The Days of Johann - an agility dog!

Posted by Animals at 4:14 AM Thursday, November 5, 2009

The Days of Johann - an agility dog!

Rock hard abs? Me?

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 10:41 AM PST

Most of you know that Mum and I have been constantly and consistently working on building my core strength after my iliopsoas pull and back strains over the past couple of years.

We've been doing a lot of balance ball work, (even doing begs and stands on the ball now), lots of begs with waves (which I can hold for over 30 secs now), and we've been doing a lot more hill hiking the past month. At least I'm not working on a Kettlebell like some humans do!

Anyhoo....the other day, Mum was looking at me standing in the yard, and I had a really nice stance. Back legs were further apart, my bum wasn't tucked under as much, and I was leaning forward just a tad more.

When I came inside, after some zoomies, Mum decided to stretch me out after my little workout. Something was very different. My abdominal muscles, if that's what you call them on a dog, were a lot more built up, for lack of better words. My tummy felt strong! And I just seemed to be more muscular all over.

Mum's thinking that all this core strength work may really be starting to pay off. I haven't had an 'long healing incident' in a long time, and I have a lot more tolerance for long activities (like those six miles hikes) without any effects at all. Heck, I even want to get my zoomies on after those long hikes.

Any thoughts about this core strength building I've been doing, and potentially apparent results from fellow active dogs/dog lovers out there? We'd love to hear if you have any thoughts to share.

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On another note....Mum and I have been working on a super secret project since Saturday! That's why we've been so hush, hush. Hoping we'll get to tell you all about it tomorrow or Friday!!! I can't wait!

Does this shirt make my head look big?

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 09:52 AM PST

Do you think this shirt makes my head look big? BOL!

Mum was complaining the other day about not having some nice warm sweatshirts for our hikes and walks the other day.

So what did I do? I told her to go and buy some of the new sweatshirts we made, well, duh! She did and we got them the other day. So excited!

She bought one of my Agility t-shirts too! I just had to try it on, to see how I looked, ya know?

Mum is absolutely loving the new sweatshirts. She got one of with a hood and some pockets on the front to carry extra treats for me and Gracie for our hike. She got that one in the "Save The Dog, Save The Planet" design. Then she got a regular sweatshirt in the "Reduce your Carbon Pawprint" design." Now, Mum's gonna have to do a Marketing Job Search and get another client! BOL!

Have to say that she looks pretty spiffy walking us. And lots of our neighbors are ooooing and ahhhhing over them too. Great quality, nice weight...just right for our Fall hikes and walks.

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