Re: [PyrNet-L] swimming/exercise

[maryellen <maryellen@imag.net>]

thanks for all the info  re pyrs  and  water.   any info i have read on
them  doesnt  say  any thing about them liking  water  this is a good thing
 to no.  i  quess  that the more  u  expose them to water  the  more  they
would  not be  scared of it and  start to like  it.  
thanks for the info


At 12:36 PM 7/3/99 +1200, you wrote:
>That's a great idea Cindy.  Many of the large breed dogs seem to lack muscle
>and I've often wondered if this is the reason that a cruciate can rupture so
>easily. Muscle is needed to support the frame but so often we are wary to
>start exercising our puppies because of the growth problems and they don't
>develop enough muscle as youngsters so when they do hoon around as young
>adults or have heaps of exercise and road work which they are not used to,
>then  these things can happen. A Senior Allbreeds Judge told me years ago
>that the best form of building muscle is to start off slowly walking a
>youngster on a grass/sand surface and then later on on a harder surface
>(road,footpath). No running or jogging but brisk walking. This he said was
>how Greyhounds had muscle built up slowly. I often see 5 Greyhounds out
>walking with the trainer in the morning and I think back to what I was told.
>And yes I did do what he said and noticed a difference in the muscle tone
>later on, but the dog was 12months old.
>Jan
>Jan Chaplin Ariege-Roussillon Pyreneans
>visit PMDC Site at http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Zoo/6339/
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