Puppy Walking Up Stairs

[ZEPING]

i have a 11wk old GSD ive let him walk up and down stairs

have i done to much damage is it to late to repair

another question is can i take him for walks??

and what other exersise can i use to wear him out other than training?

thanks so much everyone!!

(is the damage done is there anything i can do to reverse it? ?

[RoxyNHemi]

I dont think just general walking up and down stairs is a huge issue, but bounding up and down, racing up and down continually would.

Dont take my word for it, but my mums danes used to walk up and down a set of 5 stairs and they never had any damage resulting..

[ZEPING]

okiee youve sort of rested my fearfullness!!

but ive been taking him for walks and swims down at my local pond!

if that to much for him!??

[Alison]

I have to agree, if he isn't running up and down the stairs or jumping a heap of stairs at a time or falling down them i can't see how it would damage him?? I wouldn't let him go up and down them hundreds of times a day though. The best and only exercise a pup should get is self exercise. Let them exercise themselves, playing, etc. They will stop when they tire.

[KOE]

I have gsd's and lived in a house with 13 stairs and one is now 7 years old . My Vizsla lived there till she was 13 years and spent that time running up and down the same 13 steps.

[Flaves]

Keep the walks short swimming is great

Come on joing us in the GSD thread

http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?show...p;#entry3006381

[chuckie500]

I have two adult little dogs and live in a split level home so going up & down stairs is a regular common event. Is there soem problem with dogs going up & down stairs that i don't know about?

[ZEPING]

coz i s@$T my pants

ive done heaps of reserch and all the advice you guys have given me is spot on thanks a heap

and in regard to chuckie500 Posted 19th Sep 2008 - 08:46 AM

I have two adult little dogs and live in a split level home so going up & down stairs is a regular common event. Is there soem problem with dogs going up & down stairs that i don't know about?

no it more an issue with large dogs when there a puppy as it puts a large amount of stress on there growth plates??

no so much an issue if you dog grown up

[sheltiesrule]

We have 22 stairs and my sheltie has run up and down them for the the last 3 years since he was a pup and never had any problems, my only fear is him fallng down them as they are wooden and open tread.