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Originally Posted by matese  I also am not an expert on how much exercise is to much. I would say it depends on the weight of your baby. These little ones, one has to be careful of puppies leg joints. All my girls were over 10 lbs,my last one was 17 Lbs and my adopted boy is 13 Lbs. All my girls were super hyper, they played till they dropped, and were still like that at 10 y/o were they finally slowed down. My lil boy is not what I call hyper compared to my girls, but I believe that is because it was suppressed by his prev. owner as he was gotten for a little 8 y/o girl. When I adopted him one year ago this month he was a little gentlemen, not what I was use to lol. His life style with me changed drastically, for the best I say, He is not crated all day as he was with prev. owner, he has freedom to run like a lil grey hound in my fairly large back yard, he has learned to hunt and will attack anything that moves and that includes falling leaves lol. Others will offer up their knowledge. |
He sounds wonderful Matese, Crystal has had a stage one L/Patella on one of her hind legs for about 15 months, it hasn't worsened, and the other joints seem fine. However one of the reasons I originated this thread, was to get an open opinion upon exercise v's joint longevity amongst other limiting physicalities? As she always runs upon soft sand I reasoned this would be less harsh, than say a town doggie running on hard pavements?
My step daughter has a similar natured girl to your little chap. When I talk to Irina on Skype whilst she's away presently, this little love sits so quietly cradled in her arms. Meanwhile our lunatic is busy watching the screen and either licking or trying to paw it! Fed up with that she then transmogrifies into a demented jack in a box, whizzing up and down and collecting all her toys around me in a very determined attempt for attention.
She was apparently too hyper for her original elderly owner, which was one reason how we came to get her aged 20 weeks. Personally I love her character, but with one arm and arthritis everywhere she is now a real challenge for me sometimes. When Mom's home we split her attention and the duties, which in reality limits the exposure to fatigue for us both.