Not Enough? Too Much?

[martinl]

How long do you do each exercise with youre dogs? ie, a frame/spring pole/flirt pole/walking/ball work

Lennox is nearly a year old (15th of this month) i do about..

Spring pole = 10mins

Flirt pole = 5mins(he gets abit bored)

Walking = we do about an hour a day

Could do more..?

Dont have a a-frame yet

India is not interested in spring pole or flirt pole..

so she gets an hours walk and 20-30mins ball work(sometimes on the same day)

Also shes 18months old this month

Frank will do anything but im not sure how long i should be doing it with him for

we do 5mins of each(spring & flirt) and 20-30min walks..

Frank is 24weeks old

Now my question is, is that enough/too much?

also what else can i do with India.. she seems tog et in resonable condition with just walks and ball work.. i think she could get into even better shape with a month with some of you guys.. i just dnt have the no how atm..


Also would it be ok to to Lennox's work out all in 1 day for say 2days then give him a few days rest?

also should i be resting Frank?


Sorry for the long post.. i just wanna get it right.

[grchmason]

Hi Martin

What your doing is very similar to myself just remember to keep it varied and make sure you have a rest day i like 3 on 1 off

But no to dogs are the same just keep an eye on them and little and often to keep em keen

From what i can see of your dogs your doing a grand job

Tarren

[martinl]

Cheers tarren..

[duffy]

each dog is different,if they are looking and acting well then you are doing it right is my philosophy

my bitch is currently on
8 mile handwalk (2 hours)
15 minutes treadmill (sprint)
15 minutes springpole
10 minutes flirtpole

5 days on 2 off...days off she is just walked to empty.

[martinl]

cheers..

dont have a treadmill.. need to spend money on kennels and the new pup 1st lol

gonna buy some bungee cord n rope to wrap round a tree for spring pole seen as tho mines broke/coming down to make way for kennels

all ive been doing these past few days is ball work.. but india seems to be gettin fitter/faster sooo its all good

[matty]

Aug 26, 2009 19:18:04 GMT @duffy said:

each dog is different,if they are looking and acting well then you are doing it right is my philosophy

my bitch is currently on
8 mile handwalk (2 hours)
15 minutes treadmill (sprint)
15 minutes springpole
10 minutes flirtpole

5 days on 2 off...days off she is just walked to empty.

That sounds a nice regime, i personally like them to do more sprinting or trotting along side of the bike or with a ball rather than so much handwalking, having said that when i can manage it an hours walk in the morning is nice then the running in the afternoon/early evening.

[mosman]

I cycle my training regime depending on season and comps. When in season (usually spring & summer), we do about:
2-3h Handwalk
20 min of bicycle sprint
1h springpole or flirtpole

3on 1off

Offseason we do handwalking 3-4 h/day and quite a bit of tracking.

[qred]

Good Advice,

Here in Holland i spend alot of time outside with my dog, I do think each dog is diffrent of course as i know that my dog seems to do very well when running with the bike, but i think i need to start doing weight pulling and things like that