{"id":73360,"date":"2026-08-01T10:48:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=73360"},"modified":"2026-08-01T10:48:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:48:02","slug":"is-walking-your-dog-enough-inside-singapores-dog-gym-with-treadmills-and-swimming-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=73360","title":{"rendered":"Is walking your dog enough? Inside Singapore&#8217;s dog gym with treadmills and swimming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>First-time swimmers wear life jackets or are gradually introduced to the water on a surf board, allowing coaches to assess how comfortable they are before swimming independently. A transparent viewing panel allows coaches to observe each dog&#8217;s movement underwater, helping them tailor programmes that target cardiovascular fitness, explosiveness and overall strength.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just one minute of swimming equates to four minutes of running,&#8221; said Stephen Cranston, founder and director at Barker &amp; Pooch.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike hydrotherapy pools, Barker &amp; Pooch&#8217;s pool is deliberately kept cool rather than heated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Temperature is a problem for dogs in Singapore. They tend to reach heat fatigue long before they reach muscle fatigue, so the training effect is compromised, which then compromises fitness and, ultimately, their health,&#8221; Cranston explained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com\/living\/barker-pooch-canine-fitness-singapore-dog-gym-586716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First-time swimmers wear life jackets or are gradually introduced to the water on a surf board, allowing coaches to assess how comfortable they are before&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/73361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}