{"id":14257,"date":"2016-06-29T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/?p=14257"},"modified":"2016-06-29T00:40:39","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T04:40:39","slug":"a-gym-for-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/2016\/a-gym-for-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"A Gym For Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/062916_0435_AGymForDogs1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"639\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Remember that gym membership you signed up for but never use? If it&#8217;s any motivation, Steve Hendrix writes that there are dogs that have a more disciplined work out regime than you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Frolick Dogs Canine Sports Club is a 6,000 square foot air conditioned facility with personalized dog trainers.<\/li>\n<li>The trainers will help get your pooch in shape by having them run on doggie treadmills.<\/li>\n<li>There are also doggie balance balls so your pet can work on its core.<\/li>\n<li>All of this costs $50 a month.<\/li>\n<li>Pet owners argue that in the summer it&#8217;s dangerous for their dogs to run around in the heat, and so an in doors facility is a necessity.<\/li>\n<li>Others say that it&#8217;s a good service for elderly pet owners who may no longer have the energy to keep up with their pets&#8217; outdoors lifestyle.<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Like their best friends, dogs vary in their degree of motivation. Some will run on the treadmill for fun. Others require a treat be held just out of reach to encourage them to keep going.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more about the gym <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/a-gym-for-dogs-the-latest-addition-to-the-canine-industrial-complex\/2014\/07\/30\/31119d26-180b-11e4-9349-84d4a85be981_story.html\">here<\/a>. And find our entire series on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centives.net\/S\/tag\/pet-perks\/\">Pet Perks<\/a> which includes coverage of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centives.net\/S\/2012\/a-love-motel-for-dogs\/\">doggie love motels<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centives.net\/S\/2012\/the-doggie-menu\/\">doggie restaurants<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centives.net\/S\/2013\/lady-and-the-tramp-stamp\/\">doggie tattoos<\/a> over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centives.net\/S\/tag\/pet-perks\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/a-gym-for-dogs-the-latest-addition-to-the-canine-industrial-complex\/2014\/07\/30\/31119d26-180b-11e4-9349-84d4a85be981_story.html\">The Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember that gym membership you signed up for but never use? If it&#8217;s any motivation, Steve Hendrix writes that there are dogs that have a more disciplined work out regime than you: Frolick Dogs Canine Sports Club is a 6,000 square foot air conditioned facility with personalized dog trainers. The trainers will help get your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[43],"class_list":["post-14257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-bulletin","tag-pet-perks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/062916_0435_AGymForDogs1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14257"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14261,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14257\/revisions\/14261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}