road work

[desertdog 149]

to bring mine into fitness about august time i get the bike out, it gets you fit and the dog, then when we start working them they get free running, and think about the distance they run in a night it keeps them fit, i always walk mine out, after a good nights lamping the next day.

[elkhound 2]

yes and keeps there nails down too

yep i know a new age traveller with a lurcher never went on road as woods were opposite her house and it had several nails removed last summer due to being brittle.

 

i like it as it keeps them ticking over too.

[all.rounder 3]

i give mine 4 or 5 miles aday.and when am down at the caravan i have her in swimming 2or 3 times a day.i cant get her out of the water she loves swimming.even if she sees a puddle she runs into it.it keeps her fit as fcuk

[bird 9,916]

trotting behind a bike mate builds up a dog, keeps them fit

 

 

spot on, i do 10 miles aweek with him+bike. Its all on the road, so its keeps the nails down plus keep him fit.Ido trotting pace with him then, a few gallop's which really open's the lungs for them.This is enough it keeps them ticking over, to much road will only wear the pads down, so little+often is the key. Must hit 35 mph, can get a bit hairy if Bryn see's a feckin squirrel.

[klashnekoff 3]

Im much prefer to mooch everyday and wlak the dogs agmonst the feilds than road walk, or in late summer/early season they are ran behind the motor.

[runem 533]

do people think this is the best way to get a dog fit. never really done much with mine but have been the last few nights as my cars been broke so have to walk to the fields. cheers.

its summer time,,a time for the dogs to take a well earned rest,,just long lazy walks to stop them getting bored,who needs a dog at peak fitness in the summer months.August/September get them get them doing the fitnes s routine,roadwork,running the very best grub..i,m sure everyone has their own methods of getting their dogs fit but thats an autum event not summer,thats my opinion and its worked for me for some time now.

[turnout 7]

i free run the dogs every day , the only road walking they do is toand from the fields

 

running dogs are desighned to run get em running !!

agree with get em runnin rio but you dont just say to a boxer fight all the time before your fight do you lots of other work to put in before hand road works one of them does a world of good ive always done it an notice a drop in performance if you dont do it cheers

[turnout 7]

lol bird just remindid me of somethin when i was younger my old man got this bullx bitch from his mate 12month old was just an unruly pet from a friend of a friend who couldnt handle it no more so it was my mission to get it fit notice when your young you get the shit jobs to do so tried her on the bike she ran along fine not scared of the bike next thing saw a cat an i end up flat on my face still managed to hold the lead though! lol needless to say i run with them now its alot safer lol atb

[riohog 5,707]

i free run the dogs every day , the only road walking they do is toand from the fields

 

running dogs are desighned to run get em running !!

agree with get em runnin rio but you dont just say to a boxer fight all the time before your fight do you lots of other work to put in before hand road works one of them does a world of good ive always done it an notice a drop in performance if you dont do it cheers

yes ,but as the dogs ar out every day ,and maintain a good allround levell of fittness its alot easier to step up the fittness to peak in th back end .yes your not going to run the arse of them in the summer months ,but a good bit of free running early morning late evening ,will do no harm ,

[Guest digthemdeeper]

I walk me dogs on the road and through fields but i prefer the road as it shortens there nails.....

[sh 08 17]

i run the dog along side the bike loose. so if she stops for a sh#t she has got to catch up. so she is sprinting as well as trotting. 15 min in summer months 30 min in winter. nothing worse than a dog that has been aloud to get fat and unfit through the summer, its harder work for the dog in the long run

[its ma baw 51]

Only thing I reckon you get from road work that you cant get otherwise is hardened pads. Walking 3 miles to keep nails down when it takes a whopping 2 minutes to achieve with a pair of nail clippers isn't beneficial in my book. Aye, its exercise I suppose but not much. You couldn't walk 5 miles a day yourself then enter a marathon or a sprint and expect to be fit? You'll be walking fit but not much more which is alas, f*****g not much good when your expected to catch a fleeing animal for a living. I reckon the best way to exercise a dog through the summer months is having 2 dogs so they can chase one another and knacker each other out. If you take your dog out for a walk and it doesn't come home f****d, you've pretty much wasted your time in my book.