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Get your dog in shape....before next season! Is your hunting dog a couch potato after hunting season? Do they stay in the kennel all day with maybe a short romp while you clean the kennel? Your dog has 6 to 9 months to get soft, out of shape and in poor hunting condition. There is nothing worse or more dangerous to the life of your dog than not being able to withstand the rigors of the hunting situation. It happens every year. A couple of years ago in Nebraska on opening day of Pheasant Season, thousands of dogs died from dehydration and heat stroke. Not because owners did not provide water, it was in the 80’s, but because their dogs were out of shape and shut down so quickly they could not drink or ingest it into their system. Medical attention was needed quickly for intravenous fluids but the hunting fields were too remote. Have you ever tried to carry a hunting dog back to the car? Every year you vow to do something about it before next year. Let us take the weight off - tone-up muscles - build up stamina and refresh the training of your dog’s hunting skills. We take the individual dog and get the dog on a diet that will take the weight off but not starvation. Ten extra pounds on a fifty pound dog is 20% of their body weight. Relate that to your own body. In addition to diet, a rigorous, daily exercise plan is established. As the dog gets into shape we will introduce a hunt training refresher and live birds to get the juices flowing. Because of timing and weather this service will be provided only in September, October and November. The stay can be as long as you like but my experience, it takes about 2 months to get a dog to its maximum stamina.
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