No more walks for Kia

[K9soul]

Wow, I am stumped by that too Kimmy. I can't imagine what could be causing this behavior. Do you know if she walks ok if you are walking Chipper and someone else has Kia? I don't have any ideas at the moment.

[Cinder & Smoke]

Is this Kia's way of saying she's "upset" that she has to *share* Mommy with Chipper?

What happens if you hook up ONLY Kia and take her on a walk all by herself?

For a while I worried about Cinder & Smokey on their Y-Thingy ... that one
was going to break the other's neck.
Not to worry - they're about evenly matched in pulling power AND stubbornness ~
what one gives out the other promptly returns!
And it's about a 50-50 split with who's the Lead Dawg at any minute.

Do Kia and Chipper sort of "share" the Lead Dog position as to WHO decides where they go?

Hope Kia decides to re-join the walkathons.

[cyber-sibes]

That is odd. Kia's doing this every time you walk? How old is Kia now?

I've noticed Star dragging behind once in a while, usually when we leave the dogpark, and I figure she's just not in any hurry to get into the car. I've already decided to take her for one leisurly walk a day, and then bring Sherman on another quicker-paced walk. But there's also 6 yrs. difference in their ages, which may account for some ot her slowing down.

Have you checked between the pads on Kia's paws for signs of trouble? Star had that growth on her pad, and I think it was annoying enough that she didn't want to be hurried. It was removed a couple months ago, she seems perkier now.

[Uabassoon]

Payson has always been like this, it's tough to get him to just walk down to the end of the complex. For some reason he seems to do much better when both Alexa and I walk him. He does the best when one of us takes him out, the other waits a minute then goes outside. He's so excited that whoever was missing (me or Alexa) came out to join that he forgets how much he hates going out on walks.

[Ginger's Mom]

Do you always take the same walk? Does she do that if you go for a walk somewhere else (like over your parents house)? Ginger gets very stubborn and drags like that when we go on certain walks because she doesn't want to go in that direction (because something-usually a dog-has scared her on that street, or whatever). Is there a park near you? Does she do the same thing when you go there? Is it something about having the leash on that causes her stress? From what you have said it doesn't sound like a health issue but it sounds like she is either frightened or uncomfortable while walking. Ginger is a very timid dog so I guess I just think of that kind of thing first. Does Kia have any issues like that?

[moosmom]

Is this Kia's way of saying she's "upset" that she has to *share* Mommy with Chipper

That was MY first thought.

((((HUGS)))) Kim

[pitc9]

Phred asked already... but my first question was how is she walking on her own??