Purpose: Two-fold: (1) to recognize the unique needs of your performance dog as an elite athlete and develop a conditioning program which will lead to a long, productive career – not just a good run, and (2) to achieve the greater goal of providing your Performance dog with a more comfortable, energetic retirement.
The emphasis is on competition and service dogs, and will focus on the many factors which may reduce the risk and/or severity of injuries for dogs dealing with the multi-stresses of working lives.
Course Information: This course focus is multi-faceted. We begin with structural evaluation of your dog as it relates to performance – in other words, we are evaluating for purpose, not for fancy. This will identify areas of weakness and create your “Problem List”. Next we identify the five important physical attributes for the performance dog; using the information from your problem list, we will work through the steps to develop a Conditioning program which will enhance the aspects your dog may be lacking and preserve the ones it already has. This will create balance by strengthening adjacent musculature in addition to the primary muscles used for your particular event. We will not only take your dog’s physical fitness to a new level, the Conditioning program will create variety {which is the key to maintaining mental sharpness for any working dog} and result in tapering {a technique which will keep the dog’s performance at its peak by avoiding undue stress and preventing staleness}.
Pre-requisites: There are two prerequisites for this course -
- Students must have completed the e-Training course in Canine Anatomy and Physiology or have successfully tested out from it (see details on the test out option on the Canine Anatomy and Physiology Course page)
- A student must have a minimum Intermediate level of achievement in dog sports, or 1 year previous work experience with a service/working/sport dog.
What a student can expect to learn from this course:
- Enlightened appreciation of your dog as an elite athlete
- How to evaluate structure in relation to Performance
- Basic understanding of sport related injury, recovery and prevention
- Intensity / Duration / Frequency: the importance of each & how to use them
- Balance and proprioception: the keys to achieve optimal performance and enhanced wellness
- Strength vs. Endurance – how to combine them successfully
- Fitness Program development *templates provided
- Skills that will enhance abilities to raise and train each dog better than the last
For those of you looking to “taste” this course before registering for the comprehensive version the Instructor has created an Introductory one hour webinar. Click here to view details on this the Introduction to Conditioning the Performance Dog webinar.
CEU Status:
This course approved for 12 CEU’s from the IAABC.
This course approved for 0 CBCC-KA, 12 CPDT-KA CEU’s from the CCPDT.
Instructor: Racine Hyatt
Course Length:
OnDemand: Eight (8) 90 minute sessions.
Course Fee –
For Credit OnDemand: $310
Audit OnDemand: $110.00
Student Information:
Access to this course will expire in 6 months. Therefore, you have 6 months to complete this course from the date of registration.
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