Senior Dog Care: Exercise & Fitness For Senior Dogs

With few simple lifestyle changes senior dogs can thrive well in their later years. Learn proven exercise in this course

What you'll learn
What are appropriate exercises for seniors?
How to apply exercises that compliment massage for improving senior dog’s movement.
How to apply basic massage techniques that address the needs of senior dogs.
What does a physiotherapy evaluation and session look like?
Tips for monitoring if you are exercising your dog too much.
What is kinesiology tape and how does it work?
Requirements
An interest in proper holistic care for senior dogs and doing proper exercise with them
Description
As our dogs get older they often suffer chronic health conditions that make the end of their life a struggle and painful.The most frequent causes of death in our beloved dogs are cancer and kidney disease. In addition, 80-90% of senior dogs suffer from arthritis.Early signs that your senior dog may be very in pain or struggling include disorientation, preferring to be left alone, avoiding activity, dull coat, loss of housetraining habits, wandering at night, and poor appetite.These symptoms could also be indicators of heart disease, kidney disease, or liver disease.Unfortunately, this is common-place in the pet industry today! And we believe there is a better solution.That’s why we’re excited to announce that we have partner with the world’s most renowned Integrative Veterinarian Dr. Ava Frick to bring you the Senior Dog Care: Exercise & Fitness For Senior Dogs. Dr. Frick has practiced for 42 years in animal chiropractic, rehab and nutrition. Her research and books in the fields of equine exercise, hair tissue mineral analysis, nutrition, and veterinary microcurrent therapy (to which she is considered the world’s leading authority) have been internationally published.She has been honored as Hartz Veterinarian of the Year Runner-up, received a humane society Visionary Award, and was one of the first inductees into the Animal Chiropractic Hall of Fame.She has helped thousands of animals recover from health issues and diseases they were told they could never recover from.For the first time ever, Dr. Ava Frick has brought all of her colleagues together in order to share what really works when it comes to adding years to your dog’s life and reversing any age-related health ailments.Join by 6 Senior Dog Care experts, In this online course, you will learn the best and the proper exercises that senior dogs should do so that they can thrive well in their later years.It’s time to solve the unprecedented rate of disease in our senior dogs and this could be the answer!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Senior Dog Exercises : Fitness

Lecture 2 PREVIEW: Dr. Ava Frick: Harness Fitting - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Lecture 3 Dr. Ava Frick: Harness Fitting - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Lecture 4 Dr. Angelique Barbara: Kinesio Taping & Reiki for Senior Dogs

Lecture 5 Bobbie Lyons: Senior Dog Fitness

Section 3: Senior Dog Exercises: Health

Lecture 6 Joanne Lang : Massage & Exercises for Senior Dogs

Lecture 7 Donna Wills: Physiotherapy for the Senior Dog

Lecture 8 PREVIEW: Laurie Edge-Hughes: Novel Ways to Exercise the Older Dog

Lecture 9 Laurie Edge-Hughes: Novel Ways to Exercise the Older Dog

Section 4: Extra Resources

Lecture 10 The Healing Vet's "The Silent Epidemic: Understanding Silent Pain In Pets" PDF

Dog parents with senior dogs