whats a keep

sorry i dont know what it is but i was just wonderig

 

Try the Game Dog Glossary. It's a sticky in the General section.

 

its a training period that you get the dog into the best shape of his life..excersize ,diet .example you are a couch potatoe and in three weeks you are going to run a five mile race..so during the next three weeks you are put on a diet and build up your stanima..running and trying to take off the fat that would slow you down.

 

ok thanks for the help

 

A "keep" is "keeping" the dog isolated, for an intense work period. Hard work, hard rest, and the best nutrition money can buy or you can make. When athletes are training for major events, the good ones will isolate themselves and focus on training. Dogs are not smart enough to know, they are being worked for a big conformation show, or whatever, and do not isolate themselves for such. A keep involves a human making the decisions for the dog, in his best intrest. Quiet kennel, away from other dogs, where he can sleep comfortably as opposed to running the chain barking and yapping, wasting energy all day. Watch a top-tier athlete perparing for his big show, and then imagine he lacked the brain capacity to know to do such things to help prepare. Either they don't compete, or they find someone who clicks with them who can push them that extra mile and help them continue to be successful.