K9 PE

02/07/2025

Get ready to compete at your best with our follow-along program designed specifically to prepare your dog for the AAC Nationals. This comprehensive training plan focuses on building strength, enhancing flexibility, and improving explosive power to ensure peak performance on event weekend. Tailored exercises and structured workouts will help you and your dog stay motivated and on track towards your goals. Stay consistent and watch as your hard work pays off at the Nationals.

Not attending the nationals? Don’t worry! This program is designed to be versatile and effective for a wide range of agility events. Whether you’re competing locally, training for different venues, or simply aiming to enhance your dog’s general performance in the ring, our tailored program can help. Every dog, regardless of their competition level, can benefit from a fitness plan designed with agility in mind.

This program is conducted within a dedicated Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1105594044896101) and is intended for participants with an established foundation in canine fitness. While it does not include instructional sessions, all workout videos will be provided in a minimally edited format, allowing you to observe exercise modifications and progressions in “real time”. Should you have any questions, please feel free to submit them in the comment section of each video.

This program runs for 6 weeks beginning July 2nd. Each week will consist of 3-4 strength workouts, 1 plyometric workout and 2 rest/active recovery days.

To register visit www.k9pe.com/virtualopportunities

18/06/2025

Is there any interest in doing a follow along style program as Fizz prepares for the agility Nationals? This would be done in a Facebook group with minimally edited videos showing the workouts that we’re doing. These wouldn’t be teaching videos (ie how to train the behaviors) so much as a routine that you could follow along with your dog. I would run it as 6 weeks leading up to August 13th. Let me know if this is something you’d be interested in!!

12/05/2025

Huge thanks to all those who attended this weekend's seminar! I hope you've all learned lots and look forward to hearing about how a proper warmup routine benefits your dog this coming sport season. If you missed out then keep your eyes peeled for the next date announcement or join my newsletter to get notified first!

08/05/2025

We've got a last-minute spot available in our warmup & cooldown seminar this weekend. If you're interested in attending and missed the initial registration, DM me - don't wait, or you might miss out!

27/04/2025

Seminar details have been emailed to all registered participants! Please ensure to read through it and submit your waiver.

18/04/2025

Super excited to announce that the May 10th seminar is now sold out! Confirmations will go out tomorrow to all those registered.

14/04/2025

A good read!

Canine sports have become increasingly popular as more and more people choose to engage in sports activities with their dogs. At the same time, we continue to observe a division between “professional athletes” and “hobbyists” in some disciplines. Currently, we see national team competitors who dedicate their daily routines to specialized sports training, as well as many who still want to train professionally and safely but without aiming for gold. We believe this trend might be beneficial for dogs because not every canine is meant to compete in the big stages. However, this does not exclude them from a professional approach that considers both safety and high-quality training.
At the same time, veterinary diagnostic tools are constantly evolving, allowing for more precise findings that reveal the causes of subclinical symptoms observed during a dog's performance. Some of these issues are classified as injuries and/or overuse, even in the absence of obvious lameness.

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Canine physiotherapists and trainers openly acknowledge that while we can reduce the risk of injury, we cannot eliminate it entirely.

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When working with canine athletes, we often observe that dogs are overtrained in volume but undertrained in intensity. This means that in the conditioning or post-injury process, we must carefully control training volume (total amount and length of training) and gradually introduce specific workouts to reach the full intensity appropriate for the sport.

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You’ve probably already figured out that in the case of an injury, the key to a successful return to sport is specific motor training, meaning... conditioning. And that’s the point of this article!

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There is only one way to prepare tissues to handle the loads.
Once the acute phase of healing has resolved and we are done with immobilization, movement restriction and pharmacotherapy, it is essential to introduce progressive loading to the body. This gradual approach, guided by adaptation processes, helps to strengthen the tissues and increase their resilience to stress.
How do we achieve this? Through exercise!

FULL TEXT: https://paula-iwszystkojasne.systeme.io/canine-sport-medicine-the-vicious-cycle-of-injuries-and-conditioning-in-dogs

09/04/2025

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07/04/2025

Fizz is feeling a bit sad that we've wrapped up another great round of classes. Keep your eyes peeled for some exciting news coming soon!

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