Seminar Nov 5th 6th Sounds amazing

[gemy]

So excited to be going to this seminar. Magic will be one of the dogs assessed there. Ilona will be going as well, and hopefully we will learn much to keep Magic working healthfully over his senior years
https://docs.google.com/viewer?attid...number=1&w=800

[Shelby&Seymour]

Sounds like you're excited!! .... tried to click on the shortcut and it took me nowhere..... do ya wanna try it again.... I'd like to check out the website!

[gemy]

CANINE ATHLETE ACADEMY:

Everything you need to keep your canine athlete healthy

and competing well into their senior years.

Seminar by Dr. Chris Zink, DVM

Red Barn Event Centre

Barrie, ON

November 5 & 6, 2011

Chris Zink, D.V.M., Ph.D., is a consultant on canine sports medicine, evaluating canine structure and

locomotion, and designing individualized retraining and conditioning programs for canine athletes. She is the

award-winning author of

Peak Performance: Coaching the Canine Athlete, Dog Health and Nutrition for

Dummies

, and The Agility Advantage, and co-author of Jumping from A to Z: Teach Your Dog to Soar and

Building the Canine Athlete: Strength, Stretching, Endurance and Body Awareness Exercises

. She has obtained

more than 70 obedience, agility, retrieving, tracking, and conformation titles on dogs from the sporting,

herding, working, terrier, and hound groups. Dr. Zink presents Coaching the Canine Athlete® seminars

worldwide to rave reviews. Dr. Zink won the President’s Award at the Dog Writer’s Association of America

Awards Dinner in February 2009 for her book

The Agility Advantage.

This is a fairly intensive two-day seminar broken into a number of segments, each with an initial lecture

period followed by demonstrations and discussions. All areas of canine competition will be covered

including: conformation, obedience, tracking, agility, lure coursing and herding. Lectures will be

supplemented by illustrative videos. There will also be gait analysis of a number of dogs, demonstration of

how to do a lameness examination using actual dogs, discussions of conditioning programs and of injuries

most common in performance dogs, and time for questions from attendees. The information presented on

Day 2 builds on what is presented on Day 1. Handouts will be provided. Plan to bring a chair and, if coming

with a dog, a crate.

Components of the Seminar:

Canine Structure – What it Means for Performance

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your dog’s structural strengths and weaknesses

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what those strengths and weaknesses mean for performance

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how to capitalize on your dog’s strengths to maximize performance

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understanding your dog’s weaknesses to minimize injury

The Amazing Canine Athlete

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the six canine gaits and how to put them on cue

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gaits your dog uses for different performance events

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abnormal gaits, why they’re abnormal, and how to banish them

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how your dog uses its body in agility/obedience and other events

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age-related tips for performance training

Jumping – a Core Athletic Activity

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Training jumping – from puppies to seniors

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Lead legs – what they are, why they are important, and how to train your dog to use them appropriately

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Jumping problems – what causes them and how to fix them

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Keeping your Athlete at Peak

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Body work for your teammate

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Fitness – it’s easy!

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Balancing strength, endurance, body awareness and stretching exercises

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Nutrition tips for the canine athlete

When Things Go Wrong

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Common athletic injuries your vet might not know about

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How to recognize them and get the best treatment

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Complementary and alternative therapies for healing and improving

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Canine rehabilitation – what it is and how to do some of it yourself

Seminar provided by Red Barn Event Centre, a division of LeVangie Construction Inc.
Part 2

[gemy]

Just home from the very informative 2 day seminar with Dr Chris Zink, DVM and PHD.

I'm still organizing my thoughts and need to review the handouts, but this was a very good speaker, and the hands on part, was extremely beneficial.

The part about structure and function and the interplays was quite clear, and every participant had the opportunity to palpate for straight shoulders, and rear angulation.

Interestingly enough she did start the seminar portion on recent studies and their very concerning results about spay/neuter be it early (ie before maturity), or at maturity; when my notes are organized I will post probably under Yorkie Health, with the appropriate links to studies done/ and information on the 4500 Vizla dog health survey soon to be published.

While I know that many here do not do any performance sports with their dogs, there is one exercise that is very beneficial for all dogs to learn. This exercise strengthens their core/abdominal and back muscles. For those of you that like to teach your dogs "tricks" you may already be doing something that is very beneficial for the overall physical health of your dog.
It is called : Beg Wave Stand >> Back to beg. It is taught in the sequence and not before 6mths old. Many you tube videos I believe are available for you to see. But begging is the position where your dog is seated and you train them to lift both paws up and off the floor. Then to build up to holding this position for 15 sections. You start with a firm non slippery surface and once they are good on that surface, then to a soft surface (like a bed), then to a slippery surface, then to an inclined surface (up or down). Then wave paw out to side, same progression as above.
Then back to firm surface; see if you can get your dog to lift right up to standing on their hand legs, and then back down to beg.

It is a very difficult exercise for the dog. The dog will benefit by even just trying to do the exercise. Some dogs may take as long as six months to be able to just beg and hold for 15 seconds on any surface.
Daily only three repetitions need to be done, to effect muscular strength building.

Dogs of any age, and even with dysplastic hips, or LP can safely do this exercise.

More information to come in later days.