Mix Things Up

This is a really fun drill to do with your dog.  You can do it anywhere!  A tennis court or a field work great.  We do them in baseball fields in our Leash Your Fitness classes.

Remember that when you make your dog think, it tires him/ her faster than just a walk alone.  There is nothing that makes your dog think more than switching things up.

To do this drill, start by walking forward with Fido.  Then switch things up! Start running or walking backwards.  Fido will be like where are we going?   Then switch things up again and start doing a side shuffle to the right then switch things up again and side shuffle to the left.  By now, Fido is like what the heck is going on!?

Keep doing these drills.  You can even stop like Adele did in the video and do a squat and put your dog in a command like sit or stay.  Then get back up and start the drill again.  If you want to see how to do it, watch the video HERE.   If your dog bites on the leash like Rosie is doing.  You can stop and do your squat each time and have him/ her drop the leash.  The more that you do that, they will decide that they don’t like that game and may stop grabbing at the leash.

It is super fun. It makes you work different muscles and it mixing things up for Fido!

Extra credit if you get Fido to run backwards with you!!

Have fun!!