Experts in Canine Fitness, Conditioning and Rehab
Tag: agility
Stand Down Stand on a Donut & K9FITbone – National Canine Fitness Month
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Posted in Canine Fitness, Canine Rehab, Fitness For The Family Pet, FitPAWS How To, FitPAWS® Community
Choose Exercises that Match Your Dog’s Level of Fitness
by Bobbie Lyons, CCFT. KPA CTP The exercises you choose for your dog should always match the dog’s level of fitness and support the movements and demands that your dog places on his body. You also have to consider that…
FitPAWS® Agility Kit Exercises
FitPAWS
Posted in Agility/Canine Sports, Canine Fitness, Fitness For The Family Pet, Fun Training Ideas
Canine rehabilitation, gait training and dog sport cross-training rises to a whole new level of fun and excitement with these nine exercises! The FitPAWS® Agility Kit is great for the backyard agility enthusiast, traveling animal rehab practitioner or professional dog…
Learn Lateral Walking
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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…
Individual Paw Targeting: Better Communication for Fitness
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.…
High Five for Fitness
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…
Exercise Idea Infographics
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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…
White Boarding
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…
Down.Stay.OK!
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?
by Bobbie Lyons, CCFT, KPA CPTK9 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.
