Hill Work With Sherman (Video)

I’ve written many time how I implement hill work into Sherman’s exercise.

We started it pretty much as soon as he was recovered from his torn cruciate. It began as a low impact way to build back up his muscle mass in his rear legs.

It was one of the several treatments in his rehabilitation.

We’ve continued it over the years to help keep his muscles strong.

We normally do it 2-3 times a week. More in the Fall and Winter and less in the Summer.

Normally we do hills that are only about 5-7 feet tall and we do it about 4-5 times.

Lately we’ve upped the bar and moved onto a hill that is almost triple that.

It’s a small hill that we pass on our daily walks and it offers a nice grade for Sherman to climb up and climb down in a nice controlled motion.

I’ve been wanting to get a video of it for quite some time but my phone takes really crappy videos. Luckily, I got a new phone a few weeks ago so now I can do a lot more videos! (If you follow us on FB and Instagram you’ve probably already seen an increase in our videos because I’m having a blast with it!)

So this is a video I took yesterday of Sherman coming down the hill.

I couldn’t get him going up because he wouldn’t walk up the hill without me but it give you a could idea of how well he is able to control his motion going down and when he’s going up you can definitely tell that it’s giving his rear leg muscles a nice workout.

He pulled a Sherman (lazy) when I went down the hill to take the video but he got right up and came down when I called to him.

I swear we normally don’t take the time to lay down and enjoy the scenery but Sherman saw his opportunity and laid down with it 😉  Hahahaha.

So what do you think? Not bad for a 9 year old with osteoarthritis, right?

Of course we also have to give credit to our joint supplement, Natural Stride, for playing a very important role in keeping those joints in prime working condition over the last several years..

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