whiskers
Boxer Insane
I'm feeling paranoid, just looking for input!
Over the last month or 2? I've noticed that Juno REALLY lags behind on walks. I walk her on a 4ft leash and I can have it looped around one finger and she is lagging behind me the entire reach of the leash. This is not the Juno I know. I'm accustomed to needing to give her reminders to stay by my side, I am NOT accustomed to going slow and coaxing her along with "come on Juno, let's go!"
I've been doing a lot of bike rides with my Doberman lately and so Juno has gone on some this year too. We've done bike rides in the past and she's loved it, loves the faster pace and we could go for long rides and she'd do great. Nowadays, I literally can hardly even pedal the bike. I just coast along, needing to slow down frequently, as Juno really doesn't get any faster than a slow trot. And our long bike rides? Forget it. We do like a quick 5 minute loop around our block.
But I don't really think I notice exercise intolerance in other scenarios. She still runs at the park, still plays fetch and tug and will play some chase with my Dobe. She does get tired out quicker, I guess, but I don't know how much of it I should contribute to the fact that she is now 5 years old... I guess I would expect some of that puppy energy to die a little bit?
Also, she doesn't seem painful at all or like there's something like that going on that would cause her to be slower. No limping, no stiffness, moves around and gets around just fine. She's just SLOW. Part of me thinks I'm overanalyzing it and part of me goes 5 is not geriatric by any means, why would she be slow.
Over the last month or 2? I've noticed that Juno REALLY lags behind on walks. I walk her on a 4ft leash and I can have it looped around one finger and she is lagging behind me the entire reach of the leash. This is not the Juno I know. I'm accustomed to needing to give her reminders to stay by my side, I am NOT accustomed to going slow and coaxing her along with "come on Juno, let's go!"
I've been doing a lot of bike rides with my Doberman lately and so Juno has gone on some this year too. We've done bike rides in the past and she's loved it, loves the faster pace and we could go for long rides and she'd do great. Nowadays, I literally can hardly even pedal the bike. I just coast along, needing to slow down frequently, as Juno really doesn't get any faster than a slow trot. And our long bike rides? Forget it. We do like a quick 5 minute loop around our block.
But I don't really think I notice exercise intolerance in other scenarios. She still runs at the park, still plays fetch and tug and will play some chase with my Dobe. She does get tired out quicker, I guess, but I don't know how much of it I should contribute to the fact that she is now 5 years old... I guess I would expect some of that puppy energy to die a little bit?
Also, she doesn't seem painful at all or like there's something like that going on that would cause her to be slower. No limping, no stiffness, moves around and gets around just fine. She's just SLOW. Part of me thinks I'm overanalyzing it and part of me goes 5 is not geriatric by any means, why would she be slow.