I will not rise to such comments, other than to say that it was a genuine question and I did state that I knew it was a hard one but was checking if there was a rule of thumb.
I wasn't expecting you to rise but in all honesty was it a genuine question? Because if it was, I'm surprised at you as it wasn't a very well thought out one...Common sense dictates that there are too many variables for there to be a rule of thumb.
Judy
This is EXACTLY why I chose to keep all my posts on my "possibility thread"
Seriously offended now and will have to give much thought to posting anything further on this forum.
I didnt mean to offend but must admit there was more than a touch of irony in my question... You do appear to be monopolising the forum either with loads of questions raised in one thread or historically dotted all over... As many as three or four a day all going off at a tangent. So forgive me but I couldn't help wondering if it was more to do with a post count rather than genuine questions?
I thought that we had this conversation on a thread before but i would expect a young fit dog to do the 3 days just fine. Granted it will be knackered by the end but it has until August to recover before we all start over again. Give it some extra nice warm dinner and a comfy bed and just see what happens in the morning.
Looking at the dog in the evening is not the time to make a decision, the morning is the one. We have a trot up first thing and decide who goes based on that, if they are lame / not keen then they get a day off its rare to drop one that you were thinking was fine but does happen when they stiffen up.
If they get tired in the day then they can just come in and paddle along behind in the beating line so you aren't losing anything taking the dog and
letting it self manage.
First off thank you too those that gave informative and polite replies.
I don't want to hark on about this but having given much thought to it for two weeks I feel that I must express how hurt I was by some of the replies particularly when it went off topic and talk of me "monopolising the forum" I did not realise there was a cap on the number of posts one was expected to make and feel the comment was unjustified and uncalled for.
Whilst browsing the forum, as I enjoy doing so, i found this little gem. It seems to be the exact Same question, and informative replies were made by some of those who replied to me as being impossible to answer. Seems you were able and willing to answer on that occasion which leaves me baffled to say the least.
I suppose a lot depends on diet, rest periods, duration and intensity of those bursts of work. If your dog is fast and furious it's going to take a lot more out of them than the seasoned Beaters dogs, usually to be seen with old guys who give you lectures about how 'I've never needed to work mine with a whistle' and when you see them work you realise why lol but the 'lol' apart these are often the dogs which go out day after day week after week with their retired owners and never seem to tire!
From what I've seen of your videos IPS I would say your dog is probably more than capable of pacing herself, not being of the 'hell for leather' or 'hot' ilk so that'll stand you and her in good stead over those few days working on the trot
Thanks rhosyn
I have never worked consecutive days apart from dogging in which is only couple of hours max so I am a little concerned about four in five days but I will keep an eye on her and hope you are right.
Regards
Ian
Muddling along in the hope that one day it starts to make sense.
She was tired after each day, not a peep out of her from getting home. But she was still eager each morning. She showed no signs whatsoever of fatigue even towards the end of the fourth day. And apart from one minor cut to leg she had no injuries all season despite some really nasty cover.
Thanks for all the input.
Muddling along in the hope that one day it starts to make sense.
but in all honesty was it a genuine question? Because if it was, I'm surprised at you as it wasn't a very well thought out one...Common sense dictates that there are too many variables for there to be a rule of thumb.
