Feeding and Training a Racing Greyhound.
The following is a guide to feeding and training a racing greyhound. It should be used as a basis, or starting point if you like, to feeding and training your racing greyhound.
Morning routine:
Exercise … a ? to 1 mile walk followed by a free gallop in a paddock or large yard.
Many trainers now use parallel galloping runs about 110 yards long and 6 to 8 yards wide. Large training establishments have 10 or more such runs alongside each other. The dogs go into the yards one to each yard, and work against each other for about 10 minutes each morning.
After their exercise they go back to the kennels for a quick rubdown, a drink of electrolytes, with maybe some glucose and a touch of milk added, Vitamin C, E with selenium and a 4×2 dog biscuit.
Later in the morning any known injuries are treated with Ultrasound, Magnetic Field, or Laser as needed.
At about Midday they are let out for an empty.
Any trips to the Vet are done in the Afternoon, with an evening walk of about ? a mile at 3 to 4 pm, followed by feeding the main meal of the day.
Evening Feed.
For protein you should feed raw beef… 1?lb to 1?lb depending on the size of the dog, with kibble or wholemeal bread for carbohydrates. The beef should have about 5-10% fat. If you are feeding lean beef, you”ll need to add some lard to the meal. Add some fine grated carrot, celery and parsley and maybe some garlic. Vegetables are needed for Vitamins, minerals and to add fibre and roughage to the diet. If feeding veggies raw, they need to be fine minced, I use a kitchen whiz for this… a handful of minced vegetables to each dog.
Racing Greyhounds need a vitamin and mineral supplement added to their diet to ensure they are getting what their body needs to cope with the stress of a racing.
Cook up a stew once a week for variety… use beef, roo, mutton, chicken or whatever is local and cheap. Add carrots, cabbage greens, celery, parsnips, swedes, a little parsley, and some garlic.
Take your dog out to relieve himself late in the evening, before settling down for the night.
If the climate is cold, you should rug your Greyhound, especially at night, as they have a fine coat, and little to no body fat to keep them warm.
Russell Savige. .
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