Deerhound/Greyhound - Excercise for Pups

[freddybamboo 0]

Hi

 

I have two pups, first cross deer/grey. Approx 25 inch at the mo. I know they are slow growing, and they shouldnt be hammering it but as there are two they can run a fair whack by egging each other on. At the mo I am giving them two 20 minute of the lead walks a day, with a couple of short walks for toilet. Off the lead the will run for approx 60% of the time.

 

How much is too much? They are pretty restless through the night if they get any less than this.

 

Cheers

[bill88 6]

I've a beddyxwhippet who's 7 months old.The minute she's off the lead she will antagonise either my other lurcher or the terriers into chasing her.She will just run and run,letting the other dogs get close,and then racing away from them.I take her out twice a day,for about 30 mins,weird thing is she never seems to tire or get out of breath.Ironically,she is on lead walking only this week,after straining a tendon whilst running in some long grass.

I'm no expert,but i was always told that bigger heavier dogs mature more slowly ? IF i'm wrong blame my old man (god rest him)

[bolio 51]

Hi

 

I have two pups, first cross deer/grey. Approx 25 inch at the mo. I know they are slow growing, and they shouldnt be hammering it but as there are two they can run a fair whack by egging each other on. At the mo I am giving them two 20 minute of the lead walks a day, with a couple of short walks for toilet. Off the lead the will run for approx 60% of the time.

 

How much is too much? They are pretty restless through the night if they get any less than this.

 

Cheers

Let them have all the free running play they want. When they've had enough they'll stop.

[deerhound working 3]

Hi

 

I have two pups, first cross deer/grey. Approx 25 inch at the mo. I know they are slow growing, and they shouldnt be hammering it but as there are two they can run a fair whack by egging each other on. At the mo I am giving them two 20 minute of the lead walks a day, with a couple of short walks for toilet. Off the lead the will run for approx 60% of the time.

 

How much is too much? They are pretty restless through the night if they get any less than this.

 

Cheers

they can never have to much play time as pups this helps them in so many ways if they are restless at night put a radio in the kennel area turned down low for company this is what i find works for me

Edited September 8, 2007 by deerhound working

[coyote 0]

LET THEM RUN AS MUCH I THEY WANT TO,IT WILL HELP THEM DEVELOP IN EVERY WAY,WHEN THEY GET TIRED THEY WILL STOP

[Guest Frank]

They learn from play running with each other, no harm.

 

Frank.

[freddybamboo 0]

Cheers folks. Will let them run as much as they like then.

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

Edited September 12, 2007 by CHALKWARREN

[Guest Frank]

Very true CW. Only the fittest irish greyhounds make it to the tracks, survival, of the fittest.

 

Frank.

[skycat 6,173]

I've always found that most of my young dogs' injuries happened when they were tearing about with eachother: injuries of the tendon damage variety, damaged toes: problems with things out of place in their necks or backs.

 

It's always a dilemma in knowing what to let them do and what not to let them do. From 4 to 7 months seems to be the most dangerous time for a pup: they are getting a bit of size and speed on them depending on the breeding of the dog, but they don't necessarily have the coordination and muscle strength to handle collisions and hard turns when they're chasing eachother.

 

I've now reached a sort of compromise in letting youngsters run about on flat relatively 'safe' land for a bit, but put one of them on the lead when we reach ditches, fences, rough ground etc. That way they don't have the distraction of another dog running when they should be concentrating on where they are going and obstacles in front of them.

[holy grail 0]

as far as i know, they wont 'over run' themselves, they can only be 'over ran' by us in whatever way we do it. hell, ive a deerhound pup and he's a bloody fruit cake out in the paddock.. he just runs round like a lunatic. personally, id let them run when they want for as long as they want. theyll know when their 'stuffed'. but who knows, i could be wrong??

[juckler123 707]

TOP POST SKYCAT I COULDNT AGREE MORE

[skycat 6,173]

Thank you for your kind words sir: a harsh lesson learned over the years and at the expense of several youngsters, who luckily survived their collisions with their canine mates: even a run about in the garden ain't safe for a nutty pup: a broken toe, though it should heal fine, and he's being a star hopping about in his 'pot' LOL Accidents DO happen wherever and whatever the dog is doing: no sense in upping the risk if you don't need to.

[Boom 0]

This is what i dont get ???? (not aimed at anyone) but people say you shouldent take your pups out on the lamp till there around 8 to 10 months old << varies on breed, but yet you can let them run freely for how long they like ?

i have a puppy now he's now 6month old and when i take him out for his morning stroll he's forever chasing my beddy x whippet. eventually he will chill out and settle down but i'd say the amount of time he's running my beddy could easly be 6 to 8 runs on a rabbit..

this is what puzzles me ???. now i'd be a lier if i say i havent been out with him on a few sitters here and there and took him out to watch other dogs run so he gets the idea becouse i have, he loves it and has picked it up real fast..

also if i do take him out for a quick lamp ill make sure his morning walks are on the lead so theres no running for him at all before a mini night out "you never know if theres gonna be a nice sitter"... is this wrong ?

 

i take care of my dogs and want the best out of them as pets and as workers but if i feel my puppy has run for too long chasing the other dog i will put a stop to it. to me a running dog is a running dog, wether it be chasing your others pets or on a rabbit so (freddybamboo) if you personaly think your dog may be running for too long call him back and hold him up for a few minutes or so.. this will also help his recall too. nothing worse than a dog that dont listen.

i spend as much time as possible with my pup and i feel i know him as much as he does himself. the time spent with him aids me to make the right choices with him.. just take your time freddybamboo and if you think your dog has run too long then call him back im sure you'll do well.

 

MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION

Edited September 14, 2007 by Boom

[skycat 6,173]

IMO there's a big difference between running around in the daytime and running rabbits at night, especially on uneven ground. When a dog's running on the lamp it is totally focussed on the rabbit in the beam and isn't likely to notice obstacles/uneven ground, which are the bane of lamping dogs. Pups are likely to give their all when they get up close to a rabbit, like any good lamp dog should do, but a pup, like I said before, doesn't have the coordination and muscular strength to cope with lumps and bumps in the ground, or the experience in general of knowing how to come off a hedge at speed, or worse when the ground opens up under its feet like a dyke or ditch.

I reckon most pups need a year of daytime experience on all types of ground before they are ready to handle the night time stuff when they can't se where they're going, though of course there are always exceptions. The earliest I lamped a pup was at 9 months, only out for an hour, and that dog was very small and matured early both physically and mentally: she'd been catching day time rabbits for a month or so before the first outing on the lamp, and I wasn't tempted to keep her out for more than an hour at a time, and she never ran more than 4 or 5 rabbits each time out at night.

Most of mine have been 14 months plus before they've been lamped properly, and some of my better lamp dogs were 18 months plus before they went out on the lamp, having spent the previous months ferreting and bushing and learning field craft.