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Post by doximum on Aug 2, 2013 9:06:43 GMT -7
It's been over a year since Molly has recovered walking after crate rest having two compressed discs. She's not fully recovered, having a slight hunchback (we have had two prior dogs recover from IVDD the conservative route and their backs never appeared the same after). Her companion, Dolly passed away earlier this year and we just rescued a dachshund mix, six month-old pup, Maggie another female. It will be a few weeks until we can enroll the new girl into an obedience class and we have no idea what her life was before we adopted her. She can be very aggressive in her playing with Molly. Molly tries to act like a puppy too, rolling around and pouncing on the new girl. I know it says on the Dodgerlist that rough housing is off now after IVDD. I've read that the playing is supposed to be the way Molly and Maggie are bonding. What is a good way to intercept the rough playing and still allow them to bond? I do try to walk them together but combined they are the worst walkers who feed off each other's reactive barking- escalating each other. Molly has always barked at other dogs and pulled on the leash. Has anyone had success with an "easy walk" harness after IVDD or is it unsafe? I'm also guessing that the head harnesses are unsafe too? If anyone has any experiences to share about adopting new "pups" with their IVDD dog or behavioral tips I most welcome it.
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Post by Pauliana on Aug 2, 2013 20:52:59 GMT -7
Welcome to Dodgerslist, my name is Pauliana, what is your name? I would tend to let them play together only when they are not being rough. They are still getting to know each other and they are sorting out who is boss and so forth.. Be watchful when they are playing and don't let it get out of hand or Molly could get hurt.. I think I would walk them separately. Here is some information and pictures on harnesses that we recommend. Hope this helps.  Harness fit You want the neck part of the harness to sit on the boney structure of the shoulders not the weaker soft tissue of the throat. Any pulling should be against the strong upper chest/shoulder area. Here is a picture showing how a harness should sit on the shoulders and chest.   |
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Post by doximum on Aug 6, 2013 7:34:35 GMT -7
Thanks for the info Paulina, my name is Ann. I've been doing my best to keep the the play to low level but I think they are going to constantly do that "dominance" play since both their personalities tend to dominate. I was using the Puppia harness which fits and works perfectly. The only problem is that Molly is so stubborn that she pulls and I haven't found a good method to correct this. She could care less about calling her back with a treat because she is usually too focused on trying to run.
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