With so many senior hounds, would it be possible to set up a smaller, slower course for them that they could play on without so much stress? I know some of my friends with elderly agility dogs do similar things (jumps lying on the ground, every other weave pole taken out to decrese the bend needed, a-frame set to training height, no teeter, pause table low enough to step onto rather than jumping.)
---- Original Message ---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [SCA_Coursing] coursing and older dogs Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:03:39 -0500 ><html><body> > > > ><tt> >Lady Rowan Houndskeeper, I also have this problem. Doty, my 12 >year old grey, LOVES to course and has knocked people over trying to >get to course (she is not a Lady when coursing is involved). At >Gulf Wars I kennel her and we course in a totally different >area. However, if I am at another site, she can see and hear >the machine. I kennel her then, but she is NOT pleased. I >realize I am torturing her and I feel bad, but she has a pinched >nerve in her back besides her age and coursing would not be good for >her. However, she enjoys going for rides in the van and being >adored so much at events that it is not fair to leave her home >either. Try putting Wizard in a room where he cannot see or >hear (if that is possible) the coursing machine. If you have a >kennel, kennel him so that he doesn't tear down the door. When >you do finish coursing, spend some special time with him. >Unfortunately, getting old is not fair, but we have to do what is >best for the hound. You have my sympathies, as does >Wizard. Rebecca<BR> ><BR> >Lady Rowan wrote: <BR> >Unfortunately, Wizard has coursed his last run and will have to make >do with being a chamber hound from now on. He still has the >drive to run but since the vet just put him on the equivalent of >doggie morphine twice a week for arthritis, I'm calling a halt to his >fun. <BR> >Now can anyone give me advice about how to course one hound without >teasing the other with what he can't do? Don't say just leave the old >man at home - I'm trying to do this in my backyard!<BR> ><BR> >Lady Rowan Houndskeeper<BR> >Barony of Three Rivers, Calontir<BR> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]<BR> ><BR> ><BR> >If you want to hear the patter of little feet, I'll put shoes on my >dogs<BR> ><BR> ></tt> > > ><br> > ><!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> > ><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> ><tr bgcolor=#FFFFCC> ><td align=center><font size="-1" color=#003399><b>Yahoo! Groups >Sponsor</b></font></td> ></tr> ><tr bgcolor=#FFFFFF> ><td align=center width=470><table border=0 cellpadding=0 >cellspacing=0> <tr> <td align=center><font face=arial >size=-2>ADVERTISEMENT</font><br><a >href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=129lnl20a/M=298184.6018725.7038619. >3001176/D=groups/S=1705767503:HM/EXP=1109343826/A=2593423/R=0/SIG=11e >l9gslf/*http://www.netflix.com/Default?mqso=60190075"; alt=""><img >src="http://us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a/ne/netflix/22305_0205_016_b_ >300250_a.gif" alt="click here" width="300" height="250" >border="0"></a></td></tr></table> </td> ></tr> ><tr><td><img alt="" width=1 height=1 >src="http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=298184.6018725.7038619.3001176/ >D=groups/S=:HM/A=2593423/rand=650206789"></td></tr> ></table> > ><!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> > > > ><!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> > ><br> ><tt><hr width="500"> ><b>Yahoo! Groups Links</b><br> ><ul> ><li>To visit your group on the web, go to:<br><a >href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_Coursing/";>http://groups.yaho >o.com/group/SCA_Coursing/</a><br> ><li>To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:<br><a >href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >ribe">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a><br> ><li>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the <a >href="http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/";>Yahoo! Terms of Service</a>. ></ul> ></tt> ></br> > ><!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> > > ></body></html> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pkgkPB/SOnJAA/Zx0JAA/PJ_qlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_Coursing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
