Kangaroo K9 Conditioning

27/05/2026

Online Training is coming….
Post videos for twice weekly feedback
Two dogs per subscription, option to add more.
More information coming soon.

20/05/2026

I had to find a different way to teach Thistle to bow as he’s very wiggly with a food lure and my hand doesn’t fit between his front legs.
First two sessions with a target stick.
He’s quite vocal when doing nose targets😂

18/05/2026

Freshly recovered platforms ready for this afternoon’s workshops

14/05/2026

Monday 18th May
One space left at 3.45 pm
Old Amersham HP7

https://bookwhen.com/kangarook9

11/05/2026

When things aren’t quite right.
This was Spryte a few months ago.

He’d had a sore toe which had settled with active rest, PEMF and laser about 4-6 weeks prior, X-rays on his feet and carpi had been clear, we got no further than that as his sedation wore off rather rapidly in a way only Spryte could and has done in the past! He was reactive to one particular toe being palpated. If it hadn’t settled down we’d have referred for further diagnostics. So when this ‘weirdness’ happened he’d finally been back off lead on walk for a couple of weeks.

I’d noticed he’d suddenly stopped jumping and sitting on the sofa and was choosing a bed on the floor he’s never really used. Then within a few days we had this, and a similar behaviour when going up the stairs. He would climb on the sofa with encouragement but not jump.
My immediate thoughts were that he’d injured himself again, mostly worried about his iliopsoas due to his previous injury history.
Physio couldn’t find anything down there, Vets could find some tension in his back, physio agreed and maybe in his neck. Nothing else obvious on full clinical exam, he was very good to be examined.
So we added in some PEMF, heat packing etc and he got really stressed and started trembling, which is really abnormal for him. We’d already done some bloods, literally nothing exciting or vaguely interestingly. We tried to do an abdominal ultrasound, (I got paranoid about spleens), he got super stressed when trying to ask him to lie on his side, really odd behaviour, scanned him standing - nothing interesting.
So we had a bit of anomaly, continued with gentle heat packing for a few more days as he was starting to let me do it without panicking. Then suddenly an answer! I’ll leave you to make suggestions.
This all occurred over about 3/4 weeks, from the start of the odd behaviour.

09/05/2026

My own dogs’ conditioning has struggled somewhat over the last few months. Initially triggered by Spryte having a sore toe and then once recovered some weird behavioural/ activity changes that took some time to get to the bottom of. I’ve also been struggling a bit with feeling rubbish and fatigued. So the motivation to get the fitness stuff out in an evening has been beyond me.

I have just had a week of annual leave and although I’ve not done what I planned I feel much more motivated and with a little more energy.
So finally I will get going with my plans for the business.

I made a decision yesterday which lead to this little unplanned session and some cool cavaletti. Spryte has never been to this field before and only rarely to our old field next door so was super pleased with his focus.
These poles are 24 inches apart, I will start to increase this to work on more extension now, and maybe some curves for flexion.
Love his concentration face.

05/04/2026

New dates available for booking:
April 27th
May 18th
June 29th

https://bookwhen.com/kangarook9

Old Amersham, HP7

18/03/2026

A small snippet of V’Ariel from last week.
Love how effortless this is for her.

08/02/2026

01/06/2025

I have a few spaces left on 16th June:
3.30 pm - spaces
4.45 pm - full
Old Amersham, Bucks, HP7

Suitable for all ages as long as generally fit and well.

https://bookwhen.com/kangarook9