Originally Posted by CA Jack
very true, once the momentum is going all your really doing is "lifting your legs" as compared to running you have no choice but to push your own weight!
which is one reason why i never really understood how the emill benefits a dog........i understand it still raises the heart rate which is the point behind cardio.....but the slatmill seems much more efficiant than the emill would ever be......
anybody have any good plans for a jenny???
Very true, I can say that personally, when I trained for MMA I did my running outside only used my treadmill when it was raning and it never felt the same. Speaking of which, how much of human strength and conditioning could be used for a dog? Just wondering, which I could make a jenny nut the flirt pole will do for now.[/QUOTE]
the hardest part would be having the space to do one......im still debating on if thats something i want stored on my property lol..........
compleatly tue!!. altho we have never been able touse a jenny we do stay away from these soupt up hypt up 7/8/9/10 time free spinning mills. they give you a AIROBIC workout only. insted of endurance..
The only focus of using a slate mill is to increase heart and lung longevity.Unless you own a mill with a brake.The brake can be used to create more tension on the front wheels which deflects pressure to make your hound have to work harder to spin that Slat mill.
It is not completely like using a carpet mill but damn close.
When conditioning a dog. The more exercises he or she is involved in will bring you closer to what you are trying to achieve.I find walking a dog for hours on end is just over rated.I walk a dog to empty and that's it. Once he or she is empty, we start the serious stuff.
JM2C
Never been there, but Arbuckle is only about 45 minutes from your grandpa's place.
The chain I used on my jenny was not a normal chain, it was a ship anchor chain that I could wrap up or drop. It acted as a counter weight opposite the dog in either scenario, but by dropping it the dog would drag a few feet of it adding a resistance element to the catmill work. This is no different than when I used both a slat and carpet mill to acheive two different kinds of training, but once again much more natural than both of those tools.
I've used the e-mill too on a couple, and one went over 2:45. He must not have been in too bad of shape eh?
My preference as far as workouts is as follows:
Roadwork with the truck
Jenny
Ground work (Flirtpole or Fetch)
Slat Mill
Carpet Mill
Electric Mill
Swimming
oh...i didnt realize it was that close........thats my new house i was tellin you about...
i got a question i've always been around guys that use a mill. i would like to know what kind of prepping to the ground do you have to do before use even put your hound on a jenny for exercising.
How does conditioning a dog on a jenny differentiate from a dog conditioned with flirt pole? It seems like they would be similar type of work, both are on the ground, with both the dog has a more natural gate. I would actually think that with the flirt pole the dog gets better coordination and reflexes.
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