BACK TO NATURE
Khalid Marshall
Strayer University
English Composition 115
Dr. Gary Floden
August 27, 2015

BACK TO NATURE
“A tired dog is a good dog” says any dog person and “The more I learn about humans, the more I like my dog.” Mark Twain. This is why we spend our lives making sure that our dogs are healthy and strong. A fit body is more apt to fight disease and less likely to sustain common injuries associated with either, play, work or aging. At Sexy Bitch we make good dogs better. From hard working military and police canines to older or obese dogs to the Sexy Bitch going for her next show ribbon.
By providing individualized exercise plans we can help your K-9 prepare for their job or your plus sized pooch cut weight. We can cater to your dogs breed, age, weight, and or fitness level. Starting with lite walks we will assess your dog’s fitness levels and needs. We also require a veterinarian’s assessment to start the journey. From there we can offer a plan to address you pets’ needs such as conditioning, weight loss, weight management, or job readiness and performance. We specialize in a variety of works out from low impact to high intensity workouts for advanced candidates. Our facilities range from individual laps pools to full fledge breed specific course, such as earth dog or motorized lure coursing fields. We focus on not only what you want your dog to do but what they were bred to do.
Low impact aerobics and anaerobic workout plans for plus size or well-aged pets start with self-paced indoor electric walks and swimming. Each exercise session increasing as the animal gets stronger and more adjusted. Each also ends with a thorough rub down. As the workouts progress we offer such exercises as weight pulls, cart drafting, and sled pulls. Many of our routines can be done inside as to avoid the heat for pets that are susceptible to heat exhaustion or over-heating.
Individualized feeding plans help to create a healthy dog from the inside out. Remembering that all canines are descendants of the wolf we strive to feed them as such by feeding high quality Biologically Appropriate Raw Food (BARF) diets. All physical health starts from within and being that this is a natural true we think that feeding is as, if not more important than exercise itself. Many of the issues our pets have today are side effects of poor feeding thus many of the problems can be fixed simply by changing what we feed out animals. Take for instance allergies. Many of the allergies that pet owners deal with are from corn and or by-products in the food they feed.
Most people don’t have the time or knowledge to prepare nutritious balanced meals for their pets. Our facility has an on-site kitchen were we can prepare individualized meal specific to your dog’s needs or ailments. These meals can be ordered on site to be prepared while you wait or prepared for a day, week, or month. This approach allows even the pickiest of eaters to be catered to. This way of feeding usually helps get rid of the doggy smell, inching, many digestive issues, and adds a healthy sheen to the coat. It will increase energy and may add years to your dog’s life. As with humans obesity and lethargy can shorten your life, rob you of energy, and kill. “This increasingly common condition decreases a dog's life span, increases its risk for various cancers, and causes orthopedic problems—just to name a few of the possible sequelae.” --Dr. Karen Becker
A tired dog is a good dog. Just like as in humans we see that regular physical exercise helps to relief stress and anxiety, thus reducing issues with chewing, barking, and other issues that people have with their pets and their “bad” behavior. If we look at the beginning of the relationship between man and dog we see that dogs have always had a job. We bred dogs to have different traits and qualities to perform at certain jobs more proficiently.
Unfortunately, many of the jobs that the dogs were bred for no longer exist but the dogs still have and inherited need to do a certain thing. Here at Back to Natural we formulate routines to and challenges to get dogs healthy both physically and mentally by letting them do what it is that they are happy doing. This getting back to nature for a dog is essential to a balanced animal. We cannot expect a herding bred to not herd any more than we cannot expect a hunting dog not to hunt. Once your dog is active doing the thing that he is meant to do, your dog will become more balanced. This can be achieved through routine and training. This routine and exercise will help your dog with anxiety, stress, and pent up energy. For our aged companions exercise is important but less strenuous activity. As we see with humans, exercise and diet keep the body and mind strong, making it easier to enjoy life into our later years. We are less likely to experience atrophy, joint pains, and disease. Pets that are more active keep their youthful spark much later in life and may not need as much veterinarian care for preventable aliments. Diet and exercise alone will not guaranty a longer life but they do make the life lived better. Through offering breed, age, and health oriented exercises and diets we here at Back to Nature are striving to help our dogs live long healthy and happy lives, mind, body, and soul.