Treadmill - Page 2

Blitzen I have used a tire on them, and it sure was good Training. I mean not myself But our Trainer. That Female unfortunately came down with Pyo. And my other ones are still a little to young. But thanks for reminding me about that, exspecially for my boy. Thank you

Blitzen I have used a tire on them, and it sure was good Training. I mean not myself But our Trainer. That Female unfortunately came down with Pyo. And my other ones are still a little to young. But thanks for reminding me about that, exspecially for my boy. Thank you

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You're welcome, Dottie. You can train a young dog to weight pull by hooking the tug line onto something as light as a gallon jug of water for example. If you keep it light, it won't harm them at all.

What kind of advice is that....to pull weight ... should he do work as a horse for the plough? imagine the dog has a strong backhand , would it then not better to train the forehand? do you mind about his back?elbows? do you know that many dogs are trained completely wrong?

Clearwater, if your young adult GSD's aren't sound enough to pull a little weight using a correctly fitted freight harness without having elbow, back and hip issues, you are the one with the problem. Are you aware that a gallon jug of water weighs 8.35 lbs, hardly enough weight to harm any but the most unsound dog. I did not suggest you hook them up to a sledge or a U-Haul van, did I? If you have dogs that are prone to breaking down that easily, I'd think you'd want to identify them and remove them from your breeding program assuming you only want to breed the best to the best. Why don't you tell us how you train your dogs so we can all benefit for your vast expertise. I'll past it on to some I know would love to hear all about it as soon as they come home from the Iditarod. You do know what the Iditarod is, don't you?

Hi we have mixed opinions here some in favout some not.....and the one s in favour have said 18 months as a benchmark to start good workout.. but what does one do in the growing phase of the dog.... How to keep him interested and achieve max growth .. Is only food and daily walk to relieve him enough or one can just leave the pup in the dog run and let him play by him self. I still feel its important to get the puppy used to the treadmill early so later he is not difficult to train. I have already got my pup used to one and he walks like a champ and we keep givin him encouragement and he pulls well. But now he is growin so fast he has run the lenght of the treadmill out so now i need to get him a longer one ....