Working Dogs The Night- What To Do In The Day?

[spec 45]

interested to hear others opinions, do you take your dogs out for exercise if they're going to be working the night, or do you keep them fresh?

[beast 1,884]

dont lamp much these days, but when i was doing a lot i used to give them a half hour strtech out on the common in the morning before a nights work. not enought o tire them out (they would have probably 14 hours rest anyway) but kept them losse and found it just helped them settle better in the kennels through the day

[bigdaz 688]

my dogs are pretty much left to do as the please, so after a nite out they get a rub down checked over an fed a warm meal, kennels are mostly open so dogs can wander stretch an do toilet when they please, then morning after i just give them a hour round the fields if they wanna run an play an chase each other then so be it, if they wanna walk at heel i dont mind either way, if your dog is fit, an i mean proper fit them it should handle most workloads, too many folks have got unfit dogs an wouldnt know a fit dog if it pissed up there legs

[pip1968 2,490]

i take my dogs out and just let them hunt up it might be in a woods or just a bit of rough ground or just have them walking around and i do this most days so my dogs are ready for a good nights graft on the lamp at any given time

[paulsmithy83 567]

To many variables to say them all but Depends what kind of night they have if we have say a 3-4 hour lamp and catch say 15-20 rabs I'll give them a hour walk in the morning to go piss shit then same at around 5 ready for them for night but if out for say 8hrs and putting a good shift in and I know I'm out the next night I will just give them a two 20min walks ready for later and mainly to keep kennel clean and stop them being stiff

[DEERMAN 1,020]

Checked over ,cleaned up/rubbed down ,Fed, Magbox for hour ,....on arriving back home in morning ,emptied out,.kenneled on own for max rest without being disturbed ,max rest , then following night or when up and about kennel runs ,rub down/brush/check over ,20mins in woods behind house (quick stretch ,empty )in house until out again

Edited July 12, 2013 by DEERMAN

[Guest long-tail]

interested to hear others opinions, do you take your dogs out for exercise if they're going to be working the night, or do you keep them fresh?

no

[Coneytrappr 30]

Sometimes they spend the day inside doing nothing, sometimes it will be a half hour walk, sometimes it will be a day of ferreting, bushing etc before heading out for the night.