Chalky and the boys weightvest.

[Maximus Ferret 2,063]

Just seen one of these advertised. What is it? A conditioning aid maybe? How would a weight vest be used and are they any good?

I imagine that, like vitamin supplements, such things mostly shouldn't be needed unless there's an actual issue to be sorted but then I believe a fair few people find treadmills useful.

[THE STIFFMEISTER 15,612]

Saluki greyhound’s banging out pull ups……

as you’ve said I can imagine it’s to increase the load whilst trotting , adding attrition without the need for a treadmill. 

treadmills can cause the human body to be out of kilter whilst on it , I’d imagine extended periods for canines wouldn’t be great also 

 

 

[chartpolski 23,028]

I knew on or two people in the non-ped whippet racing years ago that had jackets with pockets for lead weights for their dogs to wear when training, supposed to increase stamina.

Didn't seem to catch on though

Cheers.

[Big Ron 1,156]

Big Ron likes a weighted vest for pull ups , body resistant exercises etc weight vests will get the ticker working harder running of course but believe me all running with weight does is f**k your knees , that’s from horses mouth 

[Black neck 15,838]

11 minutes ago, Big Ron said:

Big Ron likes a weighted vest for pull ups , body resistant exercises etc weight vests will get the ticker working harder running of course but believe me all running with weight does is f**k your knees , that’s from horses mouth 

Black ops

[Big Ron 1,156]

But seriously I can’t see what benefit if any at all a running dog will get from a weighted vest 

[Kalibrgun 930]

It's a fad to line their pockets Look at us look at us we've done a dvd buy our dog coats hats and weight vests  

[green lurchers 16,530]

Weight vests lol what happend to conditioning ? 

[green lurchers 16,530]

2 minutes ago, Langford said:

It's resistance training, they will benefit the dog at the end of the day.

But, if you only walk it to the rec on the retractable lead it ain't going to do much.

Lol conditioning is a thing of passion which far out weighs a vest  

[Penda 3,341]

I bought one of the these for my chihuahua bitch 1 minute she was just a couch dog next minute shes in a suped up Subaru doing 4 out o 4 on the big land

[Black neck 15,838]

I tried 1 on a saluki but it jumped in a pond and that were the end on it 

[Penda 3,341]

55 minutes ago, Black neck said:

I tried 1 on a saluki but it jumped in a pond and that were the end on it 

Had enough of being a saluki

[Black neck 15,838]

49 minutes ago, Penda said:

Had enough of being a saluki

Remember u tried 2 save it ,but it reckoned it ant never recalled before ,and it wernt gonna start now ,stubborn begger 

[Chevy Chase 79]

On 15/05/2022 at 15:50, Black neck said:

I tried 1 on a saluki but it jumped in a pond and that were the end on it 

Hope you got the vest back? 

[jeemes 4,444]

On 15/05/2022 at 11:22, Kalibrgun said:

It's a fad to line their pockets Look at us look at us we've done a dvd buy our dog coats hats and weight vests  

Yeah this making things then selling them, it'll never catch on.