Well, since I can not give any infortmation on Beau since my father trained and trialed her when I was younger I will post about Stark.
Stark is 9, almost 10 months old now.
We train daily.
Every day we do 3-4, 10-15 minute (maybe a little less) obedience lessons. This does not include our walks, meetings of other dogs and people, and everyday life where we are constantly "training".
We are even training when we play ball (recall, out, down, throw ball, repeat) so he does not see it as training. He thinks we are playing, which we are.
Formal training looks like this:
Monday:
Obedience training and some agility training depending on how much time I have after classes.
Tuesday:
Agility class which last 1 hour.
Wedensday:
Tracking which can last 20 minutes to 1 hour.
Obedience training with distractions around our neighbourhood/town/city/etc..
Thursday:
Obedience class which last 1 hour.
Tracking which can be anywhere from 20 minutes to 1 hour.
We hike and do some informal training on the trail.
Friday:
Tracking which can be anywhere from 20 minutes to 1 hour.
We hike and do some informal training on the trail.
Saturday:
Schutzhund (tracking, protection and obedience), this usually last about 2-3 hours or more, but with breaks inbetween.
Sunday:
Agility training at home or at our club, this can last anywhere from 1-2 hours with breaks inbetween and crazyness playtimes with the other dogs.. lol.
This is our formal training schedule and one that I keep to keep us both on 'track'.
If Stark is just not listening and interested in something else and I can tell he is not having fun, we stop and do something else for a while then try again. If he is still not "feeling it" we stop for the day and do some fun things that he enjoys (tug, ball, hiking, stick throwing, etc..).
My dogs "time off" is not sitting around the house, they won't do it. Yes, they do settle, but it takes a lot for that to happen. They like to be on the go, learning and "playing". They love doing things with me and so when we train (either informal or not) they are having a good time.
I am not competeting until the spring with Stark so I can only talk about our training schedule up until now. It has been increased since the time he was a puppy but we still hold the same acitivities as before, just larger amounts of time are dedicated to it now. We have also increased the difficulty.