Canine Conditioning - Youngsters

Service Description

Canine conditioning is important for all dogs, but particularly for our canine athletes and seniors. Through specific exercises we can improve body awareness, flexibility, balance, speed, mobility and muscular strength – which overall improves our dog’s muscle and reduces their risk of injury. As well, conditioning increases our dog's ability to carry load on their muscles. This is important as injuries occur when muscles experience excessive lengthening and stretching that are unprepared for such a load. Another factor in injuries is fatigue in the muscles which causes our dogs to lose their ability to maintain position or cause stumbles and falls. While exercise like long walks or running in the back yard are good for maintaining large muscle groups it is the deeper muscles which activate when our dog loses balance or tries to avoid slipping, it is these muscles that are often neglected and are often the areas, we see greater injury in. ​ Conditioning exercises not only have physical benefits to your dog but also mental ones! They are a great way to strengthen the bond you have with your dog – they love playing with you! Keeping Senior dogs mentally agile is a great way to keep them happy and stave off certain disorders like dementia.