What Your Dog Knows About Your Body

(This article has been updated as of Dec 4, 2020. Covid has now dramatically accelerated the already growing trend toward online wellness coaching and age group-specific guidance on healthy habits. To address these needs directly I have launched a comprehensive online program for Boomers like me with my longtime colleague and favorite healthy eating expert , Anne Moselle, R.D. Check it out here.)

Your pooch doesn’t look at his rump in the mirror and worry that it’s too big.

She doesn’t get discouraged when her body slows down and she can’t quite keep up with the ice cream man when he comes to your street anymore.

He eats what he needs, and when you give him something special, he doesn’t wonder if he deserves it.

When you want to take her outside to sweat and get dirty, she’s all in.

If she gets hurt, she licks her wounds, and then gets on with her day.

He knows his body was meant to move, so he keeps it moving as long and as much as he can.

When she’s surrounded by peers, she doesn’t measure herself by the others, she just explores and digs the vibe.

He wants you to share the joy of romping and climbing up the side of a hill with him.

She rests when she needs to, so she can walk with you tomorrow… if you ask.

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Dan Taylor, ACE, NASM-CPT, is owner and head trainer at Pleasanton-based Tri Valley Trainer. They provide personal training and small group fitness solutions at their studio and a premium, innovative, medically endorsed web-based group coaching wellness program for the over-fifty tribe.