Pearl

[fourtrak73 1,334]

pearl killed 8 tonight to hot so give it up and cum home

[fourtrak73 1,334]

[fourtrak73 1,334]

rong pik

[fourtrak73 1,334]

try a gen

[Sirblessed 2,511]

Good job Mate. I dont understand the too hot thing, dogs are far more adaptable than given credit for, the proof is in every Aussie working dog same breeds Just saying. ATB - Doug

[fourtrak73 1,334]

Good job Mate. I dont understand the too hot thing, dogs are far more adaptable than given credit for, the proof is in every Aussie working dog same breeds Just saying. ATB - Doug

x2 pal

[socks 32,253]

Good job Mate. I dont understand the too hot thing, dogs are far more adaptable than given credit for, the proof is in every Aussie working dog same breeds Just saying. ATB - Doug

The difference is that your dogs are brought up in that heat from the day they are born so they are acclimatised to it ... I am sure that if you brought your dog across here and worked it on a high fell in December it would suffer with the cold far more than a dog bred over here .......

[fourtrak73 1,334]

I do not push to hard when hot

[Sirblessed 2,511]

 

Good job Mate. I dont understand the too hot thing, dogs are far more adaptable than given credit for, the proof is in every Aussie working dog same breeds Just saying. ATB - Doug

The difference is that your dogs are brought up in that heat from the day they are born so they are acclimatised to it ... I am sure that if you brought your dog across here and worked it on a high fell in December it would suffer with the cold far more than a dog bred over here .......

 

I understand mate but, that is your climate and the dogs have the capability to work in your own heat and ground if given enough exposure. Just my opinion, we run dogs on hard ground all year round with no visible effects even into old age so it stands to reason its not the dogs inability to do it.

 

I've read that you keep your dogs fitness up during summer, so that means you run them on hard ground, I'm willing to bet your dogs feet are better than most and can handle the heat.

[socks 32,253]

It's not the hard ground that bothers my dogs feet as you say mine work all year round from a very young age so have very good feet ... But the heat is completely different ... We only have around 2 months a year of what I would class as summer weather and those are broken up into a week here and a week there so the dogs never really get a chance to acclimatise to the heat unlike in oz so when it is hot the dogs suffer if their run to hard ........

[Sirblessed 2,511]

It's not the hard ground that bothers my dogs feet as you say mine work all year round from a very young age so have very good feet ... But the heat is completely different ... We only have around 2 months a year of what I would class as summer weather and those are broken up into a week here and a week there so the dogs never really get a chance to acclimatise to the heat unlike in oz so when it is hot the dogs suffer if their run to hard ........

That makes sence, run too hard being key you need to know when to stop.

[dodger 3,587]

Good job Mate. I dont understand the too hot thing, dogs are far more adaptable than given credit for, the proof is in every Aussie working dog same breeds Just saying. ATB - Doug

Nobody's saying a man has to wait for "perfect" conditions all the time to run there dogs but a good dog man won't take any unnecessary risks patience prevails also it can depend on what and were your running if the odd rabbit you'll more often than not get away with it but then I wouldn't risk one of my dogs for one or two daft rabbits il wait there's plenty of time, in aus you have no choice unless you run on peat, your dogs have had to adapt to climate and ground conditions same as the farm dogs etc that work most days but obviously there not running dogs... itscompletely different with to many variables you can't compare to here..

Edited September 13, 2016 by dodger

[Somewhereyournot 1,117]

Plus I don't think he got a dog over 35lb. Makes a difference

[Sirblessed 2,511]

Plus I don't think he got a dog over 35lb. Makes a difference

Every dog in this picture was mine, a mix of running and holding dogs not one of them under 30 Kilos.

 

The brown bitch I have now is 28 Kilos and the 9 month old pup next to her is 12k atm

 

[dodger 3,587]

Im sure there nice dogs and have a good go sirblessed but you won't get many injuries chasing rabbits around with that bull type and gsd dog will you and that collie X is only 8 month or so, so won't be doing much either will it..