How do you condition your pitbull?

Answer 1

Pit Bulls can be conditioned by hand walking, running a treadmill, dragging weight, swimming, a variety of exercises. Different exercises work different muscle groups, and build different kinds of muscle. Hand-walking, jogging, running alongside a bike tend to build lean muscle. Where as hauling weight or running on a hard-turning carpet mill will build a bulkier kind of muscle. (Bulkier muscles tend to have a harder time shedding heat, so most people conditioning a dog will go for exercises which build lean muscle.)

Be sure to allow plenty of time for rest, and good feed. Most people choose to up a dog's feed a bit during a conditioning period, thereby working them down to their lean weight, rather than starving them down to it.

all this exercises recommendations are very clear and right. I take my pit bull swimming walking playing in the park and weight pulling. They have a lot of energy and are hard to tire down. One of the first things I do when the dog is a puppy, is to walk him around the school near my house so the children play with him to get him used to being nice with children and other persons outside my home.

Bogging is my preference. I find a nice swampy area with fairly deep mud preferably thick and hard to slog through and remove collars/harnesses before telling my dogs to go for it. They typically spend 30 to 45 minutes dragging themselves around in it before we go for our swim and bike ride home. Mud isn't as low impact as swimming but the resistance it provides works nicely for stamina, toning and if your mud is all natural it helps with potential skin issues (IE dandruff and such) as well as tiring the dogs nicely.