I took Harley for a walk through the woods today with my hubby . It was very very muddy and great fun. For the first time ever, Harley jumped in the stream and thought it was great fun so went back several more times. It wasn't deep enough to swim, and it was freezing, but it was great to see her having fun with water I was very proud of her today as she came back every time I called her, only jumped on 1 person out of about 15 (I had 8 different dogs jump up at me!). She would run ahead a bit, but would stop and wait for us to catch up. I'm so proud and it was great to show my hubby the progress we have made
Re: Walk in the woods Thats great to read , I love a country walk with my dogs , its so good when they show signs of really responding to commands , makes all the training well worth while Just a little word of caution re freezing cold water , if she were to swim in it or really go in deep , there is a condition called Cold Tail or Swimmers Tail and as indicated , it affects the tail , its a muscular syndrome which, given time will heal well but can be painful for the dog and usually caused by swimming in freezing cold water x
Re: Walk in the woods Thanks Kate, I didn't know that : I will definitely bear that in mind for the future. Luckily we weren't out much longer after she had her dip, and we got her bathed and dried within half hour I am now chilling at home with the heating on and Harley snuggled up to me sound asleep
Re: Walk in the woods [quote author=kateincornwall link=topic=3995.msg46365#msg46365 date=1389535165] Just a little word of caution re freezing cold water , if she were to swim in it or really go in deep , there is a condition called Cold Tail or Swimmers Tail and as indicated , it affects the tail , its a muscular syndrome which, given time will heal well but can be painful for the dog and usually caused by swimming in freezing cold water x [/quote] this can ALSO happen if a young pup wags its tail frenziedly for a long period of time... when we had our yellow male and he was around 6 months old, my son turned 3 and had a BIG outdoor birthday party - half a dozen other lads and lasses romping around in the yard with my pup, and his tail a mile a minute the whole 3-hour duration of the party... the next day he could barely lift his tail, much less wag it!!!! i think he thought it was worth it!
Re: Walk in the woods and older ones...Cuillin got it at nearly two years old from too much chasing football games (a Big Favourite)...much OTT waggage and that night her tail went completely limp and obvioulsy rather sore. she was not a happy girl...happily cleared up within two days and the wag was back.
