Proprioception fun!

After a day of being a crazy puppy, we took inspiration from the seminar we attended at the SMART clinic back in February with Char, and did some basic proprioception work. We made it super fun of course and she got lots of treats.

I set up some stuff in our front yard (she can't go in the big garden yet as it's waaaay too exciting!) including:

• A group of different surfaces including foil, a carrier bag, some bubble wrap, some newspaper, an ikea bag and some polythene
• Some very small poles in a pile, some crossing each other etc.
• Jet's wobble cushion
• A plant pot

We did a selection of things with each, like walking over the different surfaces to get her used to not always walking on grass or carpet. Then we walked her very slowly through the poles, so she had to think about where all her legs were at once - she did some very high stepping with her back legs, so at least she knows she has them lol! She learnt how to "step up" on the wobble cushion and plant pot which was super duper fun.

She really enjoyed all this lot, especially as it came accompanied by treats. In the end she kept going back and slowly walking through the poles herself in the attempt of another treat, and I'd turn my back to find her stood on the wobble cushion.

She's so much fun!

Another picture, can't resist: