CYC Blog

Proprioception - a critical element to your patient’s home exercise plan. Without proprioception a dog is unlikely to be successful at loading a limb, strengthening and increasing ROM. A quick refresher in the sub modalities of proprioception – Proprioception is the...

Consent in canine conditioning throws up a lot of questions. What do we mean by consent-based training? Is it possible to gain consent when training your dog? Does gaining consent make a difference to training? What does canine consent look like? Why do we want to...

An exercise we use a lot with our clients from the CYC platform is the grounding exercise. This exercise can often be accompanied with the weight-shifting and limb stroking exercises (also demonstrated on the platform in clear videos, with training tips), for a really...

Standing in a square stand, in good form, on foot targets with light baited head movements left and right...doesn't look like much, but this is a hugely effective and deceptively difficult conditioning exercise, which has a wide range of benefits! Conditioning...

In the majority of the exercises on the CYC platform, stable surfaces are chosen over unstable (eg donuts, peanuts, wobble cushions and boards). Where unstable surfaces are used, these are as an advanced progression of stable surface exercises. Whilst we as CYC...

Part of our “Spotlight On” series – a look at individual exercises available on the CYC platform; their benefits, and how they can help your patients in their rehab programme.  The balanced lead walking exercise pyramid is made up of 2 videos. The first video...

Part of our “Spotlight On” series – a look at individual exercises available on the CYC platform; their benefits, and how they can help your patients in their rehab programme. The “Pivot” exercise pyramid starts at a basic level...

A huge benefit of the CYC platform is the Training Tips that accompany each video. These break down how to train the exercise safely and effectively, and also trouble shoot common problems that could be faced. Subscribers can pause and rewind the videos as much as...

At a quick glance this dog is in good form, however on closer inspection you can see the head is too high, there is a dip in the T7/T8 region, the pelvis looks higher than the shoulder with a slight caudal weight shift. This is mainly caused by incorrect reward...

As a canine therapist, we know your time is precious and is best spent working with your owners and their dogs. For that reason, we have designed the Conditioning Your Canine Platform to be as user-friendly as possible. Your subscription gives you access not only to...