Cracking good piece this.....sure it'll prove useful....

[byron 1,254]

exellent read/info..

thanks....

[s.e.s.k.u 1,893]

It's a really good book , only one of it's kind . Bought mine direct from skycat publications - signed . Not a book i will ever part with .

[beast 1,884]

its a very good book, ive had running dogs more years than i care to remember but i know that i dont know it all, and i am constantly dipping in and out of this book. well done skycat for putting it together

[Hot Meat 3,109]

just read that conditioning chapter and i must say im impressed an will be telling the wife and not hinting lol

 

Penny can i ask, do you use a magbox or anything like mills or hydropherapy on the dogs?

 

 

[C Hall 552]

Decent article on fitness

[Country Joe 1,411]

I have the book, excellent, covering feeding and all type injuries, you will come across,

and of course, conditioning, recommended.

[skycat 6,174]

just read that conditioning chapter and i must say im impressed an will be telling the wife and not hinting lol Penny can i ask, do you use a magbox or anything like mills or hydropherapy on the dogs?

Thanks for the kind comments: I could have made that book three, if not four times as long. Even now, I keep thinking that I should have put x, y or z in it: But I can't remember exactly what is in there and isn't. I haven't read it recently. When you do a book like that the last thing you want to do is read it again .... for a very long time My publisher, not knowing the rather niche market I was aiming at, decided in his infinite wisdom to get bloody thousands printed So I guess it will be a long time before there is a second edition, one in which I could rectify any omissions such as running machines and hydrotherapy, though swimming is definitely recommended in it.