I recently started re-reading a book I bought a while ago called “How to Build a Puppy” and stumbled on some interesting stuff, so I posted about it on our kennel’s Instagram account and thought it would be useful to share on the blog too.
Since I only thought of sharing it here afterwards, here’s what I shared in the stories – pause to read:
A few days later, I had an opportunity to film some of the things I’ve done with our dogs for years without having any real evidence of exactly HOW they were useful – they just seemed like it to me.
Originally, I thought of these to help our older dog after her carpal arthritis diagnosis, which was my spark for starting to learn about dog anatomy and movement – Grace just happened to be there at the same time and it wasn’t a conscious decision to boost her development with these types of exercises. Partly that it also to do with the fact that this type of information still wasn’t widely available even 4 years ago – that’s how much things have changed in the world of dog ownership in the past decade!
So, here are actual examples with the puppies with a link to the exercises discussed in the book, as well as explanations for why they are incredibly useful for growing puppies – and dogs of any age to be honest!
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