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Individual Paw Targeting: Better Communication for Fitness

Posted on January 23, 2020 by

FitPAWS USA Posted in Canine Fitness, Education, FitPAWS How To, Guest Writer, K9FITteam

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.

High Five for Fitness

Posted on January 3, 2020 by

FitPAWS Posted in Agility/Canine Sports, Fitness For The Family Pet, FitPAWS How To

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 ›

Tagged with: agility, canine conditioning, canine fitness, canine rehab, canine sports, CanineGym, core conditioning, dog fitness, dog training, fitpaws, High Five, K9Fitness

Exercise Idea Infographics

Posted on August 19, 2019 by

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

White Boarding

Posted on July 1, 2019 by

FitPAWS USA Posted in Canine Fitness, Fun Training Ideas, Guest Writer

by Bobbie Lyons, CCFT. KPA CTP

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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.

What “cue” do you use?

Posted on May 29, 2019 by

FitPAWS USA 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??

Down.Stay.OK!

Posted on April 29, 2019 by

FitPAWS USA Posted in Canine Fitness

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.

Fitness or Fad?

Posted on April 24, 2019 by

FitPAWS USA Posted in Canine Fitness, Uncategorized

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.

FitPAWS Dealer Information

Posted on January 4, 2019 by

FitPAWS Posted in Dealers

Happy New Year Dealers!

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If you need Dealer Resources – Images, Banners, Product Usage Guides, Price List, Notices and Video links.
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5 Balance Pod Challenges on FitPAWS® Paw Pods

Posted on October 28, 2018 by

FitPAWS Posted in Agility/Canine Sports, Conformation, Fitness For The Family Pet, FitPAWS How To, FitPAWS® Community, Fun Training Ideas, Infographics, K9 Balance

For performance and show dogs, FitPAWS® Paw Pods are great for advanced balance training, core strengthening and stacking training.

For canine rehab professionals, these high quality tools can be used for improving weight bearing issues for individual limbs.

NOW with Anti-SKID bottom

Pick of the Litter – Official Trailer

Posted on October 16, 2018 by

FitPAWS Posted in Education

CHECK IT OUT!!

FitPAWS is proud to be part of such a worthy film!
FITPAWS HOLLYWOOD DEBUT!!
A must see for all.