Dog Running Into Loungeroom Table

[Melissa4]

Hi AGAIN all

Sorry about another post - I seem to have alot to ask.

My dog Ralph always seems to hit his head on the loungeroom table.

When he is playing with my other pup at inside time, he tends to gallop across the loungeroom and ends up mis judging the entry to under the lougeroom table. The other day, he did hit it quite hard, he just shook it off (literally) and just kept play. Naturally, I thought he may have hurt himself quite seriously, all he had was a little bump, and seemed focused (well as focused as he can be) and no pain on the head when I touched it. It's interesting.

Any ideas on how to stop it?

cheers

[becks]

Easiest way is to move the table out of his way! Or block the route he takes to run under the table.

[Erny]

Remember that pups are pretty 'all over the place' when they play. They don't have the best co-ordination nor the best distance judgment. Either work so your pup learns not to be 'crazy' in the house or rooms where there are so many objects he can hurt himself on, or, if you are going to be ok with that (ie him being 'crazy' inside the house) for the rest of your pup's life, protect your pup from harm by modifying the placement of your furniture to suit (or at least putting something there so that any bumps are not going to actually harm him).

Personally, I prefer dogs to learn that 'zoomies' and rough play are outdoor activities rather than indoor activities as there are often times when the rough stuff is simply not convenient, nor, as you have found out, safe.

Edited November 21, 2008 by Erny

[VJB]

It's like toddler proofing your house :rolleyes: I let a certain amount of zoomies happen, but send my dog out when it starts getting out of hand. She ends up putting us in danger as well as herself.

I would move the table for now. Before too long, you will notice that they get better with their judgement and it is less of an issue. We had polished floors through most of our house, and were not

really in the position to get it carpeted...(pup kept slipping and had hurt herself, though not severe) so hubby went to bunnings and got some interesting looking "bunnings carpet" on a roll. I'm not loving it

style wise, but it sure beats having a major accident and then a huge vet bill

[Erny]

It's like toddler proofing your house :rolleyes: I let a certain amount of zoomies happen, but send my dog out when it starts getting out of hand. She ends up putting us in danger as well as herself.

I would move the table for now. Before too long, you will notice that they get better with their judgement and it is less of an issue. We had polished floors through most of our house, and were not

really in the position to get it carpeted...(pup kept slipping and had hurt herself, though not severe) so hubby went to bunnings and got some interesting looking "bunnings carpet" on a roll. I'm not loving it

style wise, but it sure beats having a major accident and then a huge vet bill

I too, after spending a fortune in having polished floor boards included in my home, now have "Clark Rubber" carpet (rubber backed) covering the most of it. And the lovely tiles in the laundry (which is where pup is fed and also leads out to the back yard, so he is a bit inclined to scoot through there quite a bit) is covered with "Bunnings" rubber mats for tiles. And the quite large espanse of under cover decking, wooden floor lovingly oiled over the years to keep it nice, is mostly now covered with "Bunnings" black rubber matting for decking & boats.

But like you .... it's a tonne better than pup doing damage to himself.

[VJB]

It's like toddler proofing your house :rolleyes: I let a certain amount of zoomies happen, but send my dog out when it starts getting out of hand. She ends up putting us in danger as well as herself.

I would move the table for now. Before too long, you will notice that they get better with their judgement and it is less of an issue. We had polished floors through most of our house, and were not

really in the position to get it carpeted...(pup kept slipping and had hurt herself, though not severe) so hubby went to bunnings and got some interesting looking "bunnings carpet" on a roll. I'm not loving it

style wise, but it sure beats having a major accident and then a huge vet bill

I too, after spending a fortune in having polished floor boards included in my home, now have "Clark Rubber" carpet (rubber backed) covering the most of it. And the lovely tiles in the laundry (which is where pup is fed and also leads out to the back yard, so he is a bit inclined to scoot through there quite a bit) is covered with "Bunnings" rubber mats for tiles. And the quite large espanse of under cover decking, wooden floor lovingly oiled over the years to keep it nice, is mostly now covered with "Bunnings" black rubber matting for decking & boats.

But like you .... it's a tonne better than pup doing damage to himself.

AH HA!! Thats what its called...... Bunnings black rubber matting for decking and boats......that's the stuff in my house!! ;) covering my nice floor boards. Hubby was never really that good

at decorating interior design skills... I should have gone with him, as all I could do is "grin" when he arrived home with it.