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A springpole is another great way to exercise your RB. Safety is always
the first concern. You should build your springpole in a safe area that is
clear of items that your dog could jump into and hurt itself.
After you have a good area picked out you need to find a good way to
hang your bite. I have used tree branch's, beams from my deck and
rafters in garage. But what has worked the best for us is a ten foot high
beam supported by 6X6 treated beams cemented in the ground below
the frost line. I
The bite should hang high enough from the ground so that once the
dog grabs onto it, just the rear legs are on the ground. This is a height
that is fun but still safe. If its to high there is a greater chance of injury if
the dog falls from the bite. I use a tug rope for the bite. Then I have a
garage door spring between the bite and the beam. This spring gives
the bite its action that the dogs go nuts for.
The springpole has been used in the past too. It has some very
interesting history. Here are some excerpts from the past.
L.B. Hannah describes a springpole of 1925 as follows.
"the spring-pole is constructed with a sapling about sixteen feet long
and four or five inches at the butt, tapering to one inch. This pole is
placed at an angle of about forty-five degrees, resting in a strong
notched stick or limb driven into the ground, the butt of the pole being
stacked to the ground at the right distance to give the proper angle.
The sapling should be of hickory or of some other wood with a good
spring. Put a pulley on the small end and get fifteen feet of 1/4 inch
rope, which may be run through the pulley and fastened at the butt end
of the pole. Attached a the other end of the rope and suspended two or
three feet from the ground is a good coon hide, well sewed together.
This can be raised or lowered at will be means of the pulley. The dog
will soon learn to fight it, and you can pull him up clear from the ground,
if desired. This spring pole will develop jaw-power wonderfully."
Another excerpt is from Captain L. Fitz-Barnard from the 1800's. He
said this about the springgpole of the old.
"Another good way of working a dog is to suspend a piece of soft
leather from the ceiling, with a cord and piece of rubber. He will fight the
leather, and the rubber keeps pulling it away from him. He will keep on
for as long as you like. Of course you can only work dogs these ways; a
cur would soon chuck it."
Click on the Pictures to see videos of them on the Springpole!
the first concern. You should build your springpole in a safe area that is
clear of items that your dog could jump into and hurt itself.
After you have a good area picked out you need to find a good way to
hang your bite. I have used tree branch's, beams from my deck and
rafters in garage. But what has worked the best for us is a ten foot high
beam supported by 6X6 treated beams cemented in the ground below
the frost line. I
The bite should hang high enough from the ground so that once the
dog grabs onto it, just the rear legs are on the ground. This is a height
that is fun but still safe. If its to high there is a greater chance of injury if
the dog falls from the bite. I use a tug rope for the bite. Then I have a
garage door spring between the bite and the beam. This spring gives
the bite its action that the dogs go nuts for.
The springpole has been used in the past too. It has some very
interesting history. Here are some excerpts from the past.
L.B. Hannah describes a springpole of 1925 as follows.
"the spring-pole is constructed with a sapling about sixteen feet long
and four or five inches at the butt, tapering to one inch. This pole is
placed at an angle of about forty-five degrees, resting in a strong
notched stick or limb driven into the ground, the butt of the pole being
stacked to the ground at the right distance to give the proper angle.
The sapling should be of hickory or of some other wood with a good
spring. Put a pulley on the small end and get fifteen feet of 1/4 inch
rope, which may be run through the pulley and fastened at the butt end
of the pole. Attached a the other end of the rope and suspended two or
three feet from the ground is a good coon hide, well sewed together.
This can be raised or lowered at will be means of the pulley. The dog
will soon learn to fight it, and you can pull him up clear from the ground,
if desired. This spring pole will develop jaw-power wonderfully."
Another excerpt is from Captain L. Fitz-Barnard from the 1800's. He
said this about the springgpole of the old.
"Another good way of working a dog is to suspend a piece of soft
leather from the ceiling, with a cord and piece of rubber. He will fight the
leather, and the rubber keeps pulling it away from him. He will keep on
for as long as you like. Of course you can only work dogs these ways; a
cur would soon chuck it."
Click on the Pictures to see videos of them on the Springpole!
