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How long should i rest'em

1902 Views 11 Replies 10 Participants Last post by  Tim Carrion
I live in metro denver, It takes about an hour to get to my training area when the traffic is good. When we get out there to work I want to spend some time at the training grounds. I only have two dogs, a seasoned dog and one going through FF right now, so only one dog to work right now, soon it will be two. I will usually work him for like 30-45 minutes, and then put him up.

how long should I let him rest between workouts. Would an hour be enough? I just hate driving an hour to do a half hours work, especially with gas prices.

I will place a poll.
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I imagine it depends on what you're doing. When I ran my dog on TT I figured he was running between 2 and 3 miles during a workout. I did it in the morning before work, then put him up in his kennel for the day. Then out to run 3 or 4 marks that night.

Right now I'll go run a few land blinds right after work, then I put him up for 20 minutes, air him, then do a 15-20 minute session of swim-by. Then I figure he's had it.

I think ya really need to read the dog both physically and mentally.
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