Washington Seminars 2010

Conditioning and Injury Prevention for Canine Athletes, Saturday November 13th:

Learn how to prevent career ending injuries and optimize conditioning by integrating research-based exercises into your dog’s fitness program. Sign up for the entire day and walk away with a comprehensive fitness program or choose individual seminars based on your dog’s needs.   

8am: Building a Fitness Program

10am: Core Stabilization Exercises

12:30pm: Front Limb Injury Prevention for Athletes

2:30pm: Rear Limb Injury Prevention for Athletes

4pm: The Healthy Way to Stretch Your Dog 

Individual Biomechanical Movement Assessments & Modification

Top line, reach, drive, and limb position may be modified with the proper combination of strengthening and stretching. Have your dog’s movement assessed by a certified canine rehabilitation therapist (CCRT) to discover the root of the problem, then receive a customized exercise program to modify the movement. Assessments will be scheduled every hour on the hour on Sunday. Please obtain orders from your DVM for “physical therapy assessment for movement modification” prior to the assessment.  

8am - 5pm, every hour on the hour

Where: Academy of Canine Behavior, 4705 240th S.E., Bothell, Washington 98021

Lodging: Country Inns & Suites in Bothel: http://www.countryinns.com/bothellwa

Instructors:
Sasha Foster, certified canine rehabilitation therapist, founder of Canine Fitness Zone, and co-author of, "The Healthy Way to Stretch Your Dog, A Physical Therapy Approach." For more information visit www.sashafoster.net.
Ashley Foster, Certified Pet Dog Trainer, founder of Complete K-9 Dog Training, and co-author of, "The Healthy Way to Stretch Your Dog." For more information visit www.completek9training.com.

Saturday Nov 13th, 2010

   

FULL DAY 

Building a Fitness Program

Core Stabilization Exercises

Front Limb Injury Prevention

Rear Limb Injury Prevention

The Healthy Way to Stretch

8am-5pm (FULL DAY)

FULL DAY PRICE

Individual Seminar

Building a Fitness Program

 

8:00am-9:30am

Building a Fitness Program

Individual Seminar

Core Stabilization Exercises

10:00am-11:30am

Core Stabilization & Stretch

Individual Seminar

Front Limb Injury Prevention

12:30pm-2:00pm

Front Limb Injury Prevention

Individual Seminar

Rear Limb Injury Prevention

2:30pm-4:00pm

Rear Limb Injury Prevention

Individual Seminar

The Healthy Way to Stretch

4:00pm-5:00pm

The Healthy Way to Stretch

Sunday: 1 Hour Movement Assessments
For agility competitiors, many commonly accepted canine 'faults' including missed jumps, popping weave poles, and blowing turns may be caused from muscle weakness and/or tightness. For rally and obedience competitiors, inconsistent 'sits' or delayed 'attention' can be due to muscle tightness. For conformation competitors, top line issues and decreased reach or drive may be due to weak core musculature. A physical therapy movement assessment will help determine the root cause of the problem and then provide exercises that can help remedy the issues.

Sunday Nov 14th

 

8am-9am

Individual Movement Assessment

9am-10am

Individual Movement Assessment

10am-11am

Individual Movement Assessment

11am-12pm

Individual Movement Assessment

12pm-1pm

Lunch Break

1pm-2pm

Individual Movement Assessment

2pm-3pm

Individual Movement Assessment

3pm-4pm

Individual Movement Assessment

4pm-5pm

Individual Movement Assessment