A
powerful dog, playing with its muscles and pacing proudly next to its
owner, attracts everyone's attention and makes a figure. When you see a
clumsy young dog, striking out with its paws, you can hardly believe
that someday, it is going to become this powerful animal, just like its
parents.
You
should consider your dog's constitution while training. You could work
with your dog all days long, but it will only get withy.
Before
you start training you should define your goal. There are not much
variants: to develop muscles or to enhance the dog's stamina. At the
first glance you can easily combine these two goals in one. But later on
you will see that the stamina oriented training differs from the other
kind of training a little bit.
Exercises
It
is up to you, what kind of exercises you choose, depending on your
dog's temperament and its fancies. Some like running, some like pulling
or swimming and so on.
You
should deal with the load carefully, increasing it gradually, as an
overload can cause injury of joints and muscles. You shouldn't either
start or quit doing exercises abruptly, start with a warming-up and
finish with a series of calming exercises. You should also make sure,
water is available to your dog while training, especially in summer.
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Running: jogging, running after bike, fetching objects, fetching on a hill. You should better train on an unsurfaced road (soil, rubber carpet strips or soft gravel). Walking on gravel is especially needed by dogs with enlarged paw fingers, as the stones get in between them, which makes the dog put its fingers together.
For
little puppies, it is better to start with pace, then switch to quick
pace and after that - on jogging. But there will be no use in your
exercises, if you drag your puppy on a leash after you. It must be its
own will to to the exercises. You should also extend the time you walk
with your dog bit by bit. Overloading young dogs can cause bones contortion.
Running after bike
means considerable load, so make sure your dog is ready for it. The
speed must be appropriate for the dog, most of the time it must run at a
trot, galop is possible only for a little while. This kind of exercise
forms beautiful posture, it is often used to prepare the dog for a show.
The dog's point looks much more natural after these exercises, and what
is more - the dog makes it by itself.
Fetching an object If the exercise is done right, the dog runs
at a galop, so it shouldn't last too long or the dog must be physically
fit. Otherwise the dog will tire and run at a trot, so it will be you,
who messes up good and quick object fetching. If your dog needs much
time to do this exercise (i.e. runs at a trot), you can traing long
enough, until the dog gets bored.