Hi all, it's still Sunday here in the UK , but I think some of you are waking up already to Monday and I want you to be able to start the challenge as soon as you want to dive in.... I'm a certified canine conditioning coach here in the UK, I've qualified from The Canine Conditioning Academy which is a level 4 diploma. We are looking at one of the exercises from my foundation course which is our side steps. It's a great exercise and all you need is some treats and a dog. It works the adductors and abductor in both the hind and fire legs, the glutes, the side abdominals and the iliopsoas, so for such a simple exercise it is quite the work out. If this is new to your dog, reward anything that looks like a sideways movement and build on that. We don't want to push our dogs, but moving towards them into their space can encourage the sideways movement we are after. If you can side steps already, you can take it out and about with you, uneven surfaces, going up and down a slope. I have other options if you find this easy ☺️ Show me what you can do and I'll give you feedback.

Our next challenge is run by @Fiona Austin a Certified Canine Conditioning coach. Starting on 6th July! It’s time to get involved, get active and share your journey 🙌 I’m soooo excited to learn from Fiona about Canine Conditioning.

If you could choose one skill to have absolutely perfect with your dog every time what would it be?

I'm curious about people's views on this. I've always had a dog sleep with me until I had to make a change because my dog Silver used to disrupt my sleep so much it got ridiculous. Lyon has been with me since early May and has been in a crate overnight since then but I've been feeling a bit like I'm doing what I should instead of what I want. I'm going to see if he will settle with me tonight I think....

I was hoping for more engagement but I also understand life happens. Here is one post for the rest of the days so I don’t spam the group. Feel free to post in comments 😊 I have found huge benefits with daily training and it only takes 3min.