kobieholly

Thanks for your replys.... When we got back i made her comfy on her bed (hoping she would stay there). I checked on her awile ago and both of the dogs were playing tug-of-war with a rope toy. She isnt limping anymore, but will still keep an eye out and maybe a vet visit if its still sore tomorrow..

Hi, So today i took my two dogs down to the local oval/footy field to have a game of fetch and a run around. After about 5-10 mins of throwing the ball i notice my GSD wasn't very keen to play anymore and infact had stopped running. This is very unlike her, she normally has a drive for any type of throwing object. Anyway while i rounded up my baby back into the parm and had put both dogs back on lead, i started walking home, thinking that they had had enough and were tired. On our walk home my OH noticed our GSD was dragging both of her back legs and causing her nails to drag on the road and make a srcapping noise. We stopped and had a feel around but couldn't find any sore spots. Anyway we have been home a few hours and she is laying out the back, seems to be quite comfortable. So my question is.....Is it bad for their legs to play fetch??? My OH says we shouldn't play it, but i don't normally play in our yard as there are too many things to run/jump over, hence why we went down to the oval. Both of the dogs just love playing... It appears that she is okay, I'll keep a close eye on her though. Anyone had a bad experience while playing fetch with there dog?

Hi Everyone, I have just joined these forums and was after a bit of advice. I have two dogs, a 4yr old Lab (Holly), and a 3yr old German Shepherd (Kobie) both females. We adopted the Lab when she was 1. Okay, a bit of background info.....When we got the Lab she was very overweight, dominate and could be quite aggressive towards other animals. She was never walked and was teased by the kids in the previous family. Our German Shepherd was only 6mths old at the time and the Lab was dominate to her. From day dot they have been best friends. Although the Lab of course dominate. If left unsupervised, Holly will finsih her food and then dive straight into Kobie's bowl. Kobie will just let her and walk away. Its the same when i give them bones. Holly will always end up with two. Three months after adopting Holly, we took both dogs to a trainer. They both sit, stay, drop and heel. A huge improvment for Holly. So for the past 3 years my husband and i have lived out in the country on a large block. Most days i would walk the dogs for about an hour (on the days that i didn't, the yard was big enough the play fetch), but as it was in the country we would walk along a long straight road, and obviously not see much apart from sheep and cows, and the occasional dog, in a yard and sometimes off lead. Whenever we spotted a dog, Holly would start pulling, growling and barking, and all that we and her learnt in training would just not work. I guess in the end, we would drag her away and get on with our walk. Sometimes a dog would be walked past our house and both dogs would bark, but apart from me occasionally trying to distract them it only lasted a minute. Visits to the vet have always been a nightmare, and to get Holly inside without her spotting any other animal was a mission, but we did it. 14moths ago i had a baby, and really wanted to keep both dogs apart of our little family. At first Holly was very stand offish with the bub, but as the bub got older, crawling, walking ect she is pretty good with him. Fast forward to now.......3 months ago, my husband got a transfer and we now live in Goulburn NSW. We have a pretty decent size yard but nowhere near as big as the country. Too small to play fetch. Now when we walk the dogs, she pulls and pulls and ignores basic commands. She walks with her tail upright and chest out and appears to be on egde. She will attempt to fight other dogs that we see, we tend to change direction to avoid any incident. What used to be a pleasant walk is now just impossible. She is continually pulling to sniff and barks at cars driving past. I know the major thing is she is just not socialised to anything, but how do you do it when it seems she just wants to attack other dogs. There is no dog park or any park for that matter that has dogs there. There are no clubs that i know of. She is also becoming extremly desctuctive at home. Pulling washing off the line and shredding it (she hasn't done this for years). We still give them lots of attention everyday. She rips her bedding up and is overall being very dominate. She is even eating her own and Kobies poo. Actually as soon as Kobie is finished, Holly rushes over to eat it. Its really gross. I have taken her to the vet to be checked out and all is fine. Although her whole life she has shown dominace and aggression, its getting worse and i just really need advice to help it stop. I would love to be able to take her for a stress free walk and around other dogs. I might add, when we take her back to my parents house, we have taken her to a dog beach and my husband let her off lead...AND...she was fine with all of the dogs, infact played happily...I know for a fact that if one of those dogs had of shown a little dominance towards her we might of had a dog fight on our hands. Most of the time, she is a typical Lab...with a beautiful personality and very playful but all of the bad behaviour is out waying the good at the moment. I would love to keep her forever, but its really putting some strain on my marriage......Thanks for reading..i would love some advice, or anyone in Goulburn thats wants to meet up??? Thanks again and sorry for the essay long post.