Quote Originally Posted by CA Jack View Post
Well said.





Agreed.





I am curious why you think a dog that goes 2-3 hours needs to be worked 4-6 hours?

Boxers in training for a 12-round fight do not "practice" by sparring for 24 rounds.
Sprinters who run a 100-yd dash do not "practice" for this event by running 200-yd dashes.

I guess if you add up all the training a boxer does during the day, it adds-up to more time than when he's actually in the ring, but even then they train several times a day (morning run, then mid-afternoon workout, them maybe sparring in the evening, etc.) They don't do it all in one large "block" of time.

So with that said I am curious, when you train your dogs, do you make them train for 6 hours straight or do you train them 6 hours total, at different times of the day?

Thanks for sharing,

Jack
The reason why I work them up to 6 hours is to prepare them for a long match. When I say 4-6 hours of work, it doesn't mean they're sprinting on the mill for 4-6 hours.
My working dogs are pre-kept already so I'll start with a 3 mile walk which it'll take me about 45 minutes, then put the dogs on the slat for 20 minutes. He'll peak at 15 miles. On days he's not walking, he'll be on the slat for 1 hours, pacing himself and peak at 3 hours. Also on slat mill days I would take them to the park where there's a steep hill and play fetch with a kong ball for 1 hour.