Educational Week Ahead!

Really looking forward to my week off.

Saturday

UNDOING HANDLER AND RESTRAINT DAMAGE
Avoiding physical problems during training, showing, working, kennelling with Tony Nevin Ostepath

Tuesday

Christine Zink Seminar Day One

Importance of Structure to Performance

• Introduction to the musculoskeletal system
Conformation myths
Understanding your dog’s physical advantages and disadvantages for performance
• How to evaluate your own dog’s structure
• Body size (gigantism vs. dwarfism) and shape
• How to evaluate front and rear angulation
• Dewclaws and tails – their use in performance
• How you can use your dog’s structure to maximize performance
• How to pick a performance puppy

Locomotion and Lameness

• Gaits (walk, trot, canter) – what they look like and how they are used in performance
• How dog gaits differ from horse gaits
• Pacing, crabbing – why they are not ideal gaits and what to do if your paces or crabs
• How to train your dog to gait on cue
• The use of ground poles in conditioning and gait modification
• How to determine which leg your dog is lame on and how to help your veterinarian make an accurate diagnosis

Keeping Your Athlete in Peak Condition

• The five components of a fitness program for canine athletes
• Appropriate ages to begin strength and conditioning exercises
• Strength exercises that target specific areas of the body
• How to modify intensity, frequency, duration of training during the week and season
• Conditioning for specific muscle groups

Wednesday

Christine Zine Seminar Day 2:

When Things Go Wrong
• Common athletic injuries your vet might not know about
• How to recognize them and get the best treatment
• Complementary and alternative therapies for healing and improving performance
• Canine rehabilitation – what it is and how to do some of it yourself
• Conditions involving joints, bones, muscle
• How your dog’s structure may increase his risk for certain injuries
• What health checks you should get on your performance dog and why
• Supplements and the performance dog

Jump Training

• Biomechanics of jumping
• Training jumping from puppies to adults - this is really more than just jump training – it is body awareness training
• Styles of jumping and when dogs use them
• Lead legs – what they are, why they are important, and how to train your dog to use
them appropriately
• Jumping problems – what causes them and how to fix them


Thursday

Dog Training with a friend

Friday

Dog training with a group

Saturday

Dog training with a group

Sunday

VETERINARY PHYSIOTHERAPY SEMINAR
Presented by Kelly Dewsnip

Information on anatomy and movement, fitness and training, injury prevention and rehabilitation as related to canine sport.

All sounds interesting, would love to attend most of them. Especially the VETERINARY PHYSIOTHERAPY SEMINAR

Phew and Breath......

SUNDAY EVENING:

Give us all a write up on the seminars so that we can live vicariously thorugh you

Wow aren't you busy bee! Great, looks like you'll be able to advise me on Cain's weird gait after all that. He does his weird trot like a camel, two legs on the same side

I went and assessed a potential pet home for rescue the other week and they had a dog which had this gait.

I asked the owners if they realised their dogs paced and they had not really observed he was any different other than he looked "gay" from behind (their words not mine before I get accused of homophobia)

I told them that it was not normal and that it is either a sign of laziness, fatigue or an underlying medical issue usually with the spine or a conformational fault. This particular dog was overweight which was an added issued.

It something which I have looked at extensively over the past two years at the various musculo skeletal seminars I have attended.

It is a pity your dog does not tolerate hands on as a massage therapist or physio might be able to rule out any underlying unsoundness.

Hmmm, interesting. Well he's not over weight. He does appear to have a small hump in the centre of his spine. It could be tiredness, as I only notice when he's run if around off lead. However he gets limited off lead opportunities so could be fitter so tires quickly after running. Sadly no chance with a physio if they wish to keep their hands That said, he tolerated a Ttouch practitioner who was a total stranger and ended up massaging his gums so you never know!

Anyway, all sounds fascinating. Wish I had the time and the money to attend more seminars. Enjoy!

Lucky you SB, anatomy and locomotion are areas of great interest for me.

Nyle was being complimented on his prancing from an old couple walking across the road from us earlier.

Really interesting

What a great week off! Enjoy

Wys
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