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Hey, everyone.

Welcome to the Howanations Podcast.

I'm your host, Tony Peterson.

Today's episode is all about

how fit our dogs really are, how we can know how fit they are, and what we should be aware of when

it comes to thinking of our dogs as athletes. The early seasons are here. Some of us are hunting

teal or other puddle ducks. Some of us are chasing doves. Maybe you're

out west somewhere chasing sharpies. You know, pretty soon rough grouse of woodcock and pheasants

and quail and a whole host of waterfall are going to be on the menu and it's pretty awesome.

Because of this, we will ask a lot of our dogs, though, and they might deliver, or they might stall out,

and we might wonder why. This is natural, because we often think of our dogs as super athletes,

but it's not so simple. And the more that you understand about this, the better you can treat

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