Last week we shared the backyard workout and trick circuit we created. Here’s the video of Bella, Terra, Kronos, and foster dog Missi doing some of the exercises and obstacles using all parts of their bodies including noses!
We do a variety of tricks and conditioning for fun which doubles in improving mobility, strength, and balance.
A few of those tricks include:
- Paws up
- Paw targeting
- Standing on hind legs
- Circles-left and right
- Leg weaves
- Bow
- Sit up
Many things in nature are also great for conditioning opportunities! Trees and rocks make great balance beams and they help dogs learn how to use their whole body to jump on or over.
Missi is a perfect example of a dog who didn’t quite have body awareness when we first started fostering her. Watching her leap over a ditch and try to run after everyone at the creek was less than graceful the first few times as she stumbled over the rocks and tried to maintain her footing.
We even have fun playing around when out on the town!
Are there certain tricks or exercise you do to keep your dog fit?
10 thoughts on “#FallFitDog Fido Blog Hop: Week Three: Tricks, Strength, and Conditioning”
Brilliant snaps of some brilliantly beneficial exercises!
Great piece and video. They all do so well with so many of those exercises, it’s so good for them too! Kudos to you for all the hard work that went into it!
Thanks SlimDoggy! The exercises are deceptive in how easy they seem which became apparent in working with the foster who had never done anything like this before!
They are so cute! I love having the girls do balance exercises! I think they are really good for them! 😀
We do a lot of the same tricks. I think I need to have Mr. N practice sit pretty on platforms though!
Your pups all looked great in the video 🙂 Where did you find that jumping obstacle? I would love to get our paws on one of those!
We also like to take advantage of obstacles we come across while out and about!
We got the agility jump as a Christmas present 🙂
Just love seeing all the “tricks” your dogs do. We are not good at tricks and Mom doesn’t have the patience for training us to do them, but we love to see dogs doing them. Like you, when we are out and about, we do the posing thing on all kinds of stuff for fun and photos which is a great way to have a fun workout. Thanks for joining the challenge.
Your posing pictures are so cute! Thanks again for hosting the fun challenge 🙂
There’s nothing like a good box to play in! Rocco loves box games. We also did some log balancing today on nice walk we took after our agility trial!