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« on: April 27, 2015, 07:29:14 am » |
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I know it's been posted before but I'd like to hear how y'all deal with the heat?Do you still run a light vest on your ruff dogs,turn out less dogs,run shorter ranging dogs or just keep your dogs running and really on conditioning and brains?
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Hutch33
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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2015, 02:05:48 pm » |
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We try to go late at night....but sometimes in Texas its still 90 degrees at 1 in the morning. I keep my dogs light and conditioned in the summer. Hydrate.
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Mike
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« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2015, 07:39:10 pm » |
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Hunt them hard this time of year as it warms up and they should be fine come summer. I've seen more dogs heat stroke over the years on these warm, muggy mornings than I have in the heat of the summer. During the summer I like to hunt daylight till around 10 to noon.
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« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2015, 07:59:06 pm » |
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I use other peoples dogs...works great so far lol
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l.h.cracker
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« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2015, 08:07:57 pm » |
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yeah I try and run em a few times a week and it's usually at night or early morning.Y'all run any gear?
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« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2015, 09:58:52 am » |
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mikes right just keep running them all you can now and they will acclimate to the temps . when I was a young man we ran dogs year round and up until a few years ago the hog dogs as well . just be watchfull and carry plenty of water with you . they have that stuff for canines that is like gatoraid for humans IT WORKS keeps them hydrated way better than plain water . and just remember HUMIDITY is worse than dry summer time heat .
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« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2015, 11:28:57 am » |
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Everything halfbreed says,we hunt earlly mornings late nite,carry plenty of clean water.good hunting.
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l.h.cracker
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« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2015, 07:59:44 pm » |
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Never seen the Gatorade for dogs what is it called?I mainly hunt rivers and swamp so there's usually a lot of water around but I always have several waters in my back pack for myself and the dogs.
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« Reply #8 on: April 29, 2015, 01:36:18 pm » |
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Never seen the Gatorade for dogs what is it called?I mainly hunt rivers and swamp so there's usually a lot of water around but I always have several waters in my back pack for myself and the dogs.
I am sure you could get it at your local feed store or at least ask them about it, but its basically GNC for dogs. I have the powder packets you can put in their water, its like pedialyte or Gatorade for dogs the electrolytes keep your dogs hydrated. I think you can get at a basic pet stores like Petsmart as well. |
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« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2015, 01:54:59 pm » |
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yeah what hutch said purina makes one and a lot of the summertime competition hunters use it .
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RyanTBH
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« Reply #10 on: April 29, 2015, 01:59:37 pm » |
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Keep a bottle of hand sanitizer with you... If u have a dog stroke out or begins to you can take it and rub it on their legs, mainly front, and it will create a cooling affect and open the pours in the skin to help cool them down faster.
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l.h.cracker
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« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2015, 03:01:05 pm » |
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10/4 gonna try the doggerade.The alcohol is what's in the hand sanitizer that cools them correct?
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« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2015, 03:08:21 pm » |
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Yes.
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« Reply #13 on: April 29, 2015, 10:39:51 pm » |
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That stuff is called bounce back. Here is a secret I do works well make a few water bottles of it and get a can of tuna. Pour the bounce back in a bowl pour a little bit of the tuna in there dogs will drink it right up. I got some light vest for when it's hot and I will run the looser dogs I got and use the rough ones like cd
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l.h.cracker
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« Reply #14 on: April 29, 2015, 11:50:34 pm » |
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Yeah man the tuna isn't to heavy thanks for the good advice y'all.
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« Reply #15 on: April 30, 2015, 05:50:53 am » |
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If I know I'm hunting the next morning, whenever I feed up I'll put a scoop of water in their pan as well mixed with some electrolytes. I know the dogs are getting fluid and the electrolytes seem to make them recover quicker
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« Reply #16 on: April 30, 2015, 04:56:31 pm » |
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When I'm home which is aprox half of the month i will exercise my catch dogs every morning. I start by filling a thermos with coffee in the morning. Load all the catch dogs (6) on the buggy and head for a long straight 4 mile stretch of farm to market rd. Only 1 mile away from the house. Put my long dogs and lurchers down and drive off down the bar ditch. Driving the road will knock the hide of their pads so I drive the bar ditch and they follow behind me. Creeks are at both ends of the 4 mile stretch. Well conditioned long dog or lurcher that's mature normally gets run the entire length at 15 to 22 mph. If I push 22 or higher the entire length then that's it for them. Water them, let them swim, and then trot them for a little ways till they cool down and their heart slows down. Same dogs run at slower speed gets run back also and same cool down procedure is followed. Will only trot the same dog if planning on hunting him or her that night. Trotting dogs are exercised with my pit. I will run her at about 9 to 10 mph the entire length and then sometimes back. Less conditioned dogs and pups (pups normally are just taking to pastures daily to run and play in the trees, brush, and cactus) are exercised when I exercise my pit. I get to know what dogs are cable of what without over doing it. When cooling a dog down after the run, after the drink and swim when I'm Trotting them, I make sure they are Trotting and not pacing. If one of my dogs is pacing after its exercise then it has been pushed to hard/wore down to far. Then I ask myself, why he is pacing. In cooler weather the dogs act as if I've yet to exercise them after I they are done. Hot weather I don't push them as fast because I can see the difference the heat and humidity makes in their performance.
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