Choosing the kind of workout activities you like and ensuring your pet gets the much-needed exercise from it is important for your dog in order to boost their immunity, prevent various health complications, help them maintain a healthy weight by keeping them active, healthy and fit even into their old age. Also for humans, having a workout partner is one way to achieve massive success when it comes to staying fit, but who says that work out partner as to be a human or that you can’t turn the exercise routine into play time.

To help you achieve this, we have gone ahead to research and round up some of the best fun exercise routines you can apply to help keep both you and your pet healthy and active. However, taking your time to gradually introduce your pet to whichever new exercise program you choose is important in order to help them get used to it and build the stamina for it. So don’t worry if your dog seems overly out of breath, disoriented or panting heavily after the exercises, they will gradually get used to it. You also want to ensure any exercise program you choose can be flexible and adaptable to the weather conditions, so you don’t want to end up doing outdoor activities on very hot days.

With all that said and gotten out of the way, let’s get to our list of the best fun exercise routines you can start with your pet right away.

Indoor Exercises

1. Exercise your dog by running him up and down the stairs

This is one of the best ways to keep your dog fit. The stairs as a workout for your dog can offer amazing benefits in helping your pet develop really strong muscles and the added challenge and difficulty the steps and elevation offers makes it even better to really help keep them strong. The best way to carry out this exercise is by simply playing fetch. It requires little effort from you because you will be standing at the top of the stairs and throwing your dog a toy to fetch from downstairs. A few rounds of this game and he will be worn out.

2. Exercise your dog by hiding his treats and making him work to find them

You can simply help your dog exercise and sharpen his hunting, sniffing and predatory instincts by simply taking a variety of his favorite treats and hiding them. You can hide them in difficult corners to find and behind obstacles around the house. You can rest assured that after climbing through or pushing different obstacles, lifting and walking all about, your dog should be physically tired and fully exercised by the time he finally finds all the treats.

3. Exercise your dog’s teeth and stamina with a little tug of war

You can carry out a little tug of war with your pet in order to exercise him but you need to be careful about this kind of exercise because it brings out the predatory instincts in your dog and should only be done if you have full control and trust in your dog to obey your commands. But if done right this exercise can help you strengthen his teeth muscles and work on his stamina and strength.

Outdoor exercise

1. Go for an early morning jog or cycling

You can achieve health fitness for both you and your dog. Early morning jogs will help get the blood flowing and the muscles well used and exercised. It will also help increase the heartbeat leading to more intake of oxygen, this is very useful for ensuring the brain functions well.

2. Go for a social walk in the park

You can also decide to take it slow by heading out to the park to have some chill time with your dog. While at the park you can play fetch with your dog or let them play with and socialize with other dogs. This not only helps in keeping them physically fit, but also works wonders on them mentally.

3. Take your dog swimming

One of the best ways to exercise your dog while still having fun is through swimming. Swimming allows you both to have and cool off during the hot summer months while still ensuring your pet gets the optimal exercise they need. While in the water, they constantly flex their muscles by constantly paddling with their legs in order to stay afloat. However, you would want to ensure your dog knows how to swim first.

November is the national cancer month for pets including cats and dogs so lets spread the word around for cancer-stricken pets. Cancer is the leading disease affecting cats and dogs with many falling prey to this infamous disease. So let’s collectively move mountains to save our furry friends from being cancer-ridden and how best to protect them from this calamity.

Cancer fatally strikes dogs and cats, more than any other disease, especially overweight and genetically prone breeds. Ask any dog owner as to what he fears most for his pet, he will promptly say cancer. Because cancer kills and can be the leading cause of death in dogs, snuffing out their lives in an indiscriminate fashion. Both cats and dogs contract skin, bone or organ cancer. Dogs develop cancer of the lymph nodes, mammary gland tumors in unneutered female dogs and soft tissue cancer. Cats on the other hand suffer from skin cancer, mammary cancer and adenocarcinomas ( Cancer of the lungs and intestines).

Dogs and Cats with cancer portray similar symptoms as on display by humans:
They include:

• Wounds and sore points that heal very slowly or do not heal at all.
• Sudden drastic weight loss
• Odd strong odors coming from your pet
• Unusual discharge of blood from nostrils, ears and anus.
• Problems with chewing

Pets with early or middle-stage cancer may reduce their level of physical activity and refuse to go on walks, they once enjoyed. Some lumps on the body or swelling under the skin may occur depending on the type of cancer they are suffering from.
The earlier cancer is diagnosed in the pets, the better will be the outcome of the treatment. Surgical removal of tumors is the recommended treatment followed by laser therapy if cancer stricken cells pertain to one area of the body. Widespread tumors receive systematic treatment supported by aggressive chemotherapy and surgery if necessary.

How to decrease the possibility of cancer striking your pet? Does your pet including dogs and cats get their teeth brushed regularly and do they receive regular check-ups. Do the pet cats and dogs get a wholesome balanced diet. These factors can help in reducing the pets from becoming cancer-stricken.

You should work with the best veterinary clinical teams this side of town and have the services of the best pet advocate to help coordinate care functions in an orderly and systematic manner. They should have years of experience under their belt.
Do you know that 10 million dogs and cats buckle under with cancer which means that so many dog owners are burdened with the task of treating them.

It is forestalled that one in four pets will develop cancer. It is noted that cancer stricken dogs will use up carbohydrates, fats and proteins in a different way than its healthy peers. In many cases, cancer-stricken dogs will exhibit cancer-cachexia, a condition where dogs reduce weight despite being fed enough nutrients.

Many cancers pose dangers to the lives of the pets so post-regimens should include making the remaining days for the dog memorable by focusing on the best quality of life for the dog.