RE: [PyrNet-L] physical activity

[Sherri Artz <SArtz@wiche.edu>]

Thanks, to everyone who gave me advice on exercise.  I have a few more
questions about my new and first pyr, Dumpling.  She is 14 weeks old now.
Her tail doesn't seem a fluffy as I expected.  Will this fill in later? Or
may I have another rat tail dog, (my chihuahua has no hair on his little rat
tail!)   Will her markings fade away?  The breeder said her mother had a
full mask and I saw her, she is now white as is her dad.  Her head has very
light badger shading almost creamy, but she has darker gray edges on her
ears and lighter gray faint almost like a blaze marking near her right eye
and a grayish patch above her tail. 

Can anyone share with me at what age I may want to begin letting her stay
out of her crate during the day?  I ask this of pyr owners, I have already
ask every other dog owner I know and realize it varies with each dog, but I
was hoping to get some ideas from you experiences.

Thanks,
Sherri
-----Original Message-----
From: Judith Stroh Miller [mailto:jsmiller@newmex.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 6:22 PM
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
Subject: Re: [PyrNet-L] physical activity




On 3 May 00, at 13:58, Sherri Artz wrote:

> I am pushing her too much?  At what age can I begin
> running with her, only a mile or two and I run very slow due to the
> altitude.  

My baby is 15 weeks and today we went for a slow walk around the 
plaza in town.  I waited a bit too long and it was warm.  It was also 
pyr nap time, so he was not too pleased. Parvo has been so bad here 
this spring that I have waited to get him out to socialize. The plaza 
is relatively safe to take wee pups. We are at 7000 ft elevation. Any 
strenuous exercise, such as running is best left until after 18 
months.  Up until that time bone and joint growth is so crucial, I 
don't even let mine jump in or out of a vehicle.  Those lovely 
morning walks are fun and pace the walk to the pups stamina.  
Everything I've read says activities such as jogging, biking and 
carting should not be started until they have passed that important 
bone growth.  BTW, tonight my baby is bouncing around, lively as 
ever.


Judith
jsmiller@newmex.com
Taos, New Mexico
http://home.flash.net/~pyrs/judy/judy.htm


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