Swole Animals?

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[quote]schultzie wrote:
is this a good idea? how the fuck are you going to walk a dog like this?

can you put creatine in their water bowls?

can you give them fish oil?

if you had one of those fighting fish could you crush a caffiene pill and sprinkle it into its tank? what about adding jello to it for resistance training?[/quote]

I’m not sure who you’re talking to or whether you’re being fecitious or not, but as long as this thread has branched off in a TOTALLY different direction - What is with people seriously training their animals and shit? I’ve seen threads about giving supplements to their dogs?

WTF?

Dogs have been doing just fine ‘naturally’ for many, many, many years. I don’t give a shit what the stipulations are, I don’t see why anyone would ever give a dog supplements designed for HUMANS. Unless they’re a veterinarian and have high qualifications on nutrition and its effects on animals, it just seems like an overall bad idea and a recipe for disaster.

As for training the animals, besdies something like sled-dogs, what the fuck is the point? Sitting around a barbeque: “Yeah man, my dog pulled 600 lbs toay!”

“…Why?”

“'Cause, you know, it’s fucking COOL!”

I’m not trying to be a dick here, but can someone please explain how any of that would be beneficial to a dog’s health, life, or existence.

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try petting a gay fish

Edit: Hey SSC, you like fishsticks?

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[quote]SSC wrote:
schultzie wrote:
is this a good idea? how the fuck are you going to walk a dog like this?

can you put creatine in their water bowls?

can you give them fish oil?

if you had one of those fighting fish could you crush a caffiene pill and sprinkle it into its tank? what about adding jello to it for resistance training?

I’m not sure who you’re talking to or whether you’re being fecitious or not, but as long as this thread has branched off in a TOTALLY different direction - What is with people seriously training their animals and shit? I’ve seen threads about giving supplements to their dogs?

I’m sorry, can’t resist this: Athletes have been taking veterinary steroids for years, so why not supplement a dog with human supplements :slight_smile:

WTF?

Dogs have been doing just fine ‘naturally’ for many, many, many years. I don’t give a shit what the stipulations are, I don’t see why anyone would ever give a dog supplements designed for HUMANS. Unless they’re a veterinarian and have high qualifications on nutrition and its effects on animals, it just seems like an overall bad idea and a recipe for disaster.

As for training the animals, besdies something like sled-dogs, what the fuck is the point? Sitting around a barbeque: “Yeah man, my dog pulled 600 lbs toay!”

“…Why?”

“'Cause, you know, it’s fucking COOL!”

I’m not trying to be a dick here, but can someone please explain how any of that would be beneficial to a dog’s health, life, or existence.[/quote]

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Well that went wrong somewhere.

What I intended to add to the above quote was:

Athletes have been taking veterinary drugs for years, so why not let fido have some creatine :slight_smile:

(I am joking here, and not getting into an argument)

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[quote]SSC wrote:
schultzie wrote:
is this a good idea? how the fuck are you going to walk a dog like this?

can you put creatine in their water bowls?

can you give them fish oil?

if you had one of those fighting fish could you crush a caffiene pill and sprinkle it into its tank? what about adding jello to it for resistance training?

I’m not sure who you’re talking to or whether you’re being fecitious or not, but as long as this thread has branched off in a TOTALLY different direction - What is with people seriously training their animals and shit? I’ve seen threads about giving supplements to their dogs?

WTF?

Dogs have been doing just fine ‘naturally’ for many, many, many years. I don’t give a shit what the stipulations are, I don’t see why anyone would ever give a dog supplements designed for HUMANS. Unless they’re a veterinarian and have high qualifications on nutrition and its effects on animals, it just seems like an overall bad idea and a recipe for disaster.

As for training the animals, besdies something like sled-dogs, what the fuck is the point? Sitting around a barbeque: “Yeah man, my dog pulled 600 lbs toay!”

“…Why?”

“'Cause, you know, it’s fucking COOL!”

I’m not trying to be a dick here, but can someone please explain how any of that would be beneficial to a dog’s health, life, or existence.[/quote]

not to be a dick myself, but this was a pretty ridiculous thread to begin with. squirrels running up trees with other squirrels on their back to get swole?

where did you think this was going to go?

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I was hoping for a program involving tree sprints and squirrel carries. I intend to start my neighborhood squirrels on a training regimen. Dietary advice would be greatly appreciated.

I bet a pack of properly trained squirrels could pull 6000lbs.

I guess my avatar is the equivalent of the shadow-boxing gym idiot with the tap-out shirt?

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[quote]PlayoffsOrBust wrote:
not to be a dick myself, but this was a pretty ridiculous thread to begin with. squirrels running up trees with other squirrels on their back to get swole?

where did you think this was going to go?[/quote]

For the record, I totally agree. I actually meant for this entire thing to be more of a commentary on fat genetics, but my ability to convey that went WAY wrong somewhere.

But now that my curiosity is piqued, seriously: Why would anyone have a dog pulling like 6,000 lbs? What is the point?

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[quote]SSC wrote:
Ah, great. My thread got overrun by people who like to make dogs lift weights.

Have fun.[/quote]

Dude, not sure what you expected. You were asking about animals, genetic limitations, training effect. Apparently this is where some of this comes into play. If you have a moral objection to making animals perform hard labor (or do other things) for entertainment purposes, that might be understandable. If people are missing the point of your post, though, perhaps you could rephrase more clearly.

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Oops, I see this was more or less addressed already – I replied right after reading above quoted post.

Why do some animals get fat? Why do some people get fat? Genetic variation and environment/habit. Look at domestic animals, look at wild animals.

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For that matter, look at people in countries with no McDonalds vs. people in countries where the golder arches cast their shadow far and wide.

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[quote]SSC wrote:
PlayoffsOrBust wrote:
not to be a dick myself, but this was a pretty ridiculous thread to begin with. squirrels running up trees with other squirrels on their back to get swole?

where did you think this was going to go?

For the record, I totally agree. I actually meant for this entire thing to be more of a commentary on fat genetics, but my ability to convey that went WAY wrong somewhere.

But now that my curiosity is piqued, seriously: Why would anyone have a dog pulling like 6,000 lbs? What is the point?[/quote]

whats the point of a 1000lb bench?

anyway, how could you walk a dog like that on lead?

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[quote]caveman101 wrote:
SSC wrote:
PlayoffsOrBust wrote:
not to be a dick myself, but this was a pretty ridiculous thread to begin with. squirrels running up trees with other squirrels on their back to get swole?

where did you think this was going to go?

For the record, I totally agree. I actually meant for this entire thing to be more of a commentary on fat genetics, but my ability to convey that went WAY wrong somewhere.

But now that my curiosity is piqued, seriously: Why would anyone have a dog pulling like 6,000 lbs? What is the point?

whats the point of a 1000lb bench?

anyway, how could you walk a dog like that on lead?[/quote]

I definitely don’t want to turn this into an animal rights thread, (or maybe I do?), but there is definitely a difference between a guy deciding for himself to try to bench 1,000 lbs and a guy hooking up a dog to a contraption just to try to see it pull 6,000 lbs.

I’d like to see how the dogs react when they see the apparatus as shown in a picture on Page 1. If it’s the same way sled-dogs react when seen around sleds or getting trained, then sure, I’m proven wrong.

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[quote]SSC wrote:
Ah, great. My thread got overrun by people who like to make dogs lift weights.

Have fun.[/quote]

You asked about swole animals, no thread jack intended

As far as genetics, Im not expert but I would venture to say that animals have a lot more variation of genes than we humans. Meaning two randomly selected (insert wild animal of choice here)would have more variation then two randomly selected humans.

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[quote]SSC wrote:

I’d like to see how the dogs react when they see the apparatus as shown in a picture on Page 1. If it’s the same way sled-dogs react when seen around sleds or getting trained, then sure, I’m proven wrong.[/quote]

Well, I guess I can chime in on this, well sort of.

I can’t speak for all dogs (especially not the ones that pull 6000lbs), but I can speak for my own dog. I have an Alaskan Malamute who pretty much lives to pull things.

He has a little harness that I put on him so that he can pull me when I go cross country skiing in the winter, and whenever I get out his harness he goes completely gaga; he howls and jumps up and down on his hind legs for about a minute straight. And when we stop skiing for the day, he starts whimpering because, as far as I can tell, pulling as hard as he can for an hour at a 8 minute mile pace just isn’t enough for him. He wants more.

It’s kind of like he finally has a chance to do what he’s bred for. Now, granted, he’s not strong enough to pull me around except on flats and downhill (I have to put in some effort on my own most of the time), but he certainly tries.

He likes to go for walk or all day hikes, but I’ve never seen him quite as happy as when he’s pulling me through the snow.

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[quote]ctschneider wrote:

Now, granted, he’s not strong enough to pull me around except on flats and downhill (I have to put in some effort on my own most of the time), but he certainly tries.

[/quote]

It would be interesting to see if you could train him to drag progressively heavier sleds. If he genuinely likes to drag things, I don’t think it would be abusive in any way. I wonder if he would be as happy to drag a sled full of cinder blocks as he would you.

Would a dog in training waste his time with endless sets of curls? Or would he undereat to get “sick abz bro”?

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[quote]SSC wrote:
What is with people seriously training their animals and shit? I’ve seen threads about giving supplements to their dogs?

WTF?
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The only supplements I’ve seen people mention in that thread are fish oil (good for them) superfood (also good for them unless a certain fruit or vegetable is toxic). Both of those supplements are made of food.

I wonder if dogs have an endorphine release after excercise like humans.

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My friend has a 15kg cat (33lb) which is mostly muscle. I think it’s genetic disposition coupled with an active lifestyle and living in the same house as two dogs that are the size of small horses.

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My friend has a 15kg cat (33lb) which is mostly muscle. I think it’s genetic disposition coupled with an active lifestyle and living in the same house as two dogs that are the size of small horses.

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Mak, your friend has two cats?

:wink:

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I don’t “train” my dogs, they’re just naturally thick. My male is 19" at the withers with a 23 3/4" head and weighs a bit over 90lbs. Basically, he’s what Lee Priest would look like if Lee Priest were born a dog. Anyway, people “train” their dogs for different reasons. Breeding and bragging rights, for the dogs pleasure, 'cause it looks cool, all kinds of shit. Pits are naturally mischievous animals. They’ve got alot of energy and generally need an outlet, and attaching a sled or a Chevy Tahoe [seen that too] to a harness and letting the dog go nuts can be fun and productive for them, and you.