Abduction vs Adduction?
⭐️ Terminology Tuesday ⭐️
Abduction and adduction were the most confusing terms for me for a while.
🔹 Abduction:
- Abduct = forcibly take someone/something away
- A child is abducted = a child is forcibly taken away from their home/family/environment
- Adbuction = move AWAY from the midline
- just like when a dog lifts their back leg to mark a tree/lamppost
🔹 Adduction:
- Once I remember abduct, the opposite is adduct
- or I can remember "ADD" for adduct
- Adduction = move TOWARDS the midline
- just like when we teach our dog to cross their paw, that's adduction
Are there other terminologies that are difficult to remember? Let me know in the comments below 👇!
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🎨: @corepawtential
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Easy peasy sidestepping!
⭐️Training Tuesday!⭐️
🐾 Is your dog rushing towards their side-stepping targets? Here's one trick to fix it!
When working on increasing the distance between two side-stepping targets, my dog used to rush towards them. Suggestions like slowing down or feeding each step only added to his frustration. But adding ONE extra target 🎯 did the trick.
Use two big targets for both ends and a small/flat target in between. This provides a clear destination for your dog and helps them recognize the need to step onto the "interim" target before side-stepping to the big target at the end.
✨ Watch foster puppy Nova easily transition with this method!
Use this trick to help your dog master side-stepping without rushing or skipping steps.
👉 Let us know in the comments below if this works for your dog!
My equipment:
Big target: two repurposed pieces of wood with grip tape on top
Small/flat target: one #totofit flat target
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⭐️Training Tuesday!⭐️
🐾 Teaching your dog a confident back up just got easier! The secret? Attraction to target!
🎯 Using a back feet target is a proven and successful way to get a confident and independent back up.
Check out foster puppy Nova showing off her attraction to her target in this training session. By rewarding her away from the target, she's encouraged to step off it to get her reward. But her attraction to the target encourages her to back up onto the target, triggering another reward.
In time, we can slowly increase the distance and fade the target to build a confident and independent back up.
👉 Have you tried this with your dog? Let us know in the comments below!
My equipment: a repurposed piece of wood from a discarded toy chest + a piece of old yoga mat glued on top.
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Training Tuesday - Pivot + step up/down
⭐ Training Tuesday ⭐
Today, Nomial is working on rear foot pivot + step up/down! This is a harder version of the regular rear foot pivot exercise, where we ask the dog to side step with his back feet on the ground.
The pivot portion of the exercise engages the abductors (muscles that move the leg AWAY from the midline) and adductors (muscles that move the leg CLOSER to the midline). The step up and down portion of the exercise also works the quads, hamstrings, and hip stabilizers (glutes, hip rotators).
All of this works in combination to help strengthen the muscles in the back feet. This will help Nomial stay active and strong even as he gets older and his arthritis progresses.
Just like many of our canine conditioning exercises, it is important to do this exercise slowly and with control. If the dog does this exercise too fast, they may not be engaging the right muscles and that could make the weak muscles even weaker. This could increase the risk of injury and could also lead to muscle imbalances.
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⭐️ Training Tuesday ⭐️
Today, Nomial is working on rear foot pivot + step up/down! This is a harder version of the regular rear foot pivot exercise, where we ask the dog to side step with his back feet on the ground.
The pivot portion of the exercise engages the abductors (muscles that move the leg AWAY from the midline) and adductors (muscles that move the leg CLOSER to the midline). The step up and down portion of the exercise also works the quads, hamstrings, and hip stabilizers (glutes, hip rotators).
All of this works in combination to help strengthen the muscles in the back feet. This will help Nomial stay active and strong even as he gets older and his arthritis progresses.
Just like many of our canine conditioning exercises, it is important to do this exercise slowly and with control. If the dog does this exercise too fast, they may not be engaging the right muscles and that could make the weak muscles even weaker. This could increase the risk of injury and could also lead to muscle imbalances.
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Find front beginner - foster puppy Nova
⭐️ Training Tuesday ⭐️
Cookies are not only for rewards, but also for changing the difficulty of an exercise!
Here, foster puppy Nova is working on finding the “front” position (i.e., move in front of me). By changing up the direction of the reset cookie, we are changing the difficulty of exercise.
Easy: cookie directly behind puppy, so that puppy only needs to come straight towards me.
Harder: cookie to the side, puppy needs to come back and pivot about 45 degrees to be in front of me.
Hardest: cookie ahead of puppy, puppy needs to come back and pivot 180 degrees to stand in front of me.
With puppies, most of our “fitness” training is working on body awareness - i.e., being aware of where each part of the body is in relation to the rest of the body.
Having good body awareness allow dogs to navigate their environment better, such as going up and down the stairs, making turns around the coffee table, or navigating natural terrains as they chase bunnies.
Can you think of other ways body awareness can benefit your furry companion?
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⭐️Training Tuesday!⭐️
What exercise can we do with just ONE low platform? Targeting exercise!
Targeting exercises may look simple, but they are the foundation of many conditioning exercises. Targeting exercises promote body awareness, encouraging dogs to be more aware of their individual foot/paw, thus helping them to be less “clumsy” and reduce risk of injuries.
Targeting exercises are also helpful for training many components in sports, such as obedience, rally, and agility!
With puppies or dogs new to exercising, I would recommend starting with the front feet. Once a dog can put their front feet on any “target,” we can start working on the variations.
Here, foster puppy Nova is playing with
- front feet step forward
- front feet step backward, and
- front feet step to the side
🐶 Tips: In the beginning, use a large platform to help your dog be successful!
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🐶 Can you put your front feet on this? 🐾
Stuck indoors because of the ❄️🌧️? Foster puppy Nova and I played one of our front feet target game.
Goal: Put front feet on the thing in front of you. Bonus points for BOTH front feet!
This is a fun game to introduce puppies (and older dogs too) to things of different sizes, materials, and textures. I like to keep it relatively fast paced to make it fun for everyone involved.
Notice that when the “target” gets smaller, foster puppy Nova has a slightly harder time putting both front feet on it. But that’s okay! It’s a learning process and she will get better in time. For the time being, I still give her cookies for trying.
This is one of my favorite entry-level body awareness exercise. Make sure we do this on non-slippery floors, and the “targets” should be non-slippery and low-height for safety.
Do you and your furry friend like this game?
What other “targets” can we use?
Let us know in the comments 👇!
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Oftentimes we see significant improvements if pet guardians are willing to devote the time to do the “homework.” Mocha was assigned some simple homework that takes no more than 5 minutes every day.
We see huge improvement in reduced local twitch response between the two (2) bodywork sessions (three weeks apart)! Great job @mikiyuki & @mochachino.adventures!
Do you want to help your furry companion feel better and stronger? Send us a message and see how we can help you improve your pet’s quality of life!
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Do you have a busy schedule and struggle to incorporate fitness into your dog's daily life? Here are 3 foundation FUNCTIONAL fitness exercises that you can do with your dog.
1. Move between two targets: promotes balance and endurance.
2. Step up, step down: promotes body awareness and balance.
3. Circles: promotes flexibility and balance
Start incorporating these FUNCTIONAL exercises into your dog's everyday life to improve their fitness!
Read more here: https://www.corepawtential.com/blog/functional-fitness-foundation
Body awareness exercises are helpful for figuring out that gangly adolescent body.
First time working this setup with foster puppy Flynn 🐶
Hind feet target: body awareness
Hind feet elevated: weight shift to the front, strengthen front end
Go around the cone: flexibility + body awareness
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Trotting into the weekend!
Are you doing anything to work on your dog’s fitness this weekend?
Let us know in the comments 👇!
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Stand on platform [Flynn 10wks]
Puppy FUNdamentals - Stand on platform
Standing on a platform is one of the fundamental skills I teach puppies. It incorporates two important (to me) skills:
1. Attraction to a target (i.e., platform), and
2. A natural stand.
Attraction to a target is one of the most essential skills for canine conditioning, as we often make use of different equipment to help with exercises.
A natural stand provides us important information about a dog's conformation, which can be helpful in evaluating their structure and posture, as well as for comparison purposes as they mature and/or recover from injuries.
Foster puppy Flynn is about 10 weeks old in this video, which means his training session is quite short. However, with high rates of reinforcement and appropriate setup, we can help him be more successful.
How do you teach your puppies to stand on a platform?
https://youtu.be/rzYu82f_v3s
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Senior dog T was a super star today learning to side step. It is his very first time working on a perch and he is doing small side-steps already.
Low impact conditioning work can help strengthen core muscles and improve body awareness. It is never too late to start working on your dog’s conditioning!
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Trying a different cavaletti setup before it gets too warm!
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Foster puppy Cody learning to do cavalettis!
Cavalettis encourage dogs to be more aware of where their feet are in relation to their body, and remind them to pick up their feet as they move forward.
Ideally, we want the dogs to trot through the cavalettis in an even pace, focusing forward.
Foster puppy is still learning, so we are only working with three poles. We are focusing on deliberate steps through each pole without rushing/jumping to the end. This exercise is SO hard for puppies who are excited about working and growing so fast that his brain is barely keeping up with his body!
Do you/your dog find cavalettis easy or difficult? What are the things you like about cavaletti work? What are some of the challenges you have encountered?
Let us know in the comments below! 👇
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Working on more hind end strengthening with backing up on an incline. We are looking deliberate steps backwards on platform.
Using a platform can help ensure a straight backup, and the slight incline adds appropriate challenge for Nomial.
There are so many things we can do with platforms! What else do you do with platforms?
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To make sure the cavalettis are set at the appropriate distance for your dog, take a video to see if your dog’s foot lands around the midpoint between two poles!
Does your dog like cavaletti work? Let us know in the comments below!
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Single back paw target is one of the most difficult exercises for N. We make use of a flat stable surface to help him “target.” The target is large enough for him to succeed, but small enough so it is less likely for him to put both back paws on it.
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First time 4 paws on all 4 #totofit pawds for 7mo foster puppy Cody!
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