need help training my first grey hound
Sept 21, 2015 5:19:42 GMT 10
Post by Tom Meulman on Sept 21, 2015 5:19:42 GMT 10
Sept 20, 2015 12:51:58 GMT 10 Rookie said:
GDAY Tom, i have my first greyhound (3 year old 30kg dog) with another to come soon (17 month old 28kg bitch) To say my head is spinning is an understatement trying to sort out what is best. Feeding and exercise is fine. I have been researching supplements and recovery. interesting articles from ....FEEDING THE RACING GREYHOUND : Dr. Alex Hauler in particular to iron and b 12....throw in the cobalt issue now....Would Dr hauler's study be seen as dated now? throw in articles by John Kohnke which appear scientific however i am unable to gauge a directionThere is always the debate with supplements, are they a marketing ploy? do they really assist? Recovery electrolytes, is the diet sufficient.
so do we feed potassium, vitamin c, magnesium, calcium and so on .... with vit c some study show no RACE assistance but is there a day to day assistance. As an athlete i was big on milk as recovery and water !!!!
Soooooooo before i go and purchase all the wrong stuff i need direction from a calm knowledgeable person
Rookie
Hi Rookie,
I'm going to have disappoint you mate, for the simple reason that for me to provide you with the information you need it is going to take me at least three or four pages of pages of typing, just not possible, and the information you need is already on the website in various posts.
Then if you have been involved in athletic endeavors yourself somewhere along the line you would be well aware that what an athlete needs is the appropriate type of food that contains all off the nutrients they need.
If what is needed is not in the daily diet, adding supplements isn't going to do it, and if the dog does not perform which supplements are you going to take away, or what are you going to add to fix it? Or maybe start giving a few different injections prior to racing to improve performances?
Going down that road soon becomes an absolute disaster for both the trainer and the greyhounds.
If you are starting off from complete scratch the best thing to do would be to find an successful trainer in the area where you live, go and talk to them, ask their advice and offer to give them a hand if it's possible for you to do so.
I'm sure you would have heard the saying "keep it simple stupid" well when it comes to training greyhounds that applies more there than in anything else you are likely to be involved in.
Cheers,
Tom