K-9 Kamp Kounselor Delilah here letting you know this is the last week of this session of K-9 Kamp and that makes me sad.  I’ve had a lot of fun, writing these posts.

K-9 Kamp is designed to help folks get fit with their pups.  Hosted by our friends Koly and Felix at Kol’s Notes, Kelly and Ike at Peggy’s Pet Place and Gretel and Chester at You Did What With Your Weiner, it’s a blog hop that pulls us together to share ideas in how to get fit and healthy.

The Mama has tried super hard to make sure we’ve been doing a little bit extra this session.  Ever since June we’ve been losing a tiny bit of daylight every day.  As it stands now, we are still getting about 40 minutes of walking a day, but it’s definitely getting dark and I know the Mama, despite her bravado, is a little spooked in the woods at dusk.  In fact, the last couple of nights we’ve been spending more time in the field and less time in the woods.

I’m really quite okay with that, you see there are lots of dry leaves on the trails, which make it a bit slippery sometimes for the Mama to walk.  A couple of times I’ve felt her slip (you remember I can’t let her off her leash, because she cannot keep up) Sirius knows I don’t need her slipping and slamming her full weight into me, that could be quite dangerous.

Sampson and I do a little wrestling in the house, but I wanted to share with you a new indoor trick that we taught the Mama.

The key to teaching humans ANYTHING is to let them think they are in charge.  The Mama actually thinks she taught us this trick, but Sampson and I know better.

The trick is Stair Climbers and it works like this.  We stand at the top of the stairs and then we send the Mama down. When the Mama gets to the bottom, she calls us and we dash down the stairs and let the Mama give us a treat.

Then we send the Mama back up the stairs, she calls us and we dash back up the stairs.

As you can see in the video, the Mama still struggles rushing up or down the stairs, it’s probably due to her large, Hobbit feet, or her poor creaky knees.

It’s okay though, as long as she’s putting forth her best effort.  As you can see Sampson isn’t quite as adept at the stairs as I am, but he is a little bit older and not as enthusiastic about food as I am. You may notice my athleticism  as I jump the last step.

To recap the things we’ve done this month in our efforts to help the Mama get into shape and keep us fit and trim.

• We’ve played Frisbee (although the Mama’s attempts at throwing were feeble at best, we’re still saying she ‘threw’ it.)
• We chased tree rats, pulled the Mama up and down hills and climbed over and under obstacles on our walks.
• We taught the Mama how to jump the leash.
• The Mama learned how to fetch.
• And last but not least, we gave the Mama a run for her money on the stairs.

I hope you’ve found a few things here that will help you and yours (whether it be canine or human) do a little bit more than you are doing.  As you can see, there are so many ways to exercise, you are only limited by your mind.

This is the K-9 Kamp blog hop, and there are some great prizes for participants, you can find the rafflecopter here.

I’m keeping my paws crossed that the Mama will continue to let me do blog posts every now and again, this was fun!!

Until then, take care and stay fit!

Delilah