Training!! How Often Do You Work Your Dogs? - Page 1

I have one 2yr old bitch.  Our club meets on Thurs, Sat, Sun.  Thurs. gets dropped once it gets too dark and cold in the winter so we are down to the weekends.  Weather permitting we work our dogs both days.  We show up by 8am in the summer 9am in the winter to lay tracks and let them age then run them usually done in an hour and then we meet at the field and do OB first.  Usually in a group with someone giving commands like "left turn, about turn, stop" then the more advanced dogs work their BH routine individually with a dog in the long down.  Sometimes we do the pattern, sometimes just the areas that need work.  Then we move onto things like the jumps, the dumbbells, the send outs etc. all invidually.  Then we do the protection work.  We are a small club and it varies how many show up of course but I have had days that I didn't get home until 4pm.  We change it up with the dogs so no one's dog has to sit in the crate for extended periods.  I often work my dog on the dumbbell at home and basic OB for a few minutes every day.  She drives me crazy if I don't.  I'd say all told, Echo has active on the field training about 5 hours a week, give or take.