Why our canicross dogs should be strength training (Episode 47)
Canicross Conversations
English - January 13, 2023 07:00 - 37 minutes - 85.1 MBRunning Sports Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, Louise and Michelle chat to Pickle's physio: registered veterinary nurse, and animal physiotherapist Sophie Sparrow about common canicross injuries, and how best to condition our dogs to help prevent these.
Sophie talks us through how to recognise injuries in our dogs (who are very good at hiding weaknesses from us!) and how we can best treat these.
We also talk about the kind of strength training our dogs should be doing. Top tip - walk VERY VERY slowly!
Sophie refers to two canicross specific papers in this episode which make for fascinating reading:
Internet-based survey evaluating the impact of ground substrate on injury and performance in canine agility athletes. 2022. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2022.1025331/full
PERFORMANCE CHANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF ADULT ONE DOG TEAM CANICROSS RUNNERS. Ashlyn Jendro 2018. https://commons.nmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1575&context=theses
The Jena study (2011) analysed locomotion of 32 different dog breeds.
Jena study
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAvOPCp6Itk
Book - Dogs in Motion Fischer and Lilje (2016)