How do you guys exercise your GSDs? I have a pitbull, and I'm lookin' for more exercises for her.

This post has been edited by freakfingers12: Dec 9 2009, 09:00 PM

My 12 years GSD suffer from Hip dysplasia since early this year, now he totally cannot move at all. I'm so sad and pity abt him. So can surgical operation save him and how much does it cost? Please tell me.

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Added on December 10, 2009, 9:49 pmnever mind already since my dog has passed away peacefully on 10 December 2009 8.00pm. May blessing be with him........

This post has been edited by shin gouki: Dec 10 2009, 09:49 PM

sorry to hear that.. but age is catching up on him.. 12 year for dog = human age 120 quite long life already

hope he will recover soon

sorry to notice this a bit late. usually for older dogs for large breed the owner tend to gives glucosamine to help with the hd. how much does it help, i really dont know. usually at 12 years, better dont operate. might be too stressful too. by the way, what cause the death? hd??

wah dog also can eat glucosamine?

dog can eat glocosamine too. petshop tend to sell them and some dog kibble contain glucosamine for aging dogs.

I got a GSD whose born last year December. Great dog Overly friendly, but has a scary outlook.

The thing I'm puzzled is that... When we got him, he had 2 testicles but as he grew older, 1 of them went missing and now his still pees like a girl.

Owh well.. his still a sweet dog.
His name in his MKA cert is Love Bucket Shadow and we call him Ace.

so geng ah? testicles went missing??

hi,

so i assume your dog is around 1 year old now? when you got him, how many months is he? if i remember correctly, once the balls is in place ( 5-6 weeks) the ring will slowly close and the balls will not be able to move up or down anymore. which they will be in the sag. but for your case, i believe the balls could move up to the abdomen when the ring not fully closed yet. as for peeing like a girl, 1 year old dog still do that. so it is perfectly normal. so dogs take longer time to matured. love bucket shadow,, wow. what a name, i wonder who is the breeder? now time to show us the ACE pics...lol

yep yep!! pic time!!

meet Ace

Photo taken with an ultra wide angle lens.


And here's a proper photo of him haha



We got him when he was 2months + and the ball only went missing around 5-6months~

I must admit that his a brilliant dog. When he was younger he use to follow us around watching us do things like gardening... the next morning you'll see him emulate what you did last night. The only problem is that he does not know how to do gardening, take out the trash, clean the fish pond etc... right. hahaha.

Now however his been really nice, often very sweet sitting beside us just wanting us to manja him and all.

I have miniature pincher as well and he gets really excited when I let them out to play with him. He even pretends to lose to them in games... I wonder why though as he grew bigger then Min Pin no longer wants to play with him that much because of his brute strength. Often he just come crashing into them, hurting them. Still however, when they end up fighting, he'd definitely give in.

This post has been edited by lilac: Dec 13 2009, 10:07 PM

usually age factor is the deciding force for dogs. an younger dog usually gives in. my male is twice the size of my female but she is still the king here. but you can see the play getting rougher as my male mature. hope no major fights. very nice pics. the first one really scared me. i thought WHY YOUR GSD LOOK LIKE MICKEY MOUSE?/ ahahhaha. i think i see a pond in the first pics? your dog swim inside?

lol, mickey mouse "
but the 1st pic indeed looks a bit weird. looks so thin.
the 2nd photo looks so nice and macho. nice one.

shin gouki: Sorry to hear that.But 12 years old is very hard for him to recover from HD.But you still can try by getting advice from the vet.Hope it recover soon.My GSD 10month old liow also have HD,lucky we notice it in young age.So my GSD both legs have HD,is a sad thing to say...but we will always help him to recover.And he have both legs operation,he just done the 2nd leg few days ago.He have to suffer another round.We hope he recover soon.

guy... i need opinions... hahah

i work from 8.00am to 8.00pm.. do you think i'm suitable to keep a GSD? as i known they need accompanion..

how many meal they take each day?

i can buy a auto dog feeder for gsd therefore feeding lunch is not a big problem..

the problem is can i left gsd alone in my house when i go to work?

i damn interested in this dog lar... really dont want to miss this chance.. any suggestion or recommendation??

(p/s: no point to hire a person to take care gsd)

well..i dont recommend u to have GSD when u dont have much time for him..
GSD r unlike those toy dog..
they need exercise n place for them to run around..
besides.. u need to train him to poo n stuff.. but u dont have the time for it..
therefore, i would say NO

u can always bring them for a walk b4 and after work.
they need at least 1 or 2 hours walk at least once a day.
if u think u can do this then i don't c y u canot hv a GSD.
of cuz u can train them after your work.
but when they r small they do need more attentions.
if u have the extra money then mayb u can send them for the obedience training.

Hi,

do you work mon- sun? if you dont work on weekend, then i guess with a little extra time spend before and after work on weekday should be fine. maybe wake up a bit early and feed and then walk the dog at night. weekend then play more lo. i also work 9-6 weekday. puppy usually take 2 meal a day and once adult can feed once a day. if look thin then feed more. no direct rule for this. hope you realize your dream soon.

but how to train them? how dare am i to leave them for 10 hours during the 1st week i bought them? they duno anything..

ya... puppies need more attention therefore i'm afraid got no time to take care

u can always ask the help from your family to obedience train them.

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Added on January 1, 2010, 11:56 amHello all GSD and owners!!! Happy New Year..

This post has been edited by Ah_Chuan: Jan 1 2010, 11:56 AM