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CC235: Fresh Paws and Golden Years: Fitness for Puppies and Seniors

Course Details

This class is all about the special dogs. The ones that don’t suit general fitness classes, because they have specific needs. This class is for YOU! 

This class will be aimed at Puppies, Senior dogs, and dogs with specific body needs such as TriPaws or dwarf breeds. 

We will cover: 

  • Over each week specific concepts and exercises for Puppies
  • Over each week specific concepts and exercises for Senior dogs
  • Special lectures about fitness for dogs with special conditions or chronic health concerns

Please note that due to the focus of this class it is recommended that all dogs have specific clearance for fitness training. 

Teaching Approach:

Kelly will release lectures over the week. These lectures will be a combination of written theory, and specific exercises. There are usually multiple videos to illustrate the finished exercises, and training of these exercises. Because of the nature of class there will be a wide variety on topics each week, and also training exercises to select from with your own dog and their specific needs in mind. 

Kelly DanielInstructor: Kelly Daniel

Kelly Daniel (She/her) is a learning and dog training addict. She has been training and competing with her dogs (of various shapes and forms) for around 15 years ...(Click here for full bio and to view Kelly's upcoming courses)

Syllabus

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Week 1

  • Puppy development
  • Senior body changes
  • Fitness Foundation Skills: Targeting
  • Special conditions: TriPawd dogs

Week 2

  • Puppy Exercise: How much and what type? 
  • Senior support: complementary treatments and supplements 
  • Fitness foundation skills: Standing and Stillness
  • Fitness Foundation skills: Turning skills
  • Special conditions: Dogs with arthritis
  • Special conditions: Knee dogs

Week 3

  • How much is too much? How often should you do fitness? 
  • Fitness foundations: Positions
  • Fitness patterns: Cavaletti and movement patterns
  • Special conditions: Dogs with Hip Dysplasia

Week 4

  • Puppy hands on desensitisation
  • Massage and bodywork
  • Fitness Intermediate skills: Individual foot targeting
  • Fitness Intermediate skills: Position changes
  • Special conditions: Dwarf breeds (short legs, long backs) 

Week 5

  • Senior dogs: Why muscle mass matters
  • Puppies: Face targeting  
  • Fitness Intermediate skills: Active stretching
  • Special conditions: Giant breed dogs

Week 6

  •  Puppy progressions: where too and when? 
  •  Senior dogs: Proprioceptive enrichment 
  •  Fitness workout ideas
  •  Advancing fitness exercises appropriately 
  •  Special conditions: Common medical conditions and their considerations

 

Prerequisites and Equipment

There will be flexibility in the equipment required, and Kelly is happy to help students figure out the right equipment for their dogs and there specific needs. 

The basic requirements include: 

  • Two smaller non-slip stable platforms 
  • One longer, taller non slip platform
  • Two larget cones
  • Silicone textured target mats
  • Two bowls
  • More advanced dogs may need items with instability like a wobble cushion, foot pods etc. 
  • Cavaletti poles will be one exercise you may choose to do, and this need 8-12 poles. 

">Equipment requirements explanations

">Cavaletti explanation

 

Due to the nature of this class, it is reccomended that: 

 - Senior dogs have veterinary clearance for fitness exercises

 - Dogs with special conditions have veterinary clearance for fitness exercises (they should not be in the active rehabilitation phase of recovery)

If you have any questions about the suitability of this class with your dog, please contact Kelly. 

 

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Next session starts: April 1, 2026
Registration starts: March 22, 2026
Registration ends: April 15, 2026

Registration opens at 10:30am Pacific Time.

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