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Originally Posted by mwaters  I'm not sure it is exactly the same in dogs but...I know horse people that use this same logic before riding a excitable horse...lets lunge (run the horse in circles with no rider) til he's tired before going for a ride...this 'seems' to make the horse behave better on the ride...in reality what happens is before each ride the horse needs more and more 'lunging' first as they become more and more fit and don't get tired as quickly! It doesn't fix the training problems. |
I've saved my hiney more than once by give my horse a nice go on the lungeline before riding.....far fewer impromptu caprioles out of him, LOL.
If you don't overuse the tool, you won't overcondition the critter, but it is a valid concern. Get them too fit, and then you're really in the soup.