Fitness Condition Assessment Guide

The old adage "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" can be true when speaking of our dog's physical condition. Have you noticed something being off with your dog, but not sure how to assess if your dog is in pain? Would you be able to determine if your dog had muscle tightness? Have you noticed slight behavior changes in your dog, or noticed changes with your sport dog's performance? 

For the new year, we are providing for a short time, a free canine condition assessment ebook. All dog owners should be able to generally assess your dog's physical condition, understand if your dog is overweight or underweight, know the signs of pain and how to palpate your dog to determine subtle signs of discomfort, how to perform a range of motion evaluation, how to perform a gait baseline video, how to evaluate posture and establish a posture baseline, and be able to perform a general strength test to detect any significant weakness.  It's good practice to have a baseline of your dog's posture and gait before beginning a canine conditioning program or to detect any present issues and be able to detect future issues by having a baseline to refer to. If a vet needed to evaluate your dog's gait, would your dog know how to trot nicely by your side to complete the gait analysis? This is an essential skill to have and what would be referred to as "pre-hab". Your dog having this basic skill will be helpful for any future request by a vet to diagnose a potential gait abnormality with your dog.  Baseline photos and gait videos are strongly recommended in our canine fitness membership. 

This ebook is for all dog owners and we provide guidance on how to perform all these assessments, common deficiencies or issues that you should watch for as well as includes general anatomy and fitness terms. If needed, we are available to answer questions or provide further general guidance in our free facebook group PAWSEE. We share full videos and additional information of these assessments in our paid membership course.

Table of Contents is below:

• Introduction 
• Baseline Posture
• Muscle Definition and Body Condition Score
• Gait Analysis
• Gait Analysis Video Tips
• Strength Test
• Pain Assessment
• Range of Motion 
• Notes Page
• Common Anatomy and Fitness Terms
• Citations

The guide will be available for free until January 31, 2023.  After it will be available for purchase in our website store.  We welcome any feedback to the guide to make this better for all dog owners.  Send us any helpful feedback at [email protected] 

Download your free assessment here:

https://www.coach4paws.com/offers/z8EVchQb