Originally Posted by
FrostyPaws
The thing with a carpetmill is that it be smooth spinning (as much as a carpetmill can be smooth spinning), or it can be hard turning. If I spray down the polymer board the carpet flows over, then it will run a lot smoother as opposed to me not spraying it. If I don't spray it, it is hard turning mill. Either way, it doesn't matter. I've done both ways for over an hour with separate dogs without any issues.
Always remember that so much of what you hear is being uttered by people that have never put forth the effort to try and disprove things that have always been passed down as gospel. That's one of the things I like about dogs and conditioning devices. I have the ability, as do we all, to disprove things.
Bert Sorrells keep revolved around using a carpetmill. He didn't use a slat or a jenny. He used a carpetmill, and this was back in the 70s and 80s. The same could be said for Mad & Skip, who were proteges of Bert.