fittness??

[roofer 0]

anyone used either a carpetmill or slatmill for lurcher fittness?

[decky 79]

na mate only redmills

[hagar 5]

Slat mill is best as more free spinning , less strain on the system also always make sure the dog is empty or will hurt his kidneys, hope that helps

[roofer 0]

cheers hagar alb

[Tiny 7 1,694]

Well i got a normal running machine, And board out the sides and the front and attached the lead to the frame,

 

Start off really slow with them to start builden it to a good fast pace for a short peroid of time everyday after the morning walk (likes been said to make sure there empty and loosened up/ warmed up what ever you wanna call it),

 

I done it for a few weeks and to be honest didnt like cause

The dogs turn started tighting up and they was turning like boats

 

Iv had 3 dogs at the time and to give them a good blast on it took hours to do and this was daily, in all honesty i could walk/bike all 3 quicker and do the same miles with them free running than i could squeeze in a couple of hour on the machine,

 

So me personly it didnt work for me, And i think for my lot its much better for them road walking/running behind the bike but thats just my opinion,

 

Atb T 7

Edited December 21, 2009 by tiny 7

[DUCKWING 302]

WELL FELLAS

 

 

A LOT OF GOOD DOGS HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED BEHIND A BIKE

 

 

DUCKWING

[James Doyle 59]

RABBITS BOSS NEVER MIND UR THREADMILLS

[Tiny 7 1,694]

WELL FELLAS

 

 

A LOT OF GOOD DOGS HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED BEHIND A BIKE

 

 

DUCKWING

,

 

But i also know a hell of alot of top dogs all over the world have been conditioned on a mill thats why i gave it a go, But it never worked for me thats why iam back to the bike/and walking

[roofer 0]

nice1 t7 i do walk the dog a fair few miles on a day and gona invest in a bike after xmas.

[lord of the longdogs 9]

best way to get dogs fit is run run run on game

[Tiny 7 1,694]

nice1 t7 i do walk the dog a fair few miles on a day and gona invest in a bike after xmas.

I do honestly think the bike is the best bit of kit for getting/keeping the dogs fit,

[jackard 36]

nice1 t7 i do walk the dog a fair few miles on a day and gona invest in a bike after xmas.

I do honestly think the bike is the best bit of kit for getting/keeping the dogs fit,

 

snap , treadmills are good for when the weathers bad

atb jackard

[lord of the longdogs 9]

if you want your dogs fit, you've got to run quarry, simple as that no ifs or buts

[snoopdog 1,256]

fitness is EVERTHING ,,, you can jog them behind a bike ,,you can put them on a mill you can walk them for miles but all your doing is getting it ready for the real thing,,, because nothing will get your dog running fit only running them on the quarry you choose ,,,because thats when they will push themselves more then ever before..jog to much or tread mill to much then your will leave the best of your dog on one of them above .......the reason we jog or what other methods people use is to get them ready ...for example ....a boxer can spar and train till hes blue in the face ...but when hes in that ring he will push himself to higher limit s then he ever has before .....as will your dog in the field ...you can only get a dog to a certain level ,,the rest has to be done by running it......and rest is a major part of fitness ....do to much and you start to take away whats you took so long to put in..its a fine line ....or so ive been told....

[GET THEM OUT (.)(.) 39]

fitness is EVERTHING ,,, you can jog them behind a bike ,,you can put them on a mill you can walk them for miles but all your doing is getting it ready for the real thing,,, because nothing will get your dog running fit only running them on the quarry you choose ,,,because thats when they will push themselves more then ever before..jog to much or tread mill to much then your will leave the best of your dog on one of them above .......the reason we jog or what other methods people use is to get them ready ...for example ....a boxer can spar and train till hes blue in the face ...but when hes in that ring he will push himself to higher limit s then he ever has before .....as will your dog in the field ...you can only get a dog to a certain level ,,the rest has to be done by running it......and rest is a major part of fitness ....do to much and you start to take away whats you took so long to put in..its a fine line ....or so ive been told....

 

well said snoop,