I found this searching information about Fibrotic myopathy that Blade
has been
diagnosed with.

I thought it may be useful to some people.

http://www.cpwda.com/article7.htm

Unfortunately I am bad about doing warm-ups and cool-downs for
myself and certainly didn't think about the huge importance in
canines.

Gwen

Thanks for forwarding that article, Gwen. I warm up my dogs, but
never thought about them needing to stretch or cool down.

Thanks for forwarding that article, Gwen. I warm up my dogs, but
never thought about them needing to stretch or cool down.

Paul wrote:

Thanks for forwarding that article, Gwen. I warm up my dogs, but
never thought about them needing to stretch or cool down.

You know Paul I had never thought about either one. I have
been to Agility, Schutzhund and neither sport ever talked
about the need to warm up or do cool downs and stretches.

Of course I wish I had known or thought how critical this is
but alas I am guilty myself of getting schin splints because
I don't take the time to do stretches, warm ups and cool downs.

I am glad you found it useful.

Gwen

Paul wrote:

Thanks for forwarding that article, Gwen. I warm up my dogs, but
never thought about them needing to stretch or cool down.

You know Paul I had never thought about either one. I have
been to Agility, Schutzhund and neither sport ever talked
about the need to warm up or do cool downs and stretches.

Of course I wish I had known or thought how critical this is
but alas I am guilty myself of getting schin splints because
I don't take the time to do stretches, warm ups and cool downs.

I am glad you found it useful.

Gwen

"Gwen Watson" wrote in message
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Paul wrote:

Thanks for forwarding that article, Gwen. I warm up my dogs, but
never thought about them needing to stretch or cool down.

You know Paul I had never thought about either one. I have
been to Agility, Schutzhund and neither sport ever talked
about the need to warm up or do cool downs and stretches.


I don't know about schutzhund, but proper warm up and cool down is a very
COMMON subject on all of the agility lists, and there have been a good
number of articles written about it in Clean Run.

Further, I see competitors do a lot of warm up exercises with their dogs
prior to runs--that's why the warm up jump is there. I also see them
bending, stretching, and massaging their dogs both before and after runs.

"Gwen Watson" wrote in message
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Paul wrote:

Thanks for forwarding that article, Gwen. I warm up my dogs, but
never thought about them needing to stretch or cool down.

You know Paul I had never thought about either one. I have
been to Agility, Schutzhund and neither sport ever talked
about the need to warm up or do cool downs and stretches.


I don't know about schutzhund, but proper warm up and cool down is a very
COMMON subject on all of the agility lists, and there have been a good
number of articles written about it in Clean Run.

Further, I see competitors do a lot of warm up exercises with their dogs
prior to runs--that's why the warm up jump is there. I also see them
bending, stretching, and massaging their dogs both before and after runs.

Robin Nuttall wrote:

"

I'm sorry, but I simply do not believe that.

OK I can understand that.

Maybe your teaching group
doesn't do it, and that should stop.

They don't and where else would a person learn but from their teaching
group? I don't go to the trials as I right now I am not competing. And I have
my hands full with Blade's condition and physical therapy. Yes it should
stop or they should be doing warm ups, ie the very critical stretches
which are the warm ups more than just trotting around. Which again doesn't
occur.

But I do not believe you could ever go
to a single agility trial and not see people warming up their dogs. Not
anywhere within the U.S.

I don't go to Trials. I am talking about the training Club where this
information
along with a hand out about it could be very helpful to people. Trials in my
area involve at least 2 dozen clubs. From Dallas, to Houston, to San Antonio
to Austin etc. But I am talking only about the training facility in which this
information probably should be handed out. Or at least my opinion IS that
it should be handed out.



In training and at shows, I stretch Viva before a run, and I walk her out
afterward with a bit of massage.

I have never seen anyone doing this before running the course at my
training facility.

Gwen

Robin Nuttall wrote:

"

I'm sorry, but I simply do not believe that.

OK I can understand that.

Maybe your teaching group
doesn't do it, and that should stop.

They don't and where else would a person learn but from their teaching
group? I don't go to the trials as I right now I am not competing. And I have
my hands full with Blade's condition and physical therapy. Yes it should
stop or they should be doing warm ups, ie the very critical stretches
which are the warm ups more than just trotting around. Which again doesn't
occur.

But I do not believe you could ever go
to a single agility trial and not see people warming up their dogs. Not
anywhere within the U.S.

I don't go to Trials. I am talking about the training Club where this
information
along with a hand out about it could be very helpful to people. Trials in my
area involve at least 2 dozen clubs. From Dallas, to Houston, to San Antonio
to Austin etc. But I am talking only about the training facility in which this
information probably should be handed out. Or at least my opinion IS that
it should be handed out.



In training and at shows, I stretch Viva before a run, and I walk her out
afterward with a bit of massage.

I have never seen anyone doing this before running the course at my
training facility.

Gwen

You know Paul I had never thought about either one. I have
been to Agility, Schutzhund and neither sport ever talked
about the need to warm up or do cool downs and stretches.

I take my dogs coursing. Not often anymore as they're getting older
and there isn't a coursing group here (Cincinnati). But the people at
the coursing events never talked about it and I didn't notice it being
done. Funny thing is, my dogs never got hurt coursing, but we've had
pulled muscles from them just running in the back yard. Guess warming
up your dog every time you let him out is a little much. hehe.
Anyway, in the future I'll know for coursing.


Of course I wish I had known or thought how critical this is
but alas I am guilty myself of getting schin splints because
I don't take the time to do stretches, warm ups and cool downs.

I don't warm up either but I've been lucky and never had schin splints
or anything, so far. I hear they are no fun at all.


I am glad you found it useful.

Gwen

btw, I've heard of Agility but not Schutzhund. Guess I'll have to
look that one up. Take care.

Paul