Re: physical conditioning
[Re: mikey]
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06/28/14 12:15 AM
06/28/14 12:15 AM
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MaxaLisa

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I have a dog with thin abdominal muscles, and she tends to have evidence of consistent muscle breakdown. I am not able to get her out walking and running as much as she needs unfortunately. I do, however, try to keep up with conditioning using equipment, and a few other exercises. For example, she is supposed to get good at sitting on her hind legs and waving (haven't got the wave yet), and also standing on her back legs. I combine that with some stretches, though I try to work up to her doing these things on equipment: http://www.pawsitive-performance.com/what-is-k9-conditioning.html She is pretty confident on her "peanut", but very tentative on the exercise ball. I can tell the difference in her body conformation when she is exercising on the equipment. I also use balance disks, ramps, and sometimes I bring out the cavaletti bars, though I haven't had the patience to work on those lately. Having a dog with food sensitivities makes it very hard to do a lot of this stuff.
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Re: physical conditioning
[Re: anniej]
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06/28/14 03:25 PM
06/28/14 03:25 PM
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Really interesting thread - Cara gets to swim once a week and adores the water. However, I have never thought about doing those exercises with her - will give some of them a go this weekend. Interesting ... I agree. My dog has always been low energy, low drive, low prey drive. She will do some fetching, but not for long. She does a little bit of everything ... but not for long. I am not overly concerned with her being a great athlete. Her weight and health are good. Her conditioning consists mostly of walking about 3 miles every day.
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