Won't work at hide...what to do???

[R2L]

Sometimes you got to act a little crazy yourself to make dog go crazy about something

[EWO]

Without a doubt. Encouragement and praise is vital to just about anything with a dog. EWO

Sometimes you got to act a little crazy yourself to make dog go crazy about something

[widerange]

I still haven't been able to get her on a hide moved it around her then to other dogs and back with nothing at all. So I put a weight pulling harness on her with a chain to pull and she did great with it so it looks like weight pulling, long bike rides and some mill work in my future

[EWO]

Nothing wrong with that. The hide is no different than a mill, a spring pole, a jenny or whatever. Each of them are nothing more than tools. The easy dogs will allow you to use them all. Sometimes the owners have to put in a lot more work to find the right tool for that particular dog to get the job done. Work her that way and then go back to the hide here and there and she may get the idea. If not, move on...Best of luck....EWO

[widerange]

Thanks for the info I'll try to keep y'all updated on her progress

[bolero]

get yourself a four wheeler and find some trails nothing wiill beat that not a cat mill a treadmill or a flirt runninn hills up and down on uneven ground will hit every muscle there is personally a treadmill is only needed for bad weather or when you are working multiple dogs dont get me wrong mills are great but are absolutely not necessary

[rik]

i put out a live trap and get a real animal at the end of the flirt pole. have not seen one turn away from that ever!

[CYJ]

I did not care to work one on the hide due to loosening up the teeth. Just run them back and forth on that long loose playing cable run with a pulling harness and wanted all feet on the ground. I had the ground nice and soft to not hurt the pads.

It was to wind them and help build tensile strength, but done only in spurts with walking. I too believe in the resting every other day if you are going to work the hell out of them in each workout. I had read where Mayfield worked his dogs up to 6 or 8 hours on the Jenny Mill.

So I figured I could get at least 4 hours out of my dog. I had this dog that would work his heart out for you. By Golly I got him up to a four hour run on my 80 foot long Jenny. Last week and into the rest days. Poor dog had went stale and dry. Could not protect himself after 20 minutes into the dog pull. He would have been much better off the chain than what I did to him.

Overtime I learned if you have a good strong dog with good natural air. You do not have to work them to death's door to get one in shape. If you are not real sure of what to do. Best stick with a spread out twice a day or three times a day fast hand walking and some reasonable round table work. Was the safest approach for me.

If one has the time a good walking dog that can get in up to 10 to 15 miles of walking a day ( Not all at one time). Will be in pretty good shape. So will you. LOL That is what makes working a dog not so easy. It takes time and not being in a hurry. One can correct the little problems as they show up. Sure as Murphy's Law is all ways in effect. Some something will pop up, hope it is not lameness or a torn foot pad.

[evolutionkennels]

I did not care to work one on the hide due to loosening up the teeth. Just run them back and forth on that long loose playing cable run with a pulling harness and wanted all feet on the ground. I had the ground nice and soft to not hurt the pads.

It was to wind them and help build tensile strength, but done only in spurts with walking. I too believe in the resting every other day if you are going to work the hell out of them in each workout. I had read where Mayfield worked his dogs up to 6 or 8 hours on the Jenny Mill.

So I figured I could get at least 4 hours out of my dog. I had this dog that would work his heart out for you. By Golly I got him up to a four hour run on my 80 foot long Jenny. Last week and into the rest days. Poor dog had went stale and dry. Could not protect himself after 20 minutes into the dog pull. He would have been much better off the chain than what I did to him.

Overtime I learned if you have a good strong dog with good natural air. You do not have to work them to death's door to get one in shape. If you are not real sure of what to do. Best stick with a spread out twice a day or three times a day fast hand walking and some reasonable round table work. Was the safest approach for me.

If one has the time a good walking dog that can get in up to 10 to 15 miles of walking a day ( Not all at one time). Will be in pretty good shape. So will you. LOL That is what makes working a dog not so easy. It takes time and not being in a hurry. One can correct the little problems as they show up. Sure as Murphy's Law is all ways in effect. Some something will pop up, hope it is not lameness or a torn foot pad.

I agree with almost everything, except for the handwalking part. Nowadays, you need more endurance and to get the heart rate up to a faster rate. The jenny Isbthere best workout period, (my opinion) but not just a jenny, one with a counterweight and a Hyde. Only let em work the Hyde for 20 minutes, where they stop, shake, pull, push, then start running again. In my opinion, it's the closest thing to the real thing, and results speak louder than words. Gr. Ch. Machobuck traveled 24 hours twice, ch. Xena, gr. Ch. Hannah, ch. Dingo, all traveling and winning. Jenny rocked.. Well rested, never more than two hours in a day, and that was at peak

[CYJ]

I did see that video were this fellow had a long counter balanced Jenny. Had it set up were the dog was running and holding a hide type thing in his mouth off and on. Dog was working and breathing through sides of mouth and nose. Looked to be in great shape.

I said to myself boy I would hate to go into that dog with that type conditioning. A dog like that can go at you none stop for a good while if it does not get hurt early.