 to allow the dogs to stretch and really move all those muscles. You know, sometimes we might live with a dog that was originally bred to race and hunt and all these things, and they come into our 60 by 80 backyard and they don't get that opportunity. So it's really important to keep those muscles in good shape. Exercise is critical, but so is massage. According to the studies, massaging can help improve the range of motion and also in the future keep them a lot more agile as they age.