Deo my little terrier crossbreed is my oldest dog. He's currently 12 1/2 years old. Recently I retired him from agility. On his second to last show, he got a challenge. This brings his total of challenges pretty close to 90. This is, in my opinion, pretty amazing! In the last couple of years, every year, I've thought ' is this the year he retires ?'. It's been a deliberately gradual process, with first dropping out Intermediate agility runs, then all agility and only competing in Jumpers. His...

What is fascia? Fascia is the web of connective tissue in your body. It encloses and surrounds different structures like bones, organs, nerves, entire sections of the body (like the abdominal cavity), individual muscles and more. Fascia is a smooth flat tissue that is made of a large amount of collagen, elastin, a matrix like gel with a large amount of water, and some cells. The collagen fibres provide strength, the elastin fibres allow for flexibility and movement, and the matrix allows...

We've all heard this before right? Core strength is important. But did you ever wonder why? As a Canine Fitness, and Canine Rehabilitation Therapist I often see dogs with core weakness. This is (surprisingly for some people!) common in Border Collies in sports, who are GREAT at using momentum to move instead of engaging the core muscles. Almost every dog I see has one area of weakness in the core, wether that be related to a specific orthopaedic issue, or perhaps just structure. What is the...