The Agility Advantage (Health and Fitness for the Canine Athlete), by Chris Zink, is a prize-winning book. It’ss great to see a comprehensive book on dog agility, by an expert, being so recognized.

Here is what’s in the book… quite a range of topics:

Introduction to the Agility Dog
How Dogs Look
How Dogs Move

Getting Started
Picking a Performance Partner
Your Pup and Parvo
Early Spay-Neuter: Considerations for the Canine Athlete
Puppy Exercise

Nutrition Nuggets
Food Facts
Water, Water
What Is an Ideal Weight?

Exercise for Agility Dogs
Exercise: How Much and What Kind?
Indoor Exercises
To Tread or Not to Tread
Cross Training
Front Leg Exercises
Fetch and Tug
Before and After Exercise
I Can’t Run

Musculoskeletal Problems: Diagnosis, Treatment,
and Rehabilitation
Spotting Lameness
Recommended Health Checks
Dogwalk Slips
A-frame Heights
Darn Those Slats!
Cranial Cruciate Ligament Rupture: Prevention and Repair
Cranial Cruciate Ligament Rehabilitation
Flashy Heeler
Carpal Arthritis
Hyperextension of the Hock
Dog Podiatry
Knocked Bars

Diseases and Conditions of Agility Dogs
Travel Stress
Hot, Hot, Hot
Hypothyroidism
Addison’s Disease
Canine Influenza

Agility Seniors
Too Old?
Best Exercise to Promote Longevity

Author Christine Zink is both a veterinarian and a Ph.D. She consults on many aspects of sports medicine for dogs and she is skilled at creating training and conditioning programs for individual dogs. She teaches workshops too. I was impressed that she has won over seventy title in agility, obedience, tracking, and conformation with a wide variety of dogs. She has also written several other books.

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