Read this topic on another board. Wanted to hear other people opinion on the subject . What is good recovery time after you get yourhound hot during a workout?
Read this topic on another board. Wanted to hear other people opinion on the subject . What is good recovery time after you get yourhound hot during a workout?
differs for every dog, genetically, the condition the dog is in at the moment, temperature, the work that's put on the dog, ect
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Originally Posted by DROPZONE
It depends on the dog, but as a general rule when your dog is really tired, he will break stride and trot. At that point, you watch his breathing as he's trotting, and as soon as he goes from having his tongue hanging out gasping/laboring, and pulls it back a little to go down to more normal panting, you begin the hard work again ... repeat.
You just gave someone a solid foundation for a keep Jack
Yep
Lemm demonstrates this beautifully in his keep tape.
It depends on the dog, but as a general rule when your dog is really tired, he will break stride and trot. At that point, you watch his breathing as he's trotting, and as soon as he goes from having his tongue hanging out gasping/laboring, and pulls it back a little to go down to more normal panting, you begin the hard work again ... repeat.
Lemm demonstrates this beautifully in his keep tape.
It depends on the dog, but as a general rule when your dog is really tired, he will break stride and trot. At that point, you watch his breathing as he's trotting, and as soon as he goes from having his tongue hanging out gasping/laboring, and pulls it back a little to go down to more normal panting, you begin the hard work again ... repeat.
I had 1 big problem with Lemm on that tape...He leaves the room with the dog on the mill....That is a huge No No in my book...You never leave your dog on a mill or any working device unattended...
he's standing around the corner man, all ears.... lol
Hey you can do it then but I am staying in the room with my dog...It only takes a second to ruin a dog...
Hell I thought that was just common sense that you never leave the dog when running on a mill....Of course I am not the great Lemm and all those Champs and GrandChamps he worked.... 8-)
Recovery time will decrease as the keep progress. Ive seen dogs recover in 5 minutes, 10 minutes, even 30 minutes. Near the end of my keeps it doesn't matter if the recovery time is long or short but as long as its shorter than from the beginning. Some dogs work harder than others so theres really no set recovery time. All I know is that working out and being in the box are not the same. They could and should run hot all they want during a keep but come show time they shouldn't run hot at all.
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