What is your Routine

[Phedra]

I was just thinking it might be helpful to see what others do to work/play with their dogs on a routine basis. Maybe even show a pic of your dog/pup in conditioning stages.

State your dogs age:

State you activities Mon-Fri:

State your activities Sat Sun (days off):

State your feeding schedule and food preference:






Any Takers?

[ItsMe]

Remy - 7 1/2 months

Activites M -F: Limited right now by heat, but normally 5 mile walk daily, daily obedience exercizes, play in the yard(fetch, tag, flirtpole, etc...)

Sat. and Sun. - Saturdays same as weekdays, Sundays off.

Food and schedule - Orijen - 2 cups morning, 2 cups evening, the evening portion is watered down. Recently, I've been grinding a piece of head cheese in the magic bullet and adding to dinner. No vitamins or fish oil or anything.

Remy seems to be doing great with this current regimen of food and activity. Most people will say thats too much orijen, but it took me a while to tweak her serving and shes not putting on extra weight.

[Dansgrizz]

I was just thinking it might be helpful to see what others do to work/play with their dogs on a routine basis. Maybe even show a pic of your dog/pup in conditioning stages.

State your dogs age:

State you activities Mon-Fri:

State your activities Sat Sun (days off):

State your feeding schedule and food preference:






Any Takers?


IM so glad you brought up this topic! Dogs LOVE a schedule if im 15 minutes late on training or feeding i am in TROUBLE lol. heres how i break mine down right now.

Maverick 14 months
7 Days a week 3.5 mile walk on his harness
Monday 2000' Dragweight at 15 lbs
Tuesday "resistance training"
Wednesday 1000' Drag weight @ 25 lbs
Thursday flirtpole
Friday 500' sled work still dialing in the weight it starts small and goes to heavier doing short 20 - 30' pulls
Saturday Sprinpole
Sunday Just fun fetch and wrestling

Grizz 11 months
Will start maverick same program in 3 weeks when he turns 1
For now... 3.5 mile walk 7 days a week
Monday Wednesday Firday Staurday Springpole
Tuesday Thursday Flirtpole
Sunday is fetch chase and wrestling

I feed 1 cup Pinnacle duck n potato and 1 cup Evo Red Meat daily
I add cottage cheese, Yogurt, Ground beef, sardines in olive oil, Apple Cider Vinegar, lotsa water, and am looking for a good mulitvitamin that doesnt cost me as much as nuvet lol

Mind you this is JUST my dogs schedule my schedule doing chores, cleaning, watering yards, bathing, washing there laundry, cleaning crates, buying food, toys, bones, take up alot of time too! And I only have2!! lol.

[Leon]

Routine so far. Since Czar is just a pup, there is not much i can do with him.

Monday through Friday - 20 min obedience training, and 1 mile walk and short run.

Saturday and Sunday - short hikes, and socialization with other dogs and animals. I just take him to my friends place who have other dogs.

[Lala]

State your dogs age: 5 months

State you activities Mon-Fri: Short morning run (I rotate everyday between Coaco and Zeus) Spring pole, evening walks, Every other day we take them to the park. In the process of teaching them fetch.

State your activities Sat Sun (days off): Park, Playing :)

State your feeding schedule and food preference: Natures Choice, and sometimes Purina Puppy Chow. No feeding schedule, they eat as they please. When we eat dinner, I always slip them the leftovers. As long as theres no onions, choclate, or any other food that can be harmful.

[BXPITS]

my dogs age vary but what we do here for adults is:
run 3 miles,
walk 8 miles
swim 30-45 min.
weightpull 2x bodyweight for 1 mile
fetch 1/2 hour
100 jumps
uphill runs 10x a 1/4 mile hill

any combination of these monday-saturday rest days when i see the dog is tired
we supplement with super k-9 as a protein "shake" 1/2 hour before going out and we allow the dogs to empty before work. i feed kirkland adult kibble and raw chicken, liver, organs, and beef. before a show we go all raw a week out.
my method is if the dogs work i work with them so i put on a 20-50 pound vest on, i consider it a team effort on walks and runs!

[StaffyDaddy]

2 Short obedience walks daily (1/2 mile, with commands every now and again)

a 2 mile walk (later in the evening)

Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat Flirtpole (45min or so)

every day fetch outside

Daily feed:

Blue Buffalo Puppy Chicken and Rice Formula ****NOT Large Breed***
3/4 cup X 3 Daily
I add flax seed oil and Organic 5 culture yogurt

[LiiL_L0cz]

KENYA
age:1yr
*7days Evening walk 3-5miles
*Mon, Wed Friday & Sunday Morning run (2-3mile) or some carpetmill work
*Mon & Wed we go to Sch2 training from noonish-3ish
*Tue & Thur we have PD training from 8am- 10am (unless the trainer wants some more one on one time wit kenya)
*Saturday hiking from like 6am-10am
*no specific day we play fetch, flirtpole and swim in the pool (kenya lives in the pool)

Kenya is on Orijen Puppy. She gets a total of 2 1/2 cups of food a day. fed at 6am and then again after training 9sometimes 6pm, sometimes 7:30p) She gets cottage cheese and an egg once a week & ACV


CHYNA
age: roughly3yrs
*7days evening walks 3-5miles
*Tue &Thur morning run (5-8miles)
*Saturday carpetmill work
*no sepcific day well play fetch or shell get on the spring pole
[chyna is just my petbull] ;)

Chyna is on Orijen 6fish. She gets a total of 2 cups of food a day. fed at 6am and then again at 6pm (if im back from trainin with kenya) She, aslo gets cottage cheese and egg once a week & ACV

[Xavier777]

Bam Bams : (schedule)
mill walk/run (approx 30-45mins)
stair sprints and box jumps
wp on drag weight sled
incline treadmill walk
log rolls
springpole / flirtpole
tug with Shogo (other dog) as well as some wrestling.
Fetch
30-45 minute swim (this is done daily)
weekends I take them out to the beach and have them do resistance up hill and down hill running on the beach sand.
I also give them a daily rub down (approx 15 mins each) after work.

All of this varies and I keep track of all of it in a journal so that I can mix it up and keep track of their progress (weight, time, etc...)

Shogo only does some of these activities because he is still a pup....but soon he will be up to Bam Bams schedule.

diet- Raw (meat varies) 70-80% meat 10-15% edible bones and 10-15% offal...with some added shhhhtuf. bee pollen, kefir (better than yogurt),sea kelp, fish oil with vitamin E, immune and energy booster drops, soft boiled eggs, and tons of bottled water.

[buzhunter]

My routine is work, sleep, watch my dog get fatter and fatter. Day in day out. Ain't priorities a bitch? lol

[NATE]

lol my is cuse rain monday threw friday cuse heat sat and sun
but my ideal work would be bango low weight 4 day's a week hard one day
dixie and remi light weight every day
dys would light 6 days a week and heave one
deago take his ass to the wood and hunt him oct till march mill his ass the rest of the year
the rest are hard to say

[norcalreds]

Angel is 20 months old. I just started really working her about a month ago. M-F and sometimes Sat goes like this: walk, walk, and more walk. I started off @ approximately 3 miles and have built up to 8 miles of a fast paced walk. Now that I have built my own stamina as well I mix in about 2-3 miles of jogging. The first 2 miles she is constantly pulling hard and throughout the majority of the walk when she knows there is a dog coming or even people just walking across the street... She will keep working and pulling like crazy. People look at me like my dog is some kind of freak or something. I don't mind her constantly pulling in fact I slow down and add more resistance so that she is working that much more and she absolutely loves to work when I encourage her. Before I started conditioning her she weighed close to 54 lbs... She's trimmed down to a lean 48.6 lbs and she feels stronger than ever and she is more explosive when playing fetch or wrestling with my other dog Rooty. Feeding goes like this: I only feed her Innova large breed 3 cups total a day but feed her 6 times thru the day. I do this to crank up her metabolism. And once a week usually on Sunday I will add ground beef, spinach, and a raw egg with her kibble. I also watch her water intake. I was told this is very important. After each workout I let her totally cool down before letting drink any water(approximately 20 mins). Then I let her drink as much as she can drink then feed her. She's nice and lean now but now I want to get her muscles more ripped looking. Any suggestions? Thanks!

[Dansgrizz]

Don't feed too much spinach, it could cause your dog to slowly starve. Sounds like alot of handwalking, that's great! If your doing all that handwalking on pavements, either asphalt or concrete, check the pads for wear daily.

[OldfortKennels]

Get up, feed, scratch their ears and bellies, go to bed!

[4pitsNgiggles]

this is quite inspirational, i'll have to take a week to log my honest hours and post here. i just started tyson pulling a cart last night and i am psyched to start a training regiment with him and my other dogs ;-)

[George Bailey]

I love to watch a good jumping dog, so my dogs are conditioned mainly with jumps. I start baby pups out with trotting over 1" pvc pipe, evenly spaced on the ground for their individual size and stride length. I next elevate one end on a curb and they can chose the height they want to jump. Young pups should not be jumping more than wrist height, then half the height of the leg from the elbow to the ground until the growth plates close. It's not about how high they can jump but how well they handle their bodies. I do a lot of cookie tossing initially, coming and going, because they need to look at the jump and not at me, which causes them to jump with their head up and backs bent in the middle instead of level. When they can do that rhythmically, I start over and back on first one jump, then two, building up to a jump series, up to 8 to 10 jumps. Targets are added for building duration on stays. As they become more experienced, I vary the stride length, i.e., stride, bounce, double stride, etc., to keep them thinking. Jumps may be placed in different patterns so you can work on direction, a big plus if agility is your goal.

George Bailey

[DeidreM]

Julie how do you insure that the pups are actually trotting over the pipes and not let's say walking on them? How long has it taken your dogs to learn to not contact the pipes with their feet when they are on the floor or when raised?

[George Bailey]

I believe the trick is in using the appropriate spacing for the individual dog, Deidre. I walk them on a loose lead over the pipes, with me on either side of them, then increase speed to a slow trot. Once I start tossing cookies back and forth over one low jump, even pups are jumping.

George Bailey

[CASH]

Right now Cash is in a drive building program.
He is in a dog run and only can comeout to play tug. We play 5 maybe 10 minutes making it as fun as posable but he has to work for the bite.
He only gets it if he lunges hard for it, and can only keep it if he fights for it.

[Dansgrizz]

Flirt poles are AWESOME drive builders....

[DeidreM]

Sounds simple enough. The initial walking over is time enough to name and note the stepping over, on, whatever occurs. Putting some speed and rhythm into it I'm sure helps. Certainly even the low jumps would be fun enough to jump enough if your pups are lively!
I believe the trick is in using the appropriate spacing for the individual dog, Deidre. I walk them on a loose lead over the pipes, with me on either side of them, then increase speed to a slow trot. Once I start tossing cookies back and forth over one low jump, even pups are jumping.

George Bailey

[CASH]

Cash doesnt have alot of interest in the flirt pole. He likes the tug, It was explained to me that he likes to fight not to chase. He will eventually work on something that builds more prey drive but right now the tug is his only form of fun.

[Dansgrizz]

You play fetch cash?

[CASH]

We do. He will play some but quits after a few throws.

[Dansgrizz]

I like to play "keep away" in between my throws.... almost like your using your arm and the bone as a flirt pole... it intensifies their drive more, once you get this short version of keep away down, you can play the long version... flirt pole. Playing the keep away will have them go after... whatever you throw... at a much more intense pace. I only play this keep away for a few seconds, like 5, just a couple spin around and jumps or lunges then i throw the boneor ball or whatever again.

[CASH]

I play keep away with the tug. He only gets it when he lunges or comes in and takes a full bite. The tug works well for me becouse I can teach him to turn his head and bite the leg area. The tug is a fun game for him and as long as he works for it he can keep his toy and we can continue the game were as with the ball he has to loose the toy before he gets it back.

[Dansgrizz]

play fetch with that tug.... oh yah. i use bones, no toys for me.

[quickfire]

Here is Tug and Lonas current regiment and keep in mind they are 6 and 7 month old pups.

I let them out to romp and relieve theirselves in the evening when I get home and they romp a little then I put them on the carpet mill 4 miutes each 3 days a week and the electric 2 days a week with a mixture of fetch, hand walking,biking and flirt pole mixed in their.

Justin

[versatile]

530am - empty the dogs

6am - chase the laser light (IMHO this is better than flirtpole)

630am - springpole on the ground (the springpole is tied to a chain wrapped around a secured pole. the dog can use four legs to tug and can move around the pole. many dogs die or break their tails using spring poles off the ground and i can't walk around with a bent-tailed dog.)


330pm - empty the dogs/clean up the yard

4pm- bitesleeve (make the less motivated dogs watch the others go first)

530pm -
spring, fall, or winter - dogs run and pull the bike for 45-60 minutes. if the dog runs beside the bike, it's time to go home.
summer - take two dogs (boy/girl) swimming. take 15 large sticks (don't want to poke out any eyes) and throw them in the lake/stream/river. let them race/wrestle each other in the water. they'll break the sticks after about 5 throws but 15x5=75 trips.


dark - feed them and watch television together.

[versatile]

i hate days like today when it rained or snowed:angry:

[versatile]

some days i let them run the bike bath where no houses are. they get a lot of rabbits, groundhogs, birds, and squirrels (i use the meat). one time they got a raccoon. nothing special today. in my opinion, running dogs with the bike and swimming are the closest ways to achieve maximum stress. most days they pull me but sometimes they yearn to run free. this is one of my male pups (77lbs) and the female runt of my litter (48 lbs).



i took the video down.

[chris mercer]

Looks like a pretty spot to ride and let the dogs run. Do you have problems when you meet other dogs? I admire your ability to train them to ride along on the leash as in the other video. If you go back somewhere both Dangrizz and I both describe our experiences. I've had a few that once trained to heel would run along safely on lead but add a couple to it and it was a race. I'm too old for the crash. I try to do interval work with my dogs, this includes roadwork and swimming. I have considered doing some weight pull to add strength. They all ready do sprints on their own.

Chris Mercer

[versatile]

they are extremely outside the pack dog aggressive........i would never have them off the leash near another dog. when i see another dog i usually turn around. the bike path i have chosen is about 6 miles outside of town so most people aren't walking their dog out there. one time on the way home someone's dog ran out on us, my dog ran across the path of the bike and i crashed. my humerus went down in my armpit (i dislocated my left shoulder). i had to put it back in place (i could feel the grinding of the bones) and walk the last mile home. the owners grabbed their dog and my dog was wrapped around my right arm so luckily no one was hurt (except me). now i always hold the leash with only 2-3 feet of give.

[versatile]

i feel the swimming and pulling of the bike is all u need for strength conditioning (maybe some A-frame or hill work). bite sleeve/spring pole/tug of war on the ground for neck. anything more is just going to make your dog tire faster. big muscles can't hold oxygen.

[versatile]

i hate days like today when it rained or snowed:angry:no more worries when it snows. i now think the mill and flirt pole gets your dog in better shape than the bike. i still take them swimming/biking (they run 4 miles to the river, swim 40 minutes, then four miles back to the car) twice a week. they're on the trotter every day.