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knobbles Member Posts: 61 |
posted 02-02-2004 12:30 PM
hi, Someone told me you shouldn't let puppies run until a certain age until their muscles develop properly. Is this true??? And if so what age? I didn't think this was true when they told me as I'd never heard of this before... IP: Logged |
Maisey Member Posts: 1387 |
posted 02-02-2004 12:37 PM
You can allow your puppies to run and play naturally. If you have large breed puppies you should not allow them to do things like jumping alot, in and out of a truck or car, up and down stairs, over jumps in sports, repetitive stuff, jumping on and off decks that sort of thing. I was told that the amount of time you should limit this kind of behavior depended on the breed,as some breeds physically mature faster than others. I limited my Catahoula X carefully until he was a year, he is only 14 months now and i am still careful with him but I let him jump in and out of my truck, mostly because i just can't lift him anymore! Slippery floors such as tile should be avoided too. Maybe someone else with more specific or accurate info will pitch in here. IP: Logged |
knobbles Member Posts: 61 |
posted 02-03-2004 04:04 AM
Thanks for your reply Maisy, My little pup is a dobermann. We have quite 'high stepped' stairs leading to the back which she can just get up and down... and we also have floorboards and tiles which are quite slippery. I'm a bit worried now- is this ok for this breed? I know they are not extra large dogs. I don't think I can carry her up and down the steps every time she needs to go outside for the next year!! IP: Logged |
susan_cude@hotmail.com Member Posts: 813 |
posted 02-03-2004 09:57 AM
Hi, I don't think you need to worry, they are steps right? he's not jumping down to the bottom without using them. I personaly have never heard of puppies not running, but Maisey makes a good point. I have a mini dauchy so I have to be careful with her because of the way she's built (long back) just keep an eye on him, and perhaps you could put some throw rugs on the slippery floor. In my opinion, he'll be fine! but that is just my opinion, I'm no expert. Good luck! Susan IP: Logged |
Maisey Member Posts: 1387 |
posted 02-03-2004 11:24 AM
Just make her walk up and down the steps and no racing through the house. I think there are some Dobie people on this board who may be able to add something. I found this on a site for Golden retreivers, but the info is true for any breed of large puppy and your Dobie is a large breed. Exercise This site had lots of good information on it for new puppy owners as well, I did not read all of it and didn't agree with some of it, as always read for yourself and decide for yourself what makes sense for you and your pup. http://www.briergoldens.com/puppy_faq.htm It's not that you should go overboard trying to limit your pup, let him play naturally, but things that you might do everyday...like I always take my pup to work with me, in fact I take him just about everywhere, I drive a truck so it's quite a jump for him to get into the cab or the back. Jumping up and down in and out of the truck would have been repetitive jolting on his joints,if I had let him do it everyday everytime we got in or out. He is 14 months old now and starting flyball training, I am still not letting him do repetitive things. He is learning to jump over the jumps but at their lowest setting and just to teach him the pattern, not at full speed. You don't want to do forced excersize, like taking your puppy jogging on the road or starting a sport too soon. It's just an ounce of prevention now, can prevent some of the orthopedic problems later. IP: Logged |
susan_cude@hotmail.com Member Posts: 813 |
posted 02-03-2004 02:39 PM
Good info Maisey, Thanks! Mine are small as you know, but some of that still applies. IP: Logged |
knobbles Member Posts: 61 |
posted 02-03-2004 06:09 PM
Thanks again! So much info- so helpful. That's made me feel better... sounds like just a bit of common sense. I'll have to do something about the stairs though, my other dog jumps to the side of them coz he cant be bothered walking up and down properly, and I'm sure the other will do the same when she grows up. I worry about my precious dogs so much and it's very disturbing hearing all those nasty stories of people wanting to harm dogs. I haven't heard any stories like the poisoned hotdogs or slashing over here (Oz), but we do worry about people trying to bait our dogs over the fence so they can break in, we don't live in the safest town. Anyway, thanks again! IP: Logged |
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