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Sash is getting back to herself after not being well with her arthritis over Christmas,today it was lovely to see her running about on her walk like she was a pup again ,we have to get a few pound off her the vet advised us so we want to increase her length of walking time,she was getting only half an hour off lead,today we gave her 40 mins and she still was'nt tired when we brought her home,i dont want to push her too hard,what would you all say was the best way?

im sure she will soon realise when shes tired stella glad shes back to full staffy mode again

As Crystal says hun sure she will let you know when she has had enough. Best just increase time a little each week xx

mia never tires

thats the trouble Crystal she does'nt realize,she would be out all day if she could and then suffer for it later,i was thinking an extra 5 mins a day for 2-3 days and see how she handles it and increase it slowly ?

sounds ok to me

stella wrote:thats the trouble Crystal she does'nt realize,she would be out all day if she could and then suffer for it later,i was thinking an extra 5 mins a day for 2-3 days and see how she handles it and increase it slowly ?

That's what I would do Stella, just up it by 5 mins over a few days so that it's not such a big change for her.

thanks peeps just dont want to mess up her recovery up by pushing her too hard just to get a few pound of her

i would just give her low fat treats as well stella or cut down her food a wee bit that'll get the weight off as well done the same a few months ago myself as the vet told me to watch her weight i didnt think she was fat as well.

aww our oldies deserve a treat or 2

oh i dnt mean cut them out hen for instance i was giving mia about 5 -10 treats a day and cut it down to 2-3

lucky mia for getting that many treats a day,sash only has 2,she'd be heart broken if i cut them out

aww bless her i have a spoiled staffy

Have you thought about hydrotherapy? Or underwater treadmill. xx

yes Annie i'm just looking in to it,living on a small island there is only one place i have found that do it so far thou

speaking from experience i would try to limit the off lead running about time and supllement it with extra on lead walking time. running is high impact stress on arthritic joints and may compound the problem over time. i know it's hard because it's so good to see them running around like complete nutters but it is best in the long run.