melissa bishop Webboard User Reg: 11-16-2016
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My question concerns my 9 month old GSD Inga. She weighs almost 70lbs. She is not fat, you can feel her ribs. I put her into a down stay I walk an 1/8th of a mile up a country dirt road that goes through this ranch. Then I give the come command and she runs with great power as fast as she can and sits. She might do this run two or three times in a session. She also runs from one hill to another, again, at distance.
Is this too much for her hip joints at this age? Recently she jumps through hoops but it is only a 2' jump. I really enjoy training Inga. She also loads up and off loads from a pickup truck bed. Previously I had lifted her down as I felt it was too much. Both her parents have good hips. She comes from Croatian lines.
melissa bishop Webboard User Reg: 11-16-2016
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Yes I have done that. She loads up jumping onto the tailgate but I pick her down. At what age can a young GSD safely do everything? Rowdy flirt pole works looks like it might be hard on the joints. Running at top speed for a distance on soft footing- she weighs 70lbs at 10 months and I wonder if this is OK.
Jumping on a tailgate is hard on the hips. Jumping down is hard on the elbows.
I've never had any real issue with low jumping or running but the quick twisting and turning as in chasing a ball or flirt pole can be hard on the joints.
Putting a date on it would probably be better answered by a vet as to when the growth plates close.
My guess is 20 - 24 months with a GSD if the dog's muscles are slowly developed and the weight is kept on the lean side.
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Oh God. I have ordered a flirt pole, recieved it a few days ago but haven't used it yet.
I wanted it for the one of my Pits, who doesn't react on a tug, ball on a string or any another toy. I can not play hide and seek with her, no retrieve, she just doesn't pick up any object (except food of course).
Recently someone recommended me to use a flirt pole, in the meaning this might animate her to grasp. But now after reading your comments, Bob and Betty, I ask myself, if I should better leave it. She is healthy, her bonés are developped (4yrs) but she has 40kg and I don't want her to get problems in the long run with her joints.
In the evening my dogs have their crazy half an hour. Then they chase each other like fools in full speed, making curves and circles like tilting trains, but tilting in a much more extreme angle. Should I better avoid this too?
“If you can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs, then you are a leader” – Rudyard Kipling
At four yrs old she's not going to develop any issues now in relation to working the flirt pole.
The concerns are only for young dog's that are still developing physically or dogs with existing issues relating to structure or other physical problems.
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