06/14/2026
🤔How do you know when your dog is tired????
Most dogs want to please us and for us to be happy. Some also deeply love treats😉
👅I watch the degree of panting and 🐾quality of the exercise being preformed.
👅First, there is panting, then heavy panting (getting tired), then there is deep head down low panting (I did to much).
🔑The key is to stop before your dogs full tongue is out, head is low and they collapse.
🐾Quality of movements.
Just like in us, form is everything. Slow considerate movements mean more in rehabilitation and fitness than number of reps.
🐶If your dog is doing the exercise perfect and then starts to refuse or gets messy they are tired and need a break.
👀 To often we over look tired as task refusal or defiance instead of exhaustion.
🚫When in doubt take a break. For most dogs in rehab they only need a few minutes of quality exercise to be successful.
