When you re-home a dog from the Birmingham Dogs’ Home, as we did, the animal is usually spayed or neutered. As Gabby was so underweight when we took her home, we had to agree to bring her back for spaying once she’d put on a bit of weight. About a month after bringing Gabby home,…
Kev Walks
Four Good Legs
We went for a short (half a mile) walk in the morning and Gabby seemed to be walking alright. Arriving back from work, in the evening, we got roped up and nipped out for a stroll, nice and easy, to see how Gabby was walking. She was walking fine – no sign of a limp….
Taking it Easy
I was giving Gabby a bit of a tummy tickle a couple of nights back when she suddenly let out a loud yelp. She got to her feet and was very unstable trying not to put any weight on her right front leg. After a little hobbling around, she started to put some weight on…
Running / Splashing
After surviving a canicross session with Gabby on Monday, I decided to repeat the exercise, today. Arriving home, after work, I quickly changed, grabbed running belt, put Gabby’s harness on, grabbed the bungee lead and headed out of the door. We drove the few miles to Kingsbury and parked up. We started gently with some…
Canicross
I have discovered a few things over the past day or so. There is an actual sport of running with a dog. Not just trotting around the park with man’s best friend jogging alongside, but full-on dog pulling one along. To enable the human to run unencumbered, the lead is attached to a belt and…