| Re: weight training yes or no?
I too build up the muscle density of my dogs as they are working dogs and this better helps their bodies deal with the rigors of such work. I use weight pouches and the human wrist weights as well as a lot of swimming (out of all of it I find the swimming to be the best of the lot as it gives an all over work out rather than one area or another). At 3 he is certainly ready for such work. I start swimming much younger but dont start working the dogs out until they are around 18 months on average.
I too agree with Blitz31 on diet and also recommend BARF as the best diet for such work as you can regulate what you want depending on what you are doing.
Mick. |