Re: Dogs and Trail Riding

["Jerry Fruth" <hikryrdg@evansville.net>]

Hey, I would not train without my Mary Belle!!! She is a  Austalian
Shepherd!!!
She goes every where with me!!!
Diane Fruth ..Hickory Ridge...Standing JABASK KNIGHT...
On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, Chris Paus wrote...
>My black lab, Bubba, the hound dog, Duke, and neighbor's golden retriever,
>Santa, all follow me on all my training rides. They love it. They get quite
>upset when the see Star go in the trailer because they know they will be
>left behind. They get some aches and pains now and then, but they are dogs
>and need to get out and go.
>
>chris paus & star
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>At 08:58 AM 1/19/98 -0500, Patti_Carey@IIMAK.CCMAIL.compuserve.com wrote:
>>     Good Mornin'!
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>>     I'm going to test the limits here of ridecamp, and see if we don't get
>>     kicked out for asking a non-related question, but I imagine a lot of
>>     you have had the same situation.
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>>     We have two GREAT trail dogs, who go out with us on all of our
>>     conditioning rides (and whine miserably back in camp when we leave
>>     them while competing).
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>>     The younger of the two is a black lab cross (and is so injury prone
>>     --impalings on branches, porcupines, tangles with farm equipment,
>>     stepped on by the lead horse on a ride, etc.-- that there was a time
>>     we called her 'Deathwish Deva', who last week ripped her dewclaw while
>>     playing.  Our vet wrapped it up, gave us some antibiotics, and made a
>>     surgery appointment for us for TOMORROW to have both dewclaws removed
>>     (since we do so much riding thru woods with the dogs).  She'll be on
>>     'restricted activity' for two weeks, during which it will be difficult
>>     to determine who will go lulu first, the dog (from lack of exercise)
>>     or us (from having to put up with same).
>>
>>     So, here's the question.  Should we do it?  Have any of you done the
>>     same?  Any warnings, words of wisdom, or suggestions?
>>
>>     To avoid clogging up the BB, please e-mail me directly at
>>     patti_carey@iimak.ccmail.compuserve.com.  THANK YOU!!!   Sorry for the
>>     non-equine question.
>>
>>     -- Patti and (its-been-over-a-year-since-I've-required-surgery) Deva
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