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Jumps: Enjoyable Exercise For Any Dog, Anywhere, Anytime

4/11/2014

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Typist: Bethany
Just look around your yard, house or neighborhood and there is something your dog can use as a jump. Wilhelm, Brychwyn and Huxley know the words "jump" and "over" not only for their many dog sports but also so we can navigate difficult terrain or weather while hiking. Plus, leaping over puddles, logs or curbs is very good exercise for all fit dogs!*
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Wilhelm jumps through the tire in agility.
There are a lot of resources on how to make your own agility, obedience and flyball jumps but I have never seen the need to spend money to make a jump when a jump can be made out of just about anything. Yesterday afternoon, our do-it-yourself jump was a bamboo pole on top of the dogs outdoor toy bin and a planter. Wilhelm, Brychwyn** and Huxley had a blast leaping the stick. Then they had fun tugging and chewing the bamboo.
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'R' Blood on the Tracks Boys are ready to jump!
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Brywchwyn jumps up...
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...and down!
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Huxley's graceful jump.
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Wilhelm prepares to jump...
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...really high!
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After jumping tug.
To practice the "over" command, I can make a low jump out of a variety of objects. Yesterdays do-it-yourself flat jump was simply the lid of a large container placed on the ground. I have used my backpack or a blanket as an "over" jump as well. "Over" is a leap I like the dogs to practice frequently because it comes in very useful when we encounter Cascadian puddles on our walks.
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Brychwyn jumps "over."
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"Over" is even fun for long-legged dogs like Huxley.
Jumps for your dog certainly don't need to be made by you. Cities have plenty of jumps to offer like curbs, walls, planters and breaks in the sidewalk. But nature offers the most available variety of jumps in the forms of roots, logs, limbs, shrubs, streams, rocks and, as mentioned before, our personal favorite, puddles. Jumps will increase your dogs heart rate* as well as add strength training and mental stimulation to any of your fit dog time. It is so easy to get in some extra fit dog time in your yard or while out on a walk with so many jumping options everywhere. Dogs can jump anytime, anywhere and they'll be joyfully fit too.
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Wilhelm leaps the stream.
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Brychwyn jumps over the pond's stream in our yard.
*Always consult with your veterinarian before beginning a new exercise routine with your dog or changing your dogs exercise routine. We recommend consulting with a professional dog trainer to make sure that a jump is the appropriate height and width for your dogs size, age and fitness level. For the dogs safety, frequent jumping and jump training should be done on soft surfaces like wood chips, saw dust, rubber mats, grass, sand, dirt, etc.
**I am very careful about the height of Brychwyn's jumps and how many he does so as not to aggravate his limp.
You can learn about using target training to teach your dog to go over jumps here.
Besides leaping onto people or the furniture, does your dog jump?
A to Z Challenge: Yesterday was I for Individuals: Tailor Training To Each Dogs Unique Personality, tomorrow is K for Kit: Updating Our Perfectly Complete Do-It-Yourself Pet First Aid Kit.
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Thank you to SlimDoggy, Peggy’s Pet Place and To Dog With Love for hosting the FitDog Friday blog hop. Every week, you are guaranteed to learn about dog health and fitness as well as get inspired to get out and exercise with your four legged best friend! Just click around on the blogs below:
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Molly The Wally link
4/10/2014 09:17:55 pm

That looks like fun and we have to admit being a bit envious as our garden is the size of a postage stamp so no real room to play about. Big sigh! Have a fabulous Friday.
Best wishes Molly

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Bethany
4/11/2014 01:12:25 am

I often think we have a tiny city lot but a small garden is better than none. Don't you get some leaps in while chasing tree rats at the park, Molly?

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Rebecca link
4/10/2014 11:25:18 pm

Looks like we had the same idea for the J today!! Jumping is wonderful exercise.

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Bethany
4/11/2014 01:36:02 am

Of course two collie people picked jumps for 'J!' Teach and Huxley would have never forgiven us if we didn't. :)

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Taryn link
4/10/2014 11:59:41 pm

Jimmy, being the agility dog that he is, had done lots of jumping. I try not to practice too much because it is hard on their joints, esp. with a corgi. Wilson is retired due to a bad shoulder (and age at this point).

One thing I would point out based on your photo, is that you really don't want to practice jumping on bricks, or any other hard packed surface, like sidewalks, patios, etc. It increases the impact on their legs significantly.

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Bethany
4/11/2014 01:04:21 am

Thank you SO much for pointing that out, Taryn. You are 100% correct! I tried to set up the jump so the dogs would land on the wood chips but frequent practice on bricks or concrete is bad. Each dog only did three jumps (at way less than than their regulation height) but I should have been more aware of the surface. I will add a reminder about that too the post disclaimer.

When I started training with Brychwyn, I had a lot of discussions with other corgi people about the need for corgis to get have breed exemption on the required height of their jumps (especially in obedience and rally!) And Brychwyn's shoulder issues are why he stopped doing agility. He still needs to practice jumps for other sports but we don't do much and we work very low. This is what other friends I have with senior corgis do too. It is nice for the dogs to continue to get the mental stimulation and have a little bit of safe fun. Even just stepping up and over counts as a jump!

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Roxy the traveling dog link
4/11/2014 12:00:50 am

They look like they are having a blast. Torrey is a big leaper and jumper when we are out hiking.

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Bethany
4/11/2014 01:37:40 am

I have never seen a mini-aussie jump but the way that the aussies in our agility classes effortlessly fly over everything, it makes me smile to think about tiny Torry flitting about the desert!

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SlimDoggy link
4/11/2014 01:27:10 am

Lots of excellent fitness today with jumping and jogging! Brychwyn looks so excited to be jumping over that bar...his eyes are just lit up! Great fun to be had a Cascadian Nomad camp! Thanks for joining the Hop.

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Bethany
4/11/2014 01:41:07 am

Brychwyn truly believes he can fly... that is one of the reasons I have to keep a close eye on how much jumping he does. Add some jumps into a jog (Wilhelm's favorite) or jog between jumps (Huxley's personal preference) and there will be fit dogs everywhere... people too!

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Nailah Bone link
4/11/2014 03:56:30 am

Nailah loves practicing her jumps around the city, too. :) I get her to go over fences, downed branches, and anything else we come across.

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Bethany
4/21/2014 04:34:15 pm

All of our agility instructors have had aussies- they jump so beautifully!

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Talent Hounds link
4/11/2014 08:25:12 am

Brychwyn has such beautiful eyes! Weather also looks lovely!

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Bethany
4/21/2014 04:35:56 pm

Thank you. Brychwyn's eyes are especially lovely when he is on a mission! And we have had a very fortunately lovely spring so far...

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2 Brown Dawgs link
4/11/2014 09:39:44 am

Great tips. Over our never ending winter, hubby set up some jumps in our basement and use them as part of his lining drills for handling. He used our easy up and boxes. The dogs had to jump over them to make the retrieve.

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Bethany
4/21/2014 04:37:53 pm

Very creative! I would love to practice jumps inside but our basement floor is bare concrete and there just isn't space on our hardwoods upstairs.

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Wallace and Samuel link
4/13/2014 03:24:25 pm

That looks like such fun...we need to get dad to organise some for us too.
Wally & Sammy

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Bethany
4/21/2014 04:39:07 pm

You two would love that flying feeling over a jump. I hope to see some photos!

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Baylee link
4/14/2014 04:14:19 am

I love puppies animals except cats frogs and cows an I want my puppies to learn how to do tricks.

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Bethany
4/21/2014 04:40:33 pm

Thanks for your comment Baylee. Jumps are an easy trick to teach since most dogs jump naturally! Puppies should not start learning jumps too young, though, it can hurt their growing bodies.

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