is this true ?

[Guest MY LAW]

I'm lead to believe that over doing exercise with a young dog can harm muscle tissues.

 

Just take it easy with the pup whilst its young, how young is the pup?

6 months old

take it from one who knows it will get better if you dont hold it back but start it working with a older dog and let it loose with the older dog if you can .the sooner the better.

 

 

 

a pup should have nothing but training for the 1st year ,, let it grow , find its feet and its bearings in the real world ie fences all types barbed and electric , gates , loud noises ect If you rush it you have more chances of ruining it !!

well i will have to stop doing what i have done for the past 20 odd years in that case and wait for my pups to develop ,insted of having them catching as good as a experenced old dog by the time they are 12months old ,all this rubbish about leting them get to 12 and 15 months old before starting them is old nonsence in my eyes.iv said this before ,and will stick by it untill it dont work for me any more.

[ferret boy charlie 0]

What breed is it? and just how much walking/mooching are we talking?

she is a collie\grey\bull\saluki\whippet\grey\bull\deerhound she comes almost everyware with me i suppose we walk about 1-3 miles a day mostly just walking about with the gun and ferreting

[ferret boy charlie 0]

I'm lead to believe that over doing exercise with a young dog can harm muscle tissues.

 

Just take it easy with the pup whilst its young, how young is the pup?

6 months old

take it from one who knows it will get better if you dont hold it back but start it working with a older dog and let it loose with the older dog if you can .the sooner the better.

 

 

 

a pup should have nothing but training for the 1st year ,, let it grow , find its feet and its bearings in the real world ie fences all types barbed and electric , gates , loud noises ect If you rush it you have more chances of ruining it !!

yes mate she is in training but she does come ferreting nand she has had her first rabbit a

[Guest MY LAW]

got a friend that taught me the trade and he has a litter of malumutex grey pups 7 weeks old yesterday ,at 6 weeks old they walked 2 miles with him up and down fields and banks ,1mile there and 1mile back .and playing with each other all the time ,they will get more miles as the weeks go by .always done this with any pups and never had any probs.just like to add every dog this person has had does more work than any other dogs that i have ever seen ,and not once have they ever been [what you would call nackerd ]at the end of the night ,im convinced it is all down to starting them young that is why i started doing the same .

Edited January 1, 2009 by MY LAW

[labsnlurchers 39]

What breed is it? and just how much walking/mooching are we talking?

she is a collie\grey\bull\saluki\whippet\grey\bull\deerhound she comes almost everyware with me i suppose we walk about 1-3 miles a day mostly just walking about with the gun and ferreting

 

Well 1-3 miles easy walking i would say is not a major problem and while your out your getting a good bond with her however i would just be aware of how much hard running she does. And dont up her work until she is 12/13 months old. Just be patient and responsible with her and remember that she isnt fully grown or mature yet in body or mind so allow her to be a puppy and keep things fun and easy. Also a day off every now and then might not go a miss, maybe do shorter walks afetr a long day previously.

it is good for a pup to get the experience of the ground/terrain they will be working but everything in moderation and use it as your 'training' venue rather than putting the pup to work.

[stevemac 434]

Sold a pup to a fella once and at 10weeks he was walking it 5klms a day on hard pavement. After a couple of weeks the dog had f****d feet and pastern joints the vet and I both told him to stop but the damage had been deone and the dog was never quite right after that.

 

I always let young dogs exersize of lead at their own pace this way they dont do more than they can handle, I find moderate exersize helps a dog reach its potential.

[stealthy1 3,964]

I was taught that young dogs put there energy into growing or into working, you have to balance both, also joints on young dogs dont set properly until they are about 18 months and thats when they slow their growth.

[kent scotty 0]

when he says deformed he may mean that young bones are soft and bendy so if you get the muscles to big(more running than walking i would think)they can bend the bones out of shape and give problems latter on.i wouldnt think what you doing would do to much harm but as said rest days are always good for them after a long day.

 

i suppose it depends on how long you think they are going to last ? if you raz them from a early age it will show when they get older.runn them in nice and easy and they may last longer.

 

 

scotty

[Guest MY LAW]

when he says deformed he may mean that young bones are soft and bendy so if you get the muscles to big(more running than walking i would think)they can bend the bones out of shape and give problems latter on.i wouldnt think what you doing would do to much harm but as said rest days are always good for them after a long day.

 

i suppose it depends on how long you think they are going to last ? if you raz them from a early age it will show when they get older.runn them in nice and easy and they may last longer.

 

 

scotty

no disrespect but like you say ,its all suppose ,think ,and may ,i and others have proved other wise.like i said before i looked after a pack of fox hounds and they get it very hard in there first year as far as miles per day goes ,never done them any harm and they get more road work than any other breed of dog .if people keep on saying dont do this or that because it was belived to harm them ,then it wont be mutch longer before we have a breed of lurcher good for 6 rabbits a week .just remember they are breed to work not show .most of what was writen years ago dont stand to day .but dont over do it ,that you have to carry them home.

[Maze 0]

Over walking a dog can cause muscle problems but its the joints that are more likely to be damaged, the rule of thumb is 5 mins for every month of age. But it depends on the exercise the dog is getting, grass walking is better than hard surfaces and whether its forced ie the dog is onlead or scared you will leave it behind and just follows you for the sake of it.

 

Usually though its hereditary conditions that are made worse by the exercise and not often caused by it unless you really walk a pup to death. Its usually bigger breeds to, Labs, Gsds etc.

[mickystaf 1]

noticed on this site everyone has there own opinion.mine is similar to my law it is my first lurcher and she gets plenty of walking more on a weekend i also drop plenty for her when with ferts and easly slips on lamp( 8 months at mo) hasnt done me stafs any harm and they 8 and 9 now stil gettin about without a wheelchair

[trader 0]

got a friend that taught me the trade and he has a litter of malumutex grey pups 7 weeks old yesterday ,at 6 weeks old they walked 2 miles with him up and down fields and banks ,1mile there and 1mile back .and playing with each other all the time ,they will get more miles as the weeks go by .always done this with any pups and never had any probs.just like to add every dog this person has had does more work than any other dogs that i have ever seen ,and not once have they ever been [what you would call nackerd ]at the end of the night ,im convinced it is all down to starting them young that is why i started doing the same .

never heard so much crap in all my life, walking 7 week old pups 2 miles, the blokes an idiot and so is anyone who follows his example, beggars belief that there are people out there that would even consider this advice

[brock1 2]

i thought it was bull but a lad i new once got a deerhoud gryhound pup & the parent where both 28 tts & i seen them. he worked it from a pup & it only made 21tts it still cought the od rabbit but turned into a dwarf. i have seen biger wippetxs & own a pure wippet that stands 22tts so i wouldnt risk it dont know about walking it to much but i wouldnt work a dog untill it was a desent age.

[Guest MY LAW]

got a friend that taught me the trade and he has a litter of malumutex grey pups 7 weeks old yesterday ,at 6 weeks old they walked 2 miles with him up and down fields and banks ,1mile there and 1mile back .and playing with each other all the time ,they will get more miles as the weeks go by .always done this with any pups and never had any probs.just like to add every dog this person has had does more work than any other dogs that i have ever seen ,and not once have they ever been [what you would call nackerd ]at the end of the night ,im convinced it is all down to starting them young that is why i started doing the same .

never heard so much crap in all my life, walking 7 week old pups 2 miles, the blokes an idiot and so is anyone who follows his example, beggars belief that there are people out there that would even consider this advice

if you lived to 100 you would never own dogs of the quality he has had and got ,but unless you want a night out ,you will never know ,willing to show you just to prove you wrong and shut you up .come out ,you got nothing to lose and if im wrong you can come on here and say im wrong ,not just imagine it . Edited January 2, 2009 by MY LAW

[trader 0]

got a friend that taught me the trade and he has a litter of malumutex grey pups 7 weeks old yesterday ,at 6 weeks old they walked 2 miles with him up and down fields and banks ,1mile there and 1mile back .and playing with each other all the time ,they will get more miles as the weeks go by .always done this with any pups and never had any probs.just like to add every dog this person has had does more work than any other dogs that i have ever seen ,and not once have they ever been [what you would call nackerd ]at the end of the night ,im convinced it is all down to starting them young that is why i started doing the same .

never heard so much crap in all my life, walking 7 week old pups 2 miles, the blokes an idiot and so is anyone who follows his example, beggars belief that there are people out there that would even consider this advice

if you lived to 100 you would never own dogs of the quality he has had and got ,but unless you want a night out ,you will never know ,willing to show you just to prove you wrong and shut you up .come out ,you got nothing to lose and if im wrong you can come on here and say im wrong ,not just imagine it .

whats he going to prove, that walking pups 2 miles makes them into good hunting dogs ? if you think that, you have lost the plot, you are right in that if i lived to a 100 i would never own dogs like hes got malamute x greyhound you are right there