Sled dog breeding

[dainerra]

you can't use the treadmill to avoid "real" exercise. it will cause a lot of muscle problems in your dog.
it's also boring and can cause bad behaviors to escalate if you don't combine it with outdoor work and "brain training" The treadmill is only a supplement to conditioning a dog, not a replacement for other exercise.

For example: Singe does 20 minutes on the treadmill every other day. Every day he does running and playing in the yard while we do chores. Plays 20-30 mins of 2 ball Chuck-It. A bit of obedience work.
Once a week, we do an hour of socialization/obedience/whatever work at PetCo, the agility field, hiking or whatever. During the summer, we may spend 2-3 hours at the lake swimming and running around.
we're doing a bit less right now because it's so hot. 90+ at 5 am with high humidity.

Coyotes will definitely breed with her and she will most definitely let them.

 

[SternRose]

you can't use the treadmill to avoid "real" exercise. it will cause a lot of muscle problems in your dog.

it's also boring and can cause bad behaviors to escalate if you don't combine it with outdoor work and "brain training" The treadmill is only a supplement to conditioning a dog, not a replacement for other exercise.



For example: Singe does 20 minutes on the treadmill every other day. Every day he does running and playing in the yard while we do chores. Plays 20-30 mins of 2 ball Chuck-It. A bit of obedience work.

Once a week, we do an hour of socialization/obedience/whatever work at PetCo, the agility field, hiking or whatever. During the summer, we may spend 2-3 hours at the lake swimming and running around.

we're doing a bit less right now because it's so hot. 90+ at 5 am with high humidity.



Coyotes will definitely breed with her and she will most definitely let them.

i would never put that as just there excersize. our dogs play ball everydall and run an jump, ours are very active.

i hope she dont get preg.

 

[Americano Blue]

I'm so confused about my pack order now

 

[SternRose]

I'm so confused about my pack order now

Why

 

[Americano Blue]

Why

Adding Meringue has messed everything up. she has been challenging Chloe (chloe is alpha female) and cindy (cindy is beta). I think Meringue might be a Beta but I'm not sure because she will boss chloe around every now and then

 

[dainerra]

the problem with females is that it often isn't a "dominance" thing. There is a very very very old dog man saying "Males fight to breed. Bitches fight to breathe"

once a female has decided to fight another female, they generally can never be trusted again. That is why responsible breeders won't sell if there are going to be multiple females in the home unless they know the buyer and the dogs already in the home very well. It's just a bad combination.

"alpha" and "beta" are not really dynamics that humans can understand and interpret clearly. There is a lot of body language and scent markers going on in dogs that we can't even detect. Plus, it can be very fluid in different situations. One dog might be more dominant at feeding time while another is more dominant at play time. While the 3rd dog may be more interested in being the center of attention around people.

 

[Americano Blue]

the problem with females is that it often isn't a "dominance" thing. There is a very very very old dog man saying "Males fight to breed. Bitches fight to breathe"

once a female has decided to fight another female, they generally can never be trusted again. That is why responsible breeders won't sell if there are going to be multiple females in the home unless they know the buyer and the dogs already in the home very well. It's just a bad combination.

"alpha" and "beta" are not really dynamics that humans can understand and interpret clearly. There is a lot of body language and scent markers going on in dogs that we can't even detect. Plus, it can be very fluid in different situations. One dog might be more dominant at feeding time while another is more dominant at play time. While the 3rd dog may be more interested in being the center of attention around people.

my girls don't really "fight". its more just the "Hey knock it off" growl that a mother would use on her pups

 

[SternRose]

THAT'S NORMAL. Nothing to worry about.

 

[Starfire669]

Hmmm, one of my dogs would very rarely get an extremely painful leg. Always the same leg. Xrays showed nothing, manipulation showed nothing, we could never get him to show signs of pain. It continued, more xrays and still nothing. His painful attacks were not reproducible though I knew getting up from a down was involved.

Went to the vet school. Nothing on xrays there (my dog was now glowing in the dark!). Tried a wait and see, no good. Decided on what was at the time top tier tests (computer assisted tomography) and what the surgeon called opening it up and letting the ghost out.

Surgery revealed ... a broken process on one of the vertebrae that would occasionally move and rub against a nerve. That was one VERY irritated nerve. It was enlarged by the irritation and probably hurt all the time but was excruciating when the piece of bone rubbed against it. Then the piece would move back into place and not show up on xrays.

It was a lot of exams, xrays and finally "new" equipment and surgery that in this case could pretty much fix the problem.

It does sound like xrays would be a reasonable next step. She may be more painful today and showing it from the third vet poking and prodding.

Rimadyl is an NSAID similar to aspirin but more specific in what it targets in an attempt to prevent stomach damage and ulcers like aspirin can cause. It's great for use in dogs with osteoarthritis.

If she's not limping any more, I would venture to guess it is not the CCL. That causes pretty severe walking deficits. If she seems to have pain every now and then, it may be worth asking your vet about Rimadyl for some pain management. Low doses of aspirin do the job well, but shouldn't be over-used. Again, you could ask your vet what he/she thinks may be best for your dog's situation, but those are some ideas to help steer the conversation!

I took Fiona to my favorite vet, a mobile vet who has always been honest with me. She tested Fiona's legs and discovered that Fiona has more muscle on her right thigh, and while Fiona let the vet lift and manipulate her left leg, would no allow the vet to even lift the right leg, indicating that Fiona is putting all her weight on her right and that the issue is in her left leg. The vet says that if it is a CCL tear, it's only a partial tear, but she don't think so. She gave me the number to a vet that works with her to have Fiona scheduled for X-rays. But it's going to have to wait a bit, Fiona has a UTI and is now on antibiotics, and she was put on a NSAID. We are to wait till next month, keep Fiona on a diet and exercise program as she is now 102 pounds and needs to lose weight. Fiona will be seen again in 2 weeks to see how her UTI is, see if the NSAIDs have done any good, and see how her weight is. The big fear is putting an overweight dog with heartworms under for the X-rays.

 

[SternRose]

I took Fiona to my favorite vet, a mobile vet who has always been honest with me. She tested Fiona's legs and discovered that Fiona has more muscle on her right thigh, and while Fiona let the vet lift and manipulate her left leg, would no allow the vet to even lift the right leg, indicating that Fiona is putting all her weight on her right and that the issue is in her left leg. The vet says that if it is a CCL tear, it's only a partial tear, but she don't think so. She gave me the number to a vet that works with her to have Fiona scheduled for X-rays. But it's going to have to wait a bit, Fiona has a UTI and is now on antibiotics, and she was put on a NSAID. We are to wait till next month, keep Fiona on a diet and exercise program as she is now 102 pounds and needs to lose weight. Fiona will be seen again in 2 weeks to see how her UTI is, see if the NSAIDs have done any good, and see how her weight is. The big fear is putting an overweight dog with heartworms under for the X-rays.

My nebiors rotties are 125 and are all mucle, but they're from working lines. Wow that's alot for one dog. Poor puppy.