Subject: RE: Another running with dog question Yup, agree with BBD and Dgunthert. Growth plates not closed are prone to injury. Good that you were on a track/grass though, that's softer on the joints and pads. And actually, while they sometimes seem to have some tiny amount of quittin' sense to lay down or stop, they don't really always use it. My corgi stayed with my in-laws for the weekend several years back, and they had a pool. Some friends were over with their kids in the pool. My corgi thought he was in heaven running and barking and chasing the kids and the water... and running and running, and no one noticed that he had ran his feet bloody on the poolside surface until there were lots of bloody footprints. My in-laws felt terrible, the vet could do nothing, and he literally laid on his side the rest of the weekend. His dish was brought to him, he ate laying down. To eliminate, he was carried outside, he stood in the spot he was set down in and peed/etc. Then stood there until he was carried back in and he laid on his side. Poor little idiot. So if something is really interesting - they got no quittin' sense at all. |