Don Mayfield’s Keep (Part 1)

Lemm had Mayfield pegged from the get.

http://www.sporting-dog-news.com/conditioning-by-robert-lemm/

 

Robt was A good friend! He took pity on A young green horn and tought me how to build his mill! He told me hell your A welder fabricator, just help me with this one it's easy if your mechanical! I know he rubbed some the wrong way BUT he was always A straight shooter with me! RIP Robert

 

That dogs beautiful.

 

^--- Preferably on either a new thread or one of the many feed threads already on the site. Let's leave this one for mayfield and his gurus.

 

That was me not treez.

I am the main one removing posts, trees and slim have grabbed a few but I am the one doing the most deleting.

It seems no matter what I do or say this thread is simply destined for the dump. Shame because it started out so informational.

 

Nice share frogs Lemm also had it mastered (no hatt!!!lol)...

Both Mr.MAYFIELD & Mr.LEMM were MASTERED and probably had more to do with changing THE ART OF CONDITIONING than most want to believe...

If all this BS stems from THE HAT,,, you haters need to get the " the heritage of american gameness, vol 1 rednecks
written by Mayfield and can be purchased on e bay or from fat bills collection...

Read the book a couple times and try to make sense of it and not let the rest hurt your feelings as he shares alot of his everyday theories from dogs to man and than you can maybe possibly add something to this thread...

 

Let's see if we can get back on track. I'd guess it's down to how they're raised that brings out the varying attitudes we see in dogs that make em have to be worked differently later in life. I work all of mine the same and generally keep to the same schedule. All mine are played with as pups and introduced to mills etc early in life and develop into easy to shape dogs, usually I have hold em back to stop em hurting themselves. It's only when I have a dog here raised elsewhere that I have to make alterations to the schedule and how I work it depending on that dog. Those hard to work dogs that have come here I've found, many are not played with or exercised often enough as pups so don't develop that enjoyment or work ethic of my own.

 

I like how Mayfield gets the 100 ft rope and walks 25 ft to let the dog empty out before work. I have put in miles walking beside the dog waiting on him to find his spot to empty out. This technique you just are waiting for him to empty pretty much while just waiting maybe reading a book. Lol
Lemm emptied, work for 15 then walk out for 20 until you get 3 15 minute sessions with a 5 minute walk between sessions and then you walk out 1 hour after the third session. Three sessions is his base and he won with just 45 minutes of mill work 1:10 walking and empty.... WOW
I wonder how many he won with 8 15 minute sessions? That would be the max amount lemms keep would allow if you never had a bad recovery. For a average Joe blow like me it's hard to believe but I bet he did it time and time again.
Mayfield mastered his catmillsand went to wearing a collar instead of a harness with good reason. Work on the cable run and mouth work was a few hours of the 6-10?
Anyone feed salt?
And OMG that rub down with all the different mixtures should have skin tough as leather.

 

Look for newer keeps and feed plans. We are light years ahead of most of that now. Use them as ideas, baselines. Think of the fighters' training of yesteryear compared to today. Roadwork and mit/bag work are about the only constant. In my little experience, human workouts translate to dog workouts. Try and think of ways to train your dog like an athlete, not a runner. That's what I learned. The more you can successfully incorporate the better.

 

Both Lemm and Mayfield were spot on on certain things but as technology changes and new things are discovered most of both keeps are outdated. Mayfield I feel in certain areas was more advanced and is relevant today. Another reason I give Mayfield the nod is because a slatmill is a waste of time compared to a carpet mill.

 

Please enlighten us as in what ways is a slatmill a waste of tme compared to a carpet mill????

 

I dont think Mr.Lemms style of conditioning is outdated as it is about maximizing stress with out fully peaking via evalutaing heart rate,,,
his treadmill design is also revolutionary and many of todays better mills are just LEMMs upgraded...

As far as the very thing that Mr.Mayfield did to change the game is still being used by many dogman in the south,,,
I asked the chosen five(saiy,,,treezzz,,,agk,,, bamaman and???) to answer what that was but they dont seem to know...

anybody???

agk,, you say you are not a history buff and it has noting to do with you which is probably right,,,
but that prized dog on your yard knows as bbbd taught him right,,, but the GEECH is not sharing...lol...

 

Elias elias elias just when things are settling down you want to stir it back up....talk about starting shit and RUINING THREADS as you like to claim. LMAO

P.S. That mayfield keep been around for a long while.....since you claim this is the first time you've ever read it on this thread it amazes me how you feel you have mastered his keep or know something about it that I do not.....just like how you believe reading a Stratton book makes you a bonefide dogman LMAOROTF