Conditioning Your Working Dog: Miles, Rest, and Progress

A working dog's condition is built quietly, in the weeks nobody is watching. The trap is inconsistency in both directions: too little, and they lose the base; too much without rest, and you invite injury.

The Sniff and Shift App tracks real mileage on every Sniffari and keeps the history, so the week's true workload is a number, not a guess. Trend it, balance hard days against recovery, and watch weight against a calorie target on the health dashboard. Excess weight alone can cost a dog working years, so keeping them lean is part of conditioning, not separate from it.

The Sniff and Shift App launches this August. join the pit crew for launch-day alerts, and stock up on single-ingredient treats for the co-pilot in the meantime.