This 3-part program will provide the student with the information necessary to manage and supplement a dog’s over-all wellness from puppy to athlete to senior dog. Each course may be taken separately or as a combination. Each course is priced separately but if taken as an entire program (all three courses) there is a savings of $120 (See bottom of page).
Part I
All-Fit Dog-How to Improve Fitness for Over-all Wellness
Purpose: This is the foundation course and this program will provide the student with the information and skills they need to manage a dog’s unique and ever changing fitness needs {from puppy hood, as a young adult and a Senior} in order to improve overall health, prevent illness & injury and enhance the dog’s ability to recover when crisis happens.
Course Information: The All-Fit Dog program uses a broad, general and inclusive fitness model to enhance overall elements of health using only functional movement exercises and activities as these are mechanically sound and safe for all dogs at all ages. The techniques which achieve optimal fitness in the elite canine athlete will enhance fitness in all dogs – the needs of each dog differ by degree not kind, so we scale exercise volume and intensity NOT requirements.
Pre-requisites: Canine Anatomy & Physiology is recommended
Required Text: DogWorks Fun-damental Exercise Workbook
What the student can expect to experience during this course:
- Anatomy and the 10 Elements of Health
- To identify the Essential Functional Attributes for dogs
- Ability to discuss the consequences of health and well being when fundamental structural traits are weak
- Gait assessment
- Exercisea to enhance Endurance, Strength, Flexibility and Body Awareness
- An enlightened appreciation of fitness as a measure of health
- Exercises for function & performance – not to isolate and build (specific) muscle
- Structural evaluation as it relates to function and injury potential
- Proprioception – the key to optimal fitness
- Nutritional considerations – diet is the molecular foundation for fitness & health
- All-Fit Puppies {recommendations to avoid early onset injuries before 18 months}
- Vital Fit for Life Senior Dogs – The Keys to Slowing the Clock
- Skills that will enhance the students’ ability to raise each dog better than the last…
For those of you looking to “taste” this course before registering for the comprehensive version the Instructor has created an Introductory one hour webinar. Click here to view details on this the Introduction to All Fit Dog webinar.
Instructor: Racine Hyatt, CCFt, CCM
Course Length: Eight (8) 90 minute sessions.
For Credit: Student must complete course within 4 months of registration.
For Audit: Access to the “For Audit” course will expire in 2 months.
Course Fee –
For Credit: $285.00
For Audit: $100.00
Part II- All-Fit Puppy-How to Support Each Stage of a Puppy’s Development
Purpose: 8 lesson webinar where you learn how puppies grow, what their nutritional and exercise needs are to enhance body awareness, self-confidence and to support each stage of your puppy’s development.
Course Information: This course will focus on puppies from eight weeks up to eighteen months of age. We begin with structural evaluation of your dog as it relates to function – in other words we are evaluating for purpose, not for fancy. This will reveal your puppy’s areas of weakness (i.e. straight shoulders, high neck set, no dewclaws, cow-hocked, sloping croup, etc). Each session will be dedicated to a different region of the dog as we discuss the different stages of development, including growth plate closure and use this information to guide us as we develop a more conscious approach to puppy development instead of destruction.
Prerequisites: None
Required Text: DogWorks Fun-damental Exercise Workbook
What a student can expect to learn from this course:
- Enlightened appreciation of the puppy
- How to evaluate structure in relation to function & potential injury
- Understanding of basic how activity impacts the body
- Importance of maintaining balance/proprioception during growth spurts to achieve optimal wellness
- Skills that will enhance abilities to raise and train each dog better than the last
For those of you looking to “taste” this course before registering for the comprehensive version the Instructor has created an Introductory one hour webinar. Click here to view details on this the “How to Build the Perfect Puppy: Quick – Puppies UN-Puzzled” (60 minute webinar) webinar.
Instructor: Racine Hyatt, CCFt
Course Length: Eight (8) 90 minute sessions.
For Credit: Student must complete course within 4 months of registration.
For Audit: Access to the “For Audit” course will expire in 2 months.
Course Fee –
For Credit: $285.00
For Audit: $90.00
Part III-Athletic Performance Fitness Strategies: How to Condition an Athletic Performance Dog
Purpose: Two-fold: (1) to recognize the unique needs of your performance dog as an elite athlete and develop a conditioning program which will lead to a long, productive career – not just a good run, and (2) to achieve the greater goal of providing your Performance dog with a more comfortable, energetic retirement.
Course Information: The emphasis is on competition and service dogs, and will focus on the many factors which may reduce the risk and/or severity of injuries for dogs dealing with the multi-stresses of working lives. This course focus is multi-faceted. You will learn how to not only take your dog’s physical fitness to a new level, the Conditioning program will create variety {which is the key to maintaining mental sharpness for any working dog} and result in tapering {a technique which will keep the dog’s performance at its peak by avoiding undue stress and preventing staleness}.
Pre-requisites: There are two prerequisites for this course –
- Students must have completed the e-Training course in Canine Anatomy and Physiology or have successfully tested out from it (see details on the test out option on the Canine Anatomy and Physiology Course page)
- A student must have a minimum Intermediate level of achievement in dog sports, or 1 year previous work experience with a service/working/sport dog.
- Required Text: DogWorks Fun-damental Exercise Workbook
What a student can expect to learn from this course:
- Structural evaluation of a dog as it relates to performance
- Be able to identify areas of weakness and create a “Problem List”
- Identify the five important physical attributes for the performance dog
- The steps to develop a Conditioning program
- How to evaluate structure in relation to Performance
- Basic understanding of sport related injury, recovery and prevention
- Intensity / Duration / Frequency: the importance of each & how to use them
- Balance and proprioception: the keys to achieve optimal performance and enhanced wellness
- Strength vs. Endurance – how to combine them successfully
- Fitness Program development *templates provided
- Skills that will enhance abilities to raise and train each dog better than the last
For those of you looking to “taste” this course before registering for the comprehensive version the Instructor has created an Introductory one hour webinar. Click here to view details on this the Introduction to Conditioning the Performance Dog webinar.
CEU Status:
This course approved for 12 CEU’s from the IAABC.
This course approved for 0 CBCC-KA, 12 CPDT-KA CEU’s from the CCPDT.
Instructor: Racine Hyatt, CCFt
Course Length: Eight (8) 90 minute sessions.
For Credit: Student must complete course within 4 months of registration.
For Audit: Access to the “For Audit” course will expire in 2 months.
Course Fee –
For Credit: $285.00
Audit: $100
Canine Fitness Certificate
Purchase all Parts 1-3 -Credit only (savings of $120): $720.00
Required Text: DogWorks Fun-damental Exercise Workbook
Student Information:
You must also read and agree to the E-Training for Dogs, Inc. Standard Terms and Conditions prior to taking a course: Click HERE to read these. You will be asked when you register if you have read them and will not be allowed to take the course if you do not agree to the terms.