Jumping in mid air to catch a frisbee
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| I will need to defer to others for the current thinking on this,
but our first OES loved to play frisbee and did so safely for many years. He rarely did not catch it. He lived until he was 12 years old. Running after a ball was his second passion.... |
| Of my dogs only Rosco is that active; only occasionally will he come up limping but only for a short time and I think some of it is acting. After some extra attention and treats he seems to make a speedy recovery! |
| I'm with Zahra on this one. I don't have a clue but I'm curious to the answer. Not that Abby would ever try to catch a frisbee. The only way she would ever think about running after one is if the other dogs were after it. |
| Isn't Lennon the one who had dislocated his shoulder before? I would ask your vet... just to be on the safe side.... |
| That's correct, he actually broke his shoulder some time ago. The vet said his joint soldered back again greatly, he recovered about 95% of his mobility. His tendons are okay too, altough a little bit stiff in the winter, but some aspirin resolved the problem.
I'm a little concerned about the damage it could put on his joints because of the weigh, but otherwise he seems to be perfectly fine. He is extremely active and likes to jump a lot whenever he play, runs about 1/2 mile in the park, chases ball and other stuff. |
| I was just wondering this same thing!
Carl jumps and hops, sometimes higher than I am tall. Both of the other sheepdogs that we have had also hopped like a Tigger and we hadn't seen too much, damage-wise from them. Norman is goig on 12 and has some arthritis in his hips but we have done a lot of preventative work to maintain his hips. I also wonder if straight up and down hopping, ours used to do it at the fence, is different than running and jumping? Where's a dog orthopedist when we need one? |
| Before I say anything on the subject, let me tell you I don't own a sheepdog, but two mixes and a Lab.
Jumping is exercise for a dog. My terrier mix jumps to catch balls sometimes--in fact she did it today and sort of flipped over  --and hasn't had any problems. |
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