Experts in Canine Fitness, Conditioning and Rehab
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Posted in Canine Fitness, Education, Fitness For The Family Pet, Fun Training Ideas, K9FITteam, Uncategorized
Jasey Day, CCFT April, 2020
Lateral walking is an important fundamental skill for canine fitness training. Lateral stepping means that your dog walks sideways in shuffle steps – think “step-together-step.” His spine stays neutral, which means fairly straight and not curved or roached. Pay close attention to the position of the neck during lateral walking – the neck should be at a normal, relaxed standing position and not looking up to high at you or the treats.
Read more ›by Jasey Day, CCFT – Bobbie Lyons K9FITteam Member
Owner: Day Fit Dogs in North Carolina
When you advance to using balance equipment and more complex movements of canine fitness, having solid a foundation helps you and your dog master new movements. One of those key fundamentals is individual paw targeting (IPT) – meaning your dog lifts each of his four paws individually on cue. You can further advance this foot movement to mean to lift and “stick” the foot onto a target – such as your hand, a flat target, or an inflatable – for duration.
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If you are short on time, high five is a quick and easy exercise is great for developing strong shoulders and upper arms. Especially useful for dogs that like to jump or participate in agility-like sports.
What is High Five?
High Five is when the dog reaches for your hand in either a seated or a standing position. It strengthens both abduction and adduction muscles – those that pull muscles towards the body and those that push the muscles away. Read more ›
FitPAWS USA
Posted in Canine Fitness, Canine Rehab, Education, Fitness For The Family Pet, FitPAWS How To, Fun Training Ideas, Infographics
FitPAWS exercise idea infographics are on many product pages on our website, but we put them all here in one place!
*Please Note: infographics are primarily designed to be digital content. If you would like a higher resolution PDF, please contact us at info@fitpawsusa.com
by Bobbie Lyons, CCFT. KPA CTP
A couple months ago, I put out a Facebook post asking folks what their training struggles were and MANY folks put “time” as their answer. At that time, I had promised a blog post about “white boarding”. Well, I got side tracked and didn’t get back to it, so here we go.
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Posted in Canine Fitness, Canine Rehab, Education, Fitness For The Family Pet, FitPAWS How To, Fun Training Ideas, Guest Writer
by Bobbie Lyons, CCFT. KPA CTP
To obtain the pushup position above, the dog had to know front foot targeting, rear foot targeting, and nose touch hold.
What cue do you use??
Read more ›Carolyn Close, M.ED, CCFT
Dogs lie down and stand up so many times a day, but that simple movement can be adapted to efficiently work many areas of the body.
Read more ›by Bobbie Lyons, CCFT, KPA CPT
K9 Fitness Coach
Recently I have seen several social media comments that balance products and canine fitness training indoors is a fad. Of course, I disagree and wanted to share my thoughts on this subject.
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