Subtitle: A Complete Guide to Sports Dog Fitness
Author: Lowri Davies, in association with the Smart Clinic
Keeping your dog fit, preventing injury, and aiding recovery are of paramount importance to all canine sports competitors. For many years, the canine competition world lagged behind other sports, relying on makeshift methods and half-understood truths, yet still expecting dogs to reach their full athletic potential. But now we know better! Leading sports dog vet Lowri Davies and her Smart Clinic team offer outstanding advice on every aspect of preparing and caring for the canine competitor.
Starting from puppyhood, Lowri examines the mental and physical attributes that are needed in the prospective sports dog. She looks at the requirements of diet and at exercise regimes, showing how balance, coordination, and proprioception can be developed in the young dog. Training and fitness programs are detailed with special attention to how a dog can acquire the strength, power, and core stability needed for a career in agility.
Lowri goes on to examines the reason why sports dogs under-perform and suffer injury and how this can be prevented. She offers comprehensive coverage of common injuries and how to treat them, including detailed analysis of physiotherapy techniques such as acupuncture, chiropractic, electro-therapies, and hydrotherapy. Finally, Lowri outlines the therapeutic exercises that you can work on with your dog, giving step-by-step instructions to ensure you achieve maximum benefits with minimal risk.
Illustrated with top-quality color photography, Care of the Canine Athlete is a must-have for all those in the competition world who want to get the best from their dog, and offer the finest care in return.
About the Author
Lowri Davies BVSc Dip ACVSMR MRCVS CCRP graduated from Bristol Veterinary School in 1992. She is founder and director of the SMART Veterinary Clinics, specialist rehabilitation and sports medicine centres based in South Wales in the United Kingdom. The clinics are widely acknowledged as the leading sports medicine facilities for dogs in the UK.
Lowri is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, one of only three such specialists in the UK. She also has a postgraduate qualification in veterinary acupuncture, awarded by the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society, and in canine rehabilitation from the University of Tennessee in 2005. She is past president of the Association of British Veterinary Acupuncturists and is currently president of the British Veterinary Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Association.
Lowri is a member of the International Association for the Study of Pain, the NOI (neuro-orthopaedic institute) and associate member of the Royal Society of Medicine. She has lectured internationally on rehabilitation and sports medicine, including developing and teaching the rehabilitation elective programme at Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. Lowri has contributed to numerous publications on rehabilitation and pain management and written chapters on Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine for various textbooks including the recently published Pain Management in Veterinary Species.
Format: Paperback, Full Color
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