help with my lovely dog...

[dagmar88]

Or find a second hand treadmill. I don't think it's healty to put more weight on her, as it strains the joints.
From what I hear, I do think it has to do with exercise; a dog needs to walk in order to keep him sane.
Our 5 month old puppy gets walked at least 1,5 hours a day and way longer on sunday. Sunday is doggy day over here

@ kittywings; when playing tug of war the first thing you teach your dog is drop it... (and the first thing you should teach anyone who has a dog & child is not to leave the both of them out of their sight)

We play tug & war with Charlie all the time and she will growl, shake er tail so hard her bum wiggles too and jump on top of us to nibble at our ears; but at any moment in time we tell her to 'calm done, game is over', she'll stop right away.
We don't let her win, when we ask her to drop it she will and we throw the toy in her basket...
So I don't believe you've got anything to worry about :wink:

 

[rupertspal42]

you guys are great!

 

[kittywings]

I don't think it's healty to put more weight on her, as it strains the joints.
From what I hear, I do think it has to do with exercise; a dog needs to walk in order to keep him sane.
Our 5 month old puppy gets walked at least 1,5 hours a day and way longer on sunday. Sunday is doggy day over here

@ kittywings; when playing tug of war the first thing you teach your dog is drop it... (and the first thing you should teach anyone who has a dog & child is not to leave the both of them out of their sight)

We play tug & war with Charlie all the time and she will growl, shake er tail so hard her bum wiggles too and jump on top of us to nibble at our ears; but at any moment in time we tell her to 'calm done, game is over', she'll stop right away.
We don't let her win, when we ask her to drop it she will and we throw the toy in her basket...
So I don't believe you've got anything to worry about :wink:

LOL, I don't think the weight vests are THAT heavy... it's mostly for people who don't have the time/inclination to walk their dog ENOUGH but the extra weight tires them out faster. I haven't used one, just saw it on the Dog Whisperer.

Your way of tug of war sounds good, I just think some people don't work with their dogs that much and that can be a problem then. And like I said, as much as I want to be consistent with our dog... DH always manages to mess it up! His excuse is always ... "but, it's Bazzybear!"

 

[IanT]

lol ....

You know I just got a vision in my head of a dog running with 4 of those ankle weight things runners use... lol .... that would be nuuuuts...
:shock:

 

[kittywings]

 

[dagmar88]

I'm sorry, I once had a huuuuge dog with big joint problems. I kept him very, very lean. So that was the first thing I thought of

 

[kittywings]

I'm sorry, I once had a huuuuge dog with big joint problems. I kept him very, very lean. So that was the first thing I thought of

It's a good point to be made though, it might cause issues with some dogs!

 

[rupertspal42]

this seems to be a great thread we have going, everyone gets to put in their opinions and everyone gets to read them lol I think this really helps me see all points of views!