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by Lennard on 23 May 2010 - 19:05
Thought I`d start a serious discussion!!!!
Every Sportsman/woman before competing Warms up, does simple exercises to get the muscles moving, to better there performance, to help there body, to give them selves a better chance of winning. Do you agree with me so far???
But at many GSD shows how many exhibitors follow this regime, not many I think!!!
Most do this, straight out of the Car/Van/Transporter into the Ring, run the Dog around and back into the Car etc.
How much better chance of winning would you get if you warmed up your GSD first???
And perhaps a better looking performance as well
Over to you
Len Gill
Every Sportsman/woman before competing Warms up, does simple exercises to get the muscles moving, to better there performance, to help there body, to give them selves a better chance of winning. Do you agree with me so far???
But at many GSD shows how many exhibitors follow this regime, not many I think!!!
Most do this, straight out of the Car/Van/Transporter into the Ring, run the Dog around and back into the Car etc.
How much better chance of winning would you get if you warmed up your GSD first???
And perhaps a better looking performance as well
Over to you
Len Gill
by Sunsilver on 23 May 2010 - 19:05
Interesting topic! During my riding days, we always warmed our horses up before jumping or competing in dressage!
The closest sport venue for dogs would be agility, yet I don't think people bother warming their dogs up for that, even.
Schutzhund requires a lot of athleticism on the part of the dog, too. Maybe we SHOULD be warming them up?
The closest sport venue for dogs would be agility, yet I don't think people bother warming their dogs up for that, even.
Schutzhund requires a lot of athleticism on the part of the dog, too. Maybe we SHOULD be warming them up?
by 1doggie2 on 23 May 2010 - 19:05
Sound reasoning, my daughter was a softball pitcher and you could really tell when she would cut her warm up short. Warm ups were not just not for better preformance but our main goal was to avoid injuries.
by ronin on 23 May 2010 - 20:05
As a rule at club level schutzhund people never warm up their dogs and the same applies to many Police Dogs on training days, operationally its nots practicable.
You look at hydration too, giving your dog a drink of water when its it's thirsty is not hydration. I know a german who on hot days would add a tiny bit of milk to the dogs water in the morning , the flavour would encourage it drink more than it normally would in preparation for the day ahead.
The warm ups I have seen at the bigger competitions take around 10 to 15 minutes of fast/slow trotting, the handler moving the dogs legs through different motions and then stretching the warm muscles. The Sledge Dog people are very good at this, stretching their dogs off at the end of the day, and very focused on diet & hydration (electolytes). All of this has an impact on the dogs mind too, and gradually fires it up to focus on the job.
As a young boy, living on the farm our sheep dogs had a varied walk of 10mins prior to the daily work of herding dairy cattle, this can be seen in wolves prior to hunting, even nature warms up, well untill they mobile phones and email and a different kind of rat race.
Ronin
You look at hydration too, giving your dog a drink of water when its it's thirsty is not hydration. I know a german who on hot days would add a tiny bit of milk to the dogs water in the morning , the flavour would encourage it drink more than it normally would in preparation for the day ahead.
The warm ups I have seen at the bigger competitions take around 10 to 15 minutes of fast/slow trotting, the handler moving the dogs legs through different motions and then stretching the warm muscles. The Sledge Dog people are very good at this, stretching their dogs off at the end of the day, and very focused on diet & hydration (electolytes). All of this has an impact on the dogs mind too, and gradually fires it up to focus on the job.
As a young boy, living on the farm our sheep dogs had a varied walk of 10mins prior to the daily work of herding dairy cattle, this can be seen in wolves prior to hunting, even nature warms up, well untill they mobile phones and email and a different kind of rat race.
Ronin
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