At Exercising PAWS we custom design an exercise program for
each dog. Call us to schedule your FREE consultation.
Regular aerobic exercise is essential to the health
and well being of your dogs, both physically and mentally.
Benefits
of regular exercise include:
- Strengthens
cardiovascular systems
- Develops muscle strength and
stamina
- Improves longevity, adding healthy years
to your dog's life
- Maintains a vibrant coat year-round
- Reduces digestive problems and constipation
- Prevents depression
- Improves mental alertness
- Helps
timid/fearful dogs build their trust and confidence
- Promotes
healthy rest and relaxation
- Improves sleep
- Tones muscles
- Builds strong bones
- Improves circulation
- Improves mood, lifting spirits by increasing the
feel-good chemicals in the mind
- Reduces medical expenses
- Preventing destructive behaviors such as:
- Excessive chewing
- Going ‘potty’ in the house
- Excessive barking
- Damaging
household items
- Digging
- Reduces aggressive guarding or other territorial behavior
- Reduces anxiety including separation anxiety
- Reduces boredom
- Reduces
hyperactivity
- Stimulates the mind
- Prevents obesity. Dogs, like people suffer a variety of health issues when their
weight is uncontrolled. Some common issues that can arise are:
- orthopedic
disease
- cardio respiratory disease
- dermatological diseases
- diabetes mellitus
- urinary disorders
- reproductive disorders
- neoplasia
(mammary tumors, transitional cell carcinoma)
- abnormalities
in circulating lipid profiles
- anesthetic complications
While it is widely believed that the average dog needs 30 minutes of exercise
each day, individual needs vary. This is why we offer many different options to suit a variety of budgets and activity needs.
Simply taking your dogs for a walk in the evening does little to drain their energy unless that walk is challenging enough.
The best and healthiest exercise program is tailored specifically for the individual dog. The combination
of age, breed, energy level, fitness level and size determines how much exercise is appropriate.
While we
offer traditional dog walking, we recommend treadmill workouts as being superior because we are better able to adjust the
workout to fit the dog, and it costs about the same.
Some advantages that treadmills have
over traditional walking are:
Consistency,
duration and intensity are the components to a healthy exercise program. Traditional dog walking is the most popular type
of exercise for dogs but it is not as effective as the treadmill for reaping the benefits listed above. The treadmill is superior
for the following reasons:
Intensity –
on a treadmill the speed and elevation are adjustable resulting in a better cardiovascular activity and making it more effective
at promoting health and draining a dog's energy
Consistency
– rain or shine your dogs won’t miss their workout
Lower trainer to dog ratio results in better one on one attention
Climate Controlled – exercise is done inside an air conditioned trailer so exposure
to the elements is not a factor. For example, heat exhaustion,
disease carrying mosquitoes and other bugs etc.
Safety
– less chance for things to go wrong such as:
Dog fights
Breaking leash
and getting lost or hit by a car
Sniffing
or licking where a sick dog has urinated/defecated
Eating
some rotten food etc. they come across while walking
Getting
off leash and becoming lost
