Exercise – Skinner's

Body condition – be the best!

Rebekah Thompson — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 13:56:37 +0000

Written by Rebekah Thompson, In-house Nutritionist, Skinner’s Our dogs are very important to us and of course we all want to take the best care of them. An important part of this is monitoring their weight and ensuring that they are at their ideal body condition as much as possible. An ideal body condition means less stress on body parts such as the organs and joints and can both encourage a…

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New year, new challenge- is it time to review your dog’s diet?

Hannah Aldridge — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 01:20:00 +0000

Written by Zoe Russell, BSc (Hons) Nutrition Officer, Skinner’s For many of us, we’ve thought about our New Year’s resolutions ready for the start of 2022. Lots of us make resolutions like ‘exercise more’ or ‘join a running club’, or ‘try a new sport’ to motivate us for the next 365 days. Being a dog-loving nation these resolutions often involve participation from our dogs who…

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Increased activity, increased nutrition?- Keeping the weight on

Georgie Skinner — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:49:36 +0000

Written by Zoe Russell BSc (Hons) Nutrition Officer, Skinner’s With the season underway, we will start to build our dog’s fitness levels in preparation for the upcoming months. This means adjusting the duration, frequency and intensity of their activity so they are prepared to meet the demands of the work ahead. For some dogs, perhaps those who are only working one…

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Body condition – Be the best!

Hannah Aldridge — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 10:17:36 +0000

Body condition is a term widely used when talking about pet health and diet, but do you really know what is meant by the term and how best to monitor body condition? Quite simply, body condition refers to the overall size and shape of an animal, considering how fit, conditioned and muscled an animal is (or indeed, isn’t!) When monitoring body condition, the process of “body condition scoring”…

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Using nutrition to support perfect performance

Hannah Aldridge — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 09:28:43 +0000

Skinner’s is proud to have a long heritage in fuelling working dogs by providing a range of complete diets. We continue to produce diets to support activity and performance for dogs of all breeds, types, sizes and activity levels. Some dogs undertake activity that is much more than the typical pet dog, and this is where an awareness of balancing input (i.e. food) with output (i.e. activity) is…

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Movement matters – Keeping joints healthy, the Skinner’s way!

Hannah Aldridge — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 09:15:09 +0000

Our dogs love to run and play. Keeping active is essential for their mental and physical health whether it’s retrieving their favourite toy, having a mad five minutes with a canine buddy, going for a long walk or keeping active in some other way – dogs love to move! However, movement and high levels of activity can come at a cost. Joint issues are one of the most common concerns that dog…

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Measure, Monitor, Manage – Part 1

Hiedi Hutchinson — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Written by Skinner’s Nutrition Team Obesity is ranked as one of the most significant human health issues. Similarly, obesity ranks as one of the most common forms of malnutrition in our dogs. Malnutrition I hear you say? How? Surely a malnourished animal is an underweight animal? Well, obesity (and indeed any animal carrying a little more bodyweight than they should) is indeed malnourished…

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Best National Parks for your pooch

Hiedi Hutchinson — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

We our so fortunate to be surrounded by beautiful walks. The UK is home to 15 National Parks, meaning that wherever you are in the country, you can be sure that to have a National park relatively close to you. To celebrate it being National Park Week this week, we thought we could give you our top 3 National Parks that you and your pooch can go and explore! South Downs National Park contains…

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These paws are made for walking…

Hiedi Hutchinson — Wed, 01 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

May is national walking month. Sometimes it is easy to forget just how good walking is. This got us thinking about the importance of walking not only for our pooches, but also for ourselves! It can be hard to feel motivated to do regular exercise. However, we have found the paw-fect personal trainers! Our pooches are ideal walking partners. There will always be a wagging tail ready and waiting…

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National Walking Month Competition

Hiedi Hutchinson — Wed, 01 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

This May, we are celebrating the fact that it is National Walking Month! We need exercise just as much as our pooches do, but sometimes it can get a little neglected. To encourage you to get out with your four-legged friend, we are running a very exciting competition. You will have the chance to WIN the following items: Not only can we measure the activity levels of humans through smart…

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