Oh man, I just wrote a in depth article on a cable set up that combines the workout of a weight pull, flirt pole and the spring pole with use of a weighted collar if one choses to. Lost my internet connection and lost the info.

So for those that have limited space, but have enough space to walk their dog. Here is the short version. Type materials etc. just ask or p.m. me. First put up a long cable run that is spread out into a long slack U shape. Have about four to five feet clearance overhead of the dog in the center of the cable length. For play action in the cable. If can be attached between two limber strong trees is a plus. Put rubber etc. guards around the cable ends to protect the Tree's from excessive rubbing.

The chain should have at least three swivels with the one near the dog, not so close it will be hitting the dog. The dog chain should go straight down to ground at center point of cable. Rest of chain length should be five to six more feet on the ground to allow the dog to pull away from the cable.

Get you a good deep sea fishing pole with butt harness to set the butt end in. Take several strong animal hides and sew them together and attaché fishing line to one end of the hide. You can even add some foam between the layers to give the hide a softer but firm grip for the dog.

Use a good quality pulling harness. Now you are ready to go dog fishing. LOL You can work the dog up and down the cable with dog also pulling out against the play in the overhead cable. Keep normal tension but do not snatch or pull very hard on the dog. You want it to keep it's teeth and head attached to it's body. LOL You can use a long dowel wood stick. That you can tap the dogs front legs and back legs and ribs. To learn the dog to move legs, hide the back end and twist from anything touching it there.

You can determine how much weight you want the chain to weigh depending on the size and over all strength of the dog. This adds the weight pulling to the exercise.

Work the dog up and down on the cable in intermediate work sessions and hand walking. Never to complete exhaustion and should be one part of the keep workout on just one day. This type workout will work the dog hard and probably should be done on it's last work day session.

If one has limited space, the first work days in that session can include a slat mill and round table. I would not combine mills, but use one day and the other the next day with the round table mill used second in the workout session. On these mills still work the dog in intermediate cycles and hand walking between. If you see that dog's tongue hanging all the way out of mouth, not recovering and back end legs dragging. You are doing to much to fast. Go slowly through a four week pre keep.

The round table can be run longer in intervals than the treadmill but best to stick with 30 minutes at a time, but not at the beginning. One hour on the round table for small dogs. hour and half for medium dogs. Up to two hours for big catch weight dogs. This is mostly steady dog trotting.

I liked a Monday through Wednesday with Thursday being a rest day. Friday-Saturday being work days and Sundays as a rest day. On rest days will not hurt to walk the dog and rub it down. Non of this is written in stone but just a guide line. Use common sense and go easy at the first and not rush things.

The best way to learn what works for you and how to slowly learn how to work a dog. The dog you are going to test pull for show dog gaminess. Put the said dog through a four week keep. Do enough of these, you will start getting the hang of it over time. Cheers