Re: Fitness
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2026 12:11 pm
I look at my pigeons like my running dogs
So with dogs I get them road fit but they need 15,20 runs plus a lung buster that's a run that takes em beyond there fitness they normally cough afterwards once you achieve this 10 days total rest and your dogs fitness is on another level all together,
With pigeons I like 6 to 8 weeks loft flying after 1 or 2 weeks it's proper flying not gliding and landing n banging of solid hard flying when they come over you and you hear them there going that fast once I see this there ready for training, we all want good tosses but it's a bad toss that knocks there fitness up another notch once they have 3 races there fairly fit enough for sprints but for further my pal said once you get 6 hours under a bird then it can be maintained not raced weekly and be sent to 400 plus miles with confidence.
So with dogs I get them road fit but they need 15,20 runs plus a lung buster that's a run that takes em beyond there fitness they normally cough afterwards once you achieve this 10 days total rest and your dogs fitness is on another level all together,
With pigeons I like 6 to 8 weeks loft flying after 1 or 2 weeks it's proper flying not gliding and landing n banging of solid hard flying when they come over you and you hear them there going that fast once I see this there ready for training, we all want good tosses but it's a bad toss that knocks there fitness up another notch once they have 3 races there fairly fit enough for sprints but for further my pal said once you get 6 hours under a bird then it can be maintained not raced weekly and be sent to 400 plus miles with confidence.