Same here. I come off the mill or the table and let them pull some weight til they recover. Sounds odd I know. I'm seeing lots of benefits.

Granted the first couple of weeks it may be more than he can handle so it becomes a simple walk out. By week two, week three he can pull about 25% of his bodyweight to recovery.

What happens is the recovery time becomes the primary factor in each days work. The first run of the day will be longer and by recovering under load the second run will be much shorter. And third shorter as well. The fourth and fifth if the dog can handle it.

The key, like anything, is allowing the dog, his level of conditioning and his willingness to dictate the amount of work for that particular day.

The over all sessions will be shorter in the beginning and in time they will lengthen with his advanced conditioning. His initial run time will increase. The chain pull between runs will decrease and the remaining runs will lengthen in both how may runs and the duration of each run.

The dog then determines everything. Even the days off. If he does not meet you willingly and ripping to go, then take the day off.

EWO