Saturday, December 17, 2011

Keep those feet moving! ;-)

I got Silvia Trkmans new DVD a few weeks ago,
Speed and Conditioning
I must say I am a big Silvia Trkman fan, so I like most of her stuff but I LOVED this DVD. I thought there were just some great ideas that are just things you can incorporate into your regular life, a few things to teach and think about, but basic stuff to keep your dog in shape and to encourage a more playful attitude of your dogs and to get dogs feeling like moving faster and having more fun.

http://www.lolabuland.com/
This is the link where you can buy the dvd if you are interested.

While you are on the sight check out the blog entry she wrote about being too slow for your dog. It came at a cool time because when I went to the Daisy Peel seminar in September she talked a lot about how if you just keep moving deliberately and don't stop, you can get to a lot of places that would surprise you and keep up much better then you think. Daisy showed us by making some people who could NOT get to where they needed to be for their dogs RUNNING as fast as they could,.....she made them WALK without stopping to the position they needed to be, and without exception the people had no trouble getting to where they needed to be when they were walking deliberately without stopping. It is a trippy concept that I have been trying to wrap my head around since I was at the seminar, so this blog entry was especially interesting to me.

Learning how to keep moving more and keep from planting my feet does not come naturally to me and it is a goal I am working on. It is AMAZING how I could SWEAR that I kept moving with out stopping only to watch the video where it looks like I am a tree with my feet firmly planted into the ground. I can not claim I am making a lot of progress but I am video taping my practice and really trying to become more aware ;-).

7 comments:

Sara said...

Silvia rocks, and she really understands dogs. I am anxious to watch this dvd! Glad to hear a good review.

Sagira said...

I need to order Jeremy some of these videos he would probably like them. :)

Steffi said...

I just got that DVD as well - I LOVE Silvia! And it is pretty amazing how I can feel like I'm out there running the whole time and when I go to check out my video I was barely jogging!

Laura and The Corgi, Toller, & Duck said...

I love Silvia! I'm hoping that video can be a christmas gift to me :)

Diana said...

Ive read really good things about that DVD too!! So exciting. Im glad you liked it! I have a tendancy to stand still to. I dont mean to and then all of a sudden, there I am, stuck standing still calling my dog or pulling with a shoulder. LOL

Unknown said...

I've watched her video once, she is fantastic! Rosie has been learning a lot from her too.

Chris and Ricky said...

Hearing lots of good stuff about Silvia's dvd. Very cool! Keep working on moving your feet and soon it will be second nature!