lucy is a texas blue lacy,in the off season I have them chase me while im riding my bike around 3 miles a day,and I swim them 2 or three times a week.I also do tracking exercises in the woods,once or twice a month for lucy,I make them really hard with lots of tricks thrown in to stump her and let them age over nite minimum 20 hrs,for the young dogs/pups I run training exercises more often but still overnite with minimum 18 hours old.I do some type of activity/training everyday..all year around.