Dachshund Back Problems?
So i am thinking about getting a dachshund. This will be my first "Small dog". I always have loved big dogs but now i travel every weekend and am tired of leaving the dog behind so i want something i can take away. So of all the small dogs i think dachshunds are the cutest yet most dominant of small dogs. My question is i have stairs in my house (each step is less then 1 foot high), will this be a problem for thier backs if lightly used daily. I will not let them jump up on beds or couches because it is dangerous but stairs? with normal exercise? will it damage their back that much?
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I think the biggest issue they have is that people let them get FAT FAT FAT!!!! Most all of them I have seen are so obese it isn't a wonder they have back problems.
I have a friend that has the only thin one I know and they have two sets of stairs and the dog is 14 and has never had a problem.
If there's not anything fallacious together with her & you're feeding her the right quantity, I would not fear notably on a doxie. It is some distance, some distance larger for them to be slender than obese. My doxie bought a slipped disc a long time in the past & the important factor that helped stored her used to be the truth she used to be slender & now not obese. She used to be competent to get well while if she were obese she would now not have. You desire to look a waist on a puppy. Far too many are actually obese & ppl do not appear competent to pass judgement on a healthful weight anymore. BB is a well meals & give up stressful & most probably she turns into older & her recreation stage slows down, she is going to placed on extra weight.