training ideas

I have been thinking of new ways to build romeo up more and give him the exsercise he needs.
some of my idea was to do non-competitive weigh pulling. like a harness and chain pull or back pack on walks with some water bottles in it.
I'm also striving to learn how to roller blade with Romeo, i hear this is a great way to wear out my Brick/Energy Drink hybrid creature. first i might like to learn HOW to blade with out romeo before i try since i see this ending with me losing my nose or such.
The vet and pyshio have recomended that i try to keep romeo's weight down and his lean muscel strong as it will apparently help with his condition when he is older.
I'd really like to teach romeo to swim.... if i can get him in the water. here in finland its a bit hard to do in the winter months. we do have indoor dog pools, but they cost a pretty penny and i'm saving to get back to australia... where will will be living on the beach and where the weather never drops below 10 degres
Romeo still has another month of soft walking before we can start to up his daily exsercis. i need to recondition him for our running again then, good thing the snow should start to melt and the weather warm up... we will be a little muddy though will have to buy his a rain coat... which makes me laugh... my dog has more clothing then some people.

So glad to hear that Romeo is progressing well since his op, Taryn.

I'm by no means qualified to give you advice on exercise so will leave that to our knowledgable members.

I just wish you the best of luck, not only in restoring Romeo to his full fitness, but with your ongoing plans as well ><

Weight pulling is a no no after his surgery. Apart from soft walks and swimming you going to have to take things easy. I really would do the swimming, you need to get him to full fitness before you think of moving anyway

next month i find out if romeo can start going a little jogging again to get him back on track.
i have no intentions of putting romeo towards harder training until he gets the all clear. i love my baby and i just had to suffer his suffering after the surgery, the last thing i want to do is put him back at step one again.
this is for conversational sake, as to ideas for fun and tiring training methods.
swimming is not an option for us right now. its 50€ per half an hour and its not covered by the insurance that and romeo is HORRIFIED by water, which means i'd need to hire a teacher for him which is an extra 25€ per half hour... swimming is pricy over here i found out recently.

I would start by extending the length of the walk first and maybe adding an additional one if you have time. After that a backpack is great as long as it is introduced slowly and the weight is introduced gradually. Start with shorter walks and increase the distance slowly and when you add additional weight shorten the walks again and go from there

yeah, i already have a very strick written excercise plan given to me by the pyshio, i'm talking kinda 6 months down the road when we can have fun with our training again and no have to worry about limitations.
I have a brother that skate boards with his border collie... but last time i tried that i broke my arm pretty damn well

Kenny has nice lean muscle. We just walk him and play ball games. How old is Romeo?

he's almost 1 ½ yrs now.... still a young fella. romeo's not a fetching dog... ghe's more a chasing and running away dog

Taryn wrote:he's almost 1 ½ yrs now.... still a young fella. romeo's not a fetching dog... ghe's more a chasing and running away dog

Could play chase sounds a bit like Kenny, the motorbike hurder lol

romoe likes to chase people..... but i can only run so long before i want to die he likes to be chased too.
roller blading with him sounds like a dream. romoe's sister and mother go skiing together! they pull their owner on the skis and she steers


we cant ski in australia clearly, but blading.