hard nights lamping

[DEERMAN 1,020]

why feed your dog when it gets back from a hard nights work would you run a marathon on an empty stomach

 

doe's a wolf go hunting with half a belly full no. you carnt compare dogs to humans, dogs run much better on an empty stomach as long as yhere getting good grub no point in just feeding biscuit they need abit extra

 

Wolves hunt to eat,then rest until hungry again. Hard worked lamp dogs run on and on way past what is needed to acquire a meal-they need something in the tank to draw on. Flints sprinter/marathon analogy sums it up.

its not rocket sicence is it ?just common sence if you ever been involed in some kind of endurance event

[no1 jibber 31]

a wolf will roam a lot longer than a lurcher will run in a night before they get a run for a meal. common sense realy.

[DEERMAN 1,020]

a wolf will roam a lot longer than a lurcher will run in a night before they get a run for a meal. common sense realy.

how do you know that?do you keep wolves?

[no1 jibber 31]

i had 1 dog running for 8 hard seasons on his own, i wouldnt say dogs are machines but this boy seemed like one. it never did him no harm. each to there own.

[no1 jibber 31]

a wolf will roam a lot longer than a lurcher will run in a night before they get a run for a meal. common sense realy.

how do you know that?do you keep wolves?

 

you never read a book or seen documentaries about wolves

[DEERMAN 1,020]

a wolf will roam a lot longer than a lurcher will run in a night before they get a run for a meal. common sense realy.

how do you know that?do you keep wolves?

 

you never read a book or seen documentaries about wolves

yes ,been lucky to see them in wild too....so how far do you say they would travel then on a hunt?

[no1 jibber 31]

you tell me mate you think your the expert

[DEERMAN 1,020]

you tell me mate you think your the expert

im no expert your the one stating facts not me....come on how far?if you dont know why say ?

[TOMO 26,589]

RIGHT enough of the wolf talk just so we can get back to topic heres a load of questions and answers on wolves knock ya selvs out

 

http://www.wolf.org/wolves/learn/basic/faqs/faq.asp

[stormyboy 1,352]

a wolf will roam a lot longer than a lurcher will run in a night before they get a run for a meal. common sense realy.

 

Theres a big difference between wolves roaming to find the meal they hunt,and running up and down the beam all night. The wolves will use no more energy than they have to,to achieve a kill. A hard nights lamping requires a dog to expend energy almost non stop-quite unnatural for a predator really,but they do it. It stands to reason that they should have something to draw on.

[no1 jibber 31]

here you go deerman

 

Wolves are hunters, and they travel far and wide to locate prey. They may travel 50 miles or more each day in search of food, and they are superbly designed for a life on the move. Because their elbows turn inward, their lean bodies are precisely balanced over their large feet. With their long legs and ground-eating stride, they can travel tirelessly for hours on end with no energy wasted. Dispersing wolves, those leaving packs in search of their own mates, have been known to travel hundreds of miles away from their home territory. Satellite and Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) collars allow researchers to document the truly remarkable travels of wolves.

[Guest vin]

what a great debate chaps.

 

flint has hit the nail on the head...spot on..sprinters and marathons..simple as that.

 

Trouble with this argument is the simple fact that most of the lads on here never get to test there dogs to these extremes on a regular basis,because they cannot find the land or game.

 

So i guess most of the answers to be unqualified...

 

Not that i am..so dont think i know it all..because i deffinantely dont.

 

we live and learn ....sometimes by our own mistakes and maybe sometimes by others previously made and learned from.

 

take what you can learn and do what you want with it..its up to you in the end.

[Malt 379]

I guess a lot depends on how often you work your dog and it's diet..

 

A dog can run on empty as long as it has fat reserves to draw it's energy from. If you work your dog often and for extended periods, it's fat reserves are going to be at a minimum so it will need something to draw it's energy from. However, if your trips out are infrequent and short, a dog should have sufficient fat reserves for the work it's doing without being fed before working.

 

PS. When I'm talking about fat reserves, I'm not on about overweight, flabby out of condition dogs.

 

Interesting topic.

[johnny boy68 11,726]

what a great debate chaps.

 

flint has hit the nail on the head...spot on..sprinters and marathons..simple as that.

 

Trouble with this argument is the simple fact that most of the lads on here never get to test there dogs to these extremes on a regular basis,because they cannot find the land or game.

 

So i guess most of the answers to be unqualified...

 

Not that i am..so dont think i know it all..because i deffinantely dont.

 

we live and learn ....sometimes by our own mistakes and maybe sometimes by others previously made and learned from.

 

take what you can learn and do what you want with it..its up to you in the end.

Good reply vin and most of the lads on here myself included don't work their dogs to the extent that FLINT,Deerman and trigger do on a regular basis,some don't because of lack of ground,game etc and some simply because their dogs would just not handle it

[bigoy19706 276]

a dog dos not need any more feed if it is out for a long night than it wood if it was out for 20 mins because a dog run on it body fat not on what it has been fed tha day