health maintenance

[jmg]

how often , if ever , is your dog injured?

[Marinepits]

My dogs are very athletic so they are constantly crashing into things (or thru things) and pulling muscles or getting scraped up. None of them know how to run UP the stairs -- they run AT the stairs, bounce off, then walk up.

Shorty broke a foot when she caught her frisbee in mid-flight and bounced off a tree. No more frisbee for her! :D

Mac ate a tennis ball (WHOLE) that had to be surgically removed from his intestines when he was about 9 months old. The vet came out of the surgery to show me the ball and it truly was whole, only one small split in it. She had never seen anything like that! No more tennis balls for him! :D

Katy has either damaged her ACL or patella or both-- she's going back to the vet in a few days for follow-up tests and then we'll know what type of surgery she will have.

It's like having a house full of perpetual 3 year old boys.....:rolleyes:

[RobDar]

Has my dog been injured?
Does running around like complete idiots chasing a REALLY dumb rabbit (who built a nest on the property of a Beagle rescue...duh!) and running head long into the side of my van count?
...like they did realize the rabbit was shorter and could fit under...
3 Beagles...Whap...Whap...Whap....

or are we talking vet visit kind of stuff?
I we are talking slight injuries due to complete stupidity...I am not sure I could type that much

[Rio&Nickysmommy]

Injuries: Rio has chronic injuries to his legs because he jumps around like a lunatic when he see's squirrels in the trees. He has pulled his leg so many times and I rush him to the vet. We now have a routine where at night I massgae his legs and muscles. He hasn't had anything very serious just pulls and strains which I guess are serious but he is always running around.
His brother Nicky has not been hurt. How I do not know he runs up stairs and trips on his face and everything else. He is very clumsy at times. Like Marinepits said- I also have two boys and they keep me going but I love them.
Rio&Nickysmommy

[portraitz]

Awww, can't vote! Otto had his ear bitten by a GSD he was playing with. He also overdoes when his friend, Chloe, a chocolate lab, visits my next door neighbor. Chloe is a little bigger and younger than he is, but he has to show her he is FASTER!