Conditioning only on a Raw feed diet or a Kibble with Supplement added diet?

[S_B]

Not that I pursue an illegal activity but I heard about a good one last night.

Guy who had not owned a dog much less did a dog since the 70's came out of retirement for his grandson. He built an old school carpet mill with stationery PVC pipe, heavy backed carpet sliding on sanded plywood. The dogs primary diet was chicken necks and soaked dog food, cheap dog food at that. He was supplemented with Bee Pollen, natural honey an hour before every work day and clovite horse conditioner. He was worked every work day on the carpet mill followed by a semi-long walk, followed by a semi-long walk dragging 25% of his body weight. Cooled, rubbed down and fed. The dog stayed outside in his normal barrel.

61 minutes. An incredible pace, plenty strong. Plenty more gas if it had been needed.

I won't post any names as I am sure it will pop up on the boards this morning. The kid had phones blowing up all over the world with is first W.

He said, what do I do? I forwarded him a message. "Sell the dog and quit now. You are ahead!"

EWO

Haha! Great story, consistency is key. And great advice you gave him, but I got a feeling he ain't gonna take it.

S_B

[EWO]

This is another great topic. When I first came along the dog food was so cheap it still had feathers in the bad here and there.

Raw food was used for fish bait back then. Things have changed tremendously over the years but I doubt the dogs have evolved to the point they could not be successful on the diets of yesteryear.

Feeding for performance is one of the most interesting topics about these dogs. There are tons of way to get there and I only know a few and those too have changed a ton since I got started.

EWO