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11-09-2008, 02:17 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: great lakes state
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| How high is too high? Jumping off furn. ect.. My Addison has gained weight, doing great and ALL puppy now. Frisky, happy and attitude! A fun boy indeed. He even has the CAT snowballed into playing with him for a min or two before the cat rolls over and falls asleep ignoring him entirely. This drives him crazy and a few barks wont even revive the cats interest. Its very funny. Back to my question: His is approx 9 inches high and 9 lbs. Bright eyes, coat and seemingly very happy now. Well due to his excellent transition, he now not only follows us everywhere, but jumps on the couch, chair and our California King bed. My question is this: he is active and strong, however how high is too high? I have tried putting a small stepping stool (like used in a kitchen for a toddler) but he avoids it at all costs. He loves our bed the most and it has become his "personal playground" but upon our leaving the bedroom (I normally take him off the bed myself) but he takes a running leap and off he goes! This also happens off of our steps of our deck to get to the "potty" area, he often skips the steps and fly's threw the air until ground level. I worry about back issues. Is there a height maximum for the safety or their spine or other injuries? My mother had a dachshund for seventeen years until she passed. She suffered a back injury and had to take medications the last four years of her life (she jumped of the deck of our parents home on a lake, through the slats of the new railing) yelped, and was taken to vet to find out she had herniated disk. They installed window screen on all slats and this solved the problem, but Cricket was on pain meds for many years, but still enoyed the life or riley... :-) she was loved deeply. Thank you in advance for you advice-he is a little larger, does that improve his chances/safety for jumping heights? I have made resting areas for him and he now feels they are his peaceful area, next to my working areas... however, every now and then the race is on to catch the cat or just PLAY AND PLAY. I find it difficult to follow him to ensure his safety with jumping from area to area when he is a speedy boy!
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11-09-2008, 02:25 PM | #2 |
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| Yorkies can get luxating patellas from jumping on and off furniture. Luxating Patella: A Knee Problem in Dogs Has your vet ever checked his knees? If they are slipping even slightly he is also at risk for ACL tears from jumping. The best thing for you to do is put pet steps by your bed and couch and train him to use them. |
11-09-2008, 02:29 PM | #3 |
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| HI and welcome to YT!!! The one thing for sure about Yorkie is that they are FEARLESS!!! My Daizy is 5 1/2 lbs and her favorite activity is jumping on my furniture and jumping off!!! I've tried to curtail it but to no avail!!! She loves it. Your Addison is 9 lbs...so I would imagine he's made of sturdier stock!! Daizy has jumped almost 3 ft. with no injuries... I imagine they are alot like us when we were children......Daring, brave, mischeivous....I loved to climb and jump....but found out as I got older...even though I still loved jumping and climbing my BODY did not so much!! lol Hopefully your Addison will know his limits.... Maybe someone else might be able to help you more specifically!! lol good luck with your precious little boy....I just love the cat story!!!! You must get that on video and share it with us!!
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11-09-2008, 05:10 PM | #4 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: great lakes state
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| Thanks for the responses, you are right. Fearless pretty much sums him up. I thought about building steps for our bed and working with him. Also maybe a ramp just for him off of our deck (its only one step high) but if it prevents future back injury, well worth it. I just was not sure how frequent the yorkies get back injuries.
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11-09-2008, 05:16 PM | #5 |
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| mine is fearless and jumps from anything. my vet tells me to watch him because x-rays are $300!
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11-09-2008, 05:16 PM | #6 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | I use a ramp next to my bed and my dtrs as this is where most of their time is spent and stairs to get up to their window perch. WIth each one as soon as we got them they were trained to only use the ramps or stairs to get up and down. They learned in one day and they never jump off the furniture, they always use the ramps or stairs. One of mine has garde 4 LP so we really minimize any strain on her legs.
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11-09-2008, 05:30 PM | #7 |
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| Knee injury is more likely if the puppy is dropped and lands so that the rear legs are forced to absorb the energy. For example if the puppy lands with all four feet squarely on the floor, or with the rear feet landing first. The knee isn't designed for this type of force and injury can occur. Repetitive jumping and landing on the hind legs would be a source of possible knee injury, but leaping from a bed or the couch and landing on the front, which is specifically designed to absorb energy, shouldn't be a problem for a nine pound dog. Broken collar bones are not uncommon with the smaller ones (3 lbs) who take the leap. It's nearly impossible to stop a fearless one from jumping but the next best thing is to give them a landing place that affords sure footing, like a rug. This reduces the risk of a hyper-extended joint or even a broken bone.
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11-09-2008, 08:26 PM | #8 |
YT 3000 Club Member | Chester is 9 lbs and I dont let him jump off my bed which is normal height, or out of the car. He jumps off the love seat and recliner not that high. He has not had any problems but I try to be careful. Chester has a stool for the bed. |
11-10-2008, 01:37 PM | #9 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: great lakes state
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| thanks everyone! Thank you very much for the responses. I will build a ramp for the couch and steps for my bed. (more than likely the honey do list) Also, thanks to those who forwarded the information on the: luxating patellas. Very informative and I will definitely be keeping an eye on him and be on the lookout for any complications that may arise. I had knee surgery three years ago, and wouldn't want to put any living being through that pain if it could be prevented. I am extremely careful myself, soooo, looks like Addison and I will make a good pair
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11-10-2008, 03:05 PM | #10 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: London, UK
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| Roxy is about 5 pounds now, and loves loves loves jumping on and off of everything. Her new favorite trick to get attention is to hop up on our kitchen chairs and if we don't catch her by then she'll get up on top of the table and as soon as we see her and before we can run and grab her, off she'll jump like a flying Dumbo or something. She's crazy. I don't know how we can stop her, because she is so freaking hyper and she knows when we catch her she will get in trouble, so she tries to get away before we can catch her. She also jumps on our bed (which is a UK bed and they don't have box springs, so they're not as high as a US bed, but still), and on the couches, and jumps up to great people. She does this right now as well, even though her front paw is hurting her (from a non related issue). I just don't know what to do with her! |
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