Fitness Foundation Course
6 Lessons
Devloping fitness
through enhanced natural movement
The 6 lessons cover the basic skills:
~ To achieve comfort and stability in movement: walk, trot, backing and pivoting
~ To achieve comfort and stability in sitting, laying down, standing up
~ For dogs to become self-aware and increase mobility
~ For all trainers to identify, recognise and enable stable, balanced action
Particularly suitable
~ Trainers interested in the foundations of dressage
~ For older dogs to maintain mobility, flexibility and comfort in movement
~ For sports dogs to develop foundations for fitness and prevent injury
~ For dogs recovering from injury
The course will cover
- Learning to assess balance and movement
- Training techniques to teach balance in walking and trotting
- Training techniques to teach comfort and stability when sitting, laying down and standing up
- Exercise formats for warming up, stretching, developing rhythmic movement, balance and awareness in action.
- Monitoring progress
- On-going programmes for fitness, maintenance, and mobility.
