Too Much, too young
It's a fact that most pets are over exercised as pups and under exercised as adults
The following information that I found in the January 2004 publication of Your Dog magazine should serve as a guideline to a new puppy owner, and should be given as a fact sheet with all pups that will grow into the larger dog breeds
Nutrition is equally important as exercise in maintaining the correct skeletal growth of all pups.
Puppies kept on a diet which maintains them in a lean rather than plump condition will have a reduced risk of developing any orthopaedic problems.
Pups carrying too much weight will inevitably put excess pressure on joints and exacerbate the level of degeneration
Hip dysplasia occurs in many breeds. It is a genetic trait but management of pups and young dogs both nutritionally and through exercise is believed by some breeders to play a part in reducing the problems associated with this inherited disease
The big breeds used to be in…
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