Survey on Canine Athletes
Survey on Canine Athletes
Some of you may have already received this, but for those that haven't, Dr. Chris Zink is doing an annonymous survey to better understand what we do for our canine athletes.
Here is her email : "To all my friends with canine athletes: I have designed an anonymous survey to help people learn more about the needs of canine athletes. It seems hard to believe to those of us who are passionate about canine sports, but there is hardly ANY research being done on injuries and conditions specifically affecting canine athletes. One of the big reasons is that the demographics of canine athletes and their people are not well known. This survey will start to change that."
Here is the link to the survey : https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CanineAt ... mographics
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Here is her email : "To all my friends with canine athletes: I have designed an anonymous survey to help people learn more about the needs of canine athletes. It seems hard to believe to those of us who are passionate about canine sports, but there is hardly ANY research being done on injuries and conditions specifically affecting canine athletes. One of the big reasons is that the demographics of canine athletes and their people are not well known. This survey will start to change that."
Here is the link to the survey : https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CanineAt ... mographics
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Re: Survey on Canine Athletes
I can see the definition of Athlete being pretty wide spread.....LOL.
i envision couch potatos leaping off the couch for a pork chop fallen from a kitchen counter......
i envision couch potatos leaping off the couch for a pork chop fallen from a kitchen counter......
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So you didn't do the survey?birddog1968 wrote:I can see the definition of Athlete being pretty wide spread.....LOL.
i envision couch potatos leaping off the couch for a pork chop fallen from a kitchen counter......
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Part of the survey is about your dog's activities.birddog1968 wrote:I can see the definition of Athlete being pretty wide spread.....LOL.
i envision couch potatos leaping off the couch for a pork chop fallen from a kitchen counter......
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Re: Survey on Canine Athletes
I started and then found there was no catergory for hunting. Guess that isn't a sport anymore, but it sure would change the results of the survey so I quit.
Hard to believe you have to do something other than hunt with a hunting dog to be considered an athlete, which I question if the term even applies to a dog.
Ezzy
Hard to believe you have to do something other than hunt with a hunting dog to be considered an athlete, which I question if the term even applies to a dog.
Ezzy
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It's not how many breaths you have taken but how many times it has been taken away!
Has anyone noticed common sense isn't very common anymore.
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When my setter had surgery , the vet referred to her as in the "athlete category" - .. lean, muscular, strong cardio system , skilled. He predicted that she would rehabilitate 2 weeks sooner than most dogs; he was right.
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I was just kidding with the comment....yes i did take the survey.
As Ezzy noted no category for hunting or a dog that works for a living like guiding........
As Ezzy noted no category for hunting or a dog that works for a living like guiding........
The second kick from a mule is of very little educational value - from Wing and Shot.
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There wouldn't be anything to be gained at this point from including a hunting dog or a dog that works as a guide dog. Or, for that matter, a working stockdog or any dog that doesn't perform specific physically demanding repetitive tasks. Dr. Zink is the person who determined that dewclaw removal could be detrimental to dogs who performed Agility. Her research requires specifics and grade working dogs of any type simply cannot provide the data.birddog1968 wrote:I was just kidding with the comment....yes i did take the survey.
As Ezzy noted no category for hunting or a dog that works for a living like guiding........
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Wellwith that definition at least I know I am an athlete.birddog1968 wrote:I can see the definition of Athlete being pretty wide spread.....LOL.
i envision couch potatos leaping off the couch for a pork chop fallen from a kitchen counter......
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MalarkyCajun Casey wrote:There wouldn't be anything to be gained at this point from including a hunting dog or a dog that works as a guide dog. Or, for that matter, a working stockdog or any dog that doesn't perform specific physically demanding repetitive tasks. Dr. Zink is the person who determined that dewclaw removal could be detrimental to dogs who performed Agility. Her research requires specifics and grade working dogs of any type simply cannot provide the data.birddog1968 wrote:I was just kidding with the comment....yes i did take the survey.
As Ezzy noted no category for hunting or a dog that works for a living like guiding........
Ezzy
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It's not how many breaths you have taken but how many times it has been taken away!
Has anyone noticed common sense isn't very common anymore.
http://www.perfectpedigrees.com/4genview.php?id=207
It's not how many breaths you have taken but how many times it has been taken away!
Has anyone noticed common sense isn't very common anymore.
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Why?There wouldn't be anything to be gained at this point from including a hunting dog or a dog that works as a guide dog. Or, for that matter, a working stockdog or any dog that doesn't perform specific physically demanding repetitive tasks. Dr. Zink is the person who determined that dewclaw removal could be detrimental to dogs who performed Agility. Her research requires specifics and grade working dogs of any type simply cannot provide the data.
Hunt test are not done every weekend, trials are not done every weekend etc. Most of the stuff listed is not done every weekend.
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Why?Ruffshooter wrote:There wouldn't be anything to be gained at this point from including a hunting dog or a dog that works as a guide dog. Or, for that matter, a working stockdog or any dog that doesn't perform specific physically demanding repetitive tasks. Dr. Zink is the person who determined that dewclaw removal could be detrimental to dogs who performed Agility. Her research requires specifics and grade working dogs of any type simply cannot provide the data.
Hunt test are not done every weekend, trials are not done every weekend etc. Most of the stuff listed is not done every weekend.[/quote]
The dogs who participate in those activities often have a more structured conditioning routine than those that don't. As the introductory e-mail stated, it's only a starting point.
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The dogs who participate in those activities often have a more structured conditioning routine than those that don't. As the introductory e-mail stated, it's only a starting point.[/quote]Cajun Casey wrote:Why?Ruffshooter wrote:There wouldn't be anything to be gained at this point from including a hunting dog or a dog that works as a guide dog. Or, for that matter, a working stockdog or any dog that doesn't perform specific physically demanding repetitive tasks. Dr. Zink is the person who determined that dewclaw removal could be detrimental to dogs who performed Agility. Her research requires specifics and grade working dogs of any type simply cannot provide the data.
Hunt test are not done every weekend, trials are not done every weekend etc. Most of the stuff listed is not done every weekend.
Scientific test are not done on an assumed basis such as often, sometimes, might be, they are often more structured. Are you the one that decided these possibilities or was someone else involved? Hunting and guide dogs are probably doing what hunt test dogs do only they do it all day and many times a week. Hunt test are a 30 min. to an hour walk in the park no matter how structured.
There may be something to be learned with a true test but not so much from the questions being asked on a faulty premise as explained by someone without any real knowledge of the whole project.
Ezzy
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http://www.perfectpedigrees.com/4genview.php?id=207
It's not how many breaths you have taken but how many times it has been taken away!
Has anyone noticed common sense isn't very common anymore.
http://www.perfectpedigrees.com/4genview.php?id=207
It's not how many breaths you have taken but how many times it has been taken away!
Has anyone noticed common sense isn't very common anymore.
Re: Survey on Canine Athletes
The survey gives the option to write in an activity so I simply added hunting. I've done most of the other activities listed on the survey but, hunting requires the most athletic ability by far and is the only one that has ever caused injured my dogs.