No more walks for Kia

[cyber-sibes]

The dog park will be open soon and with me working nights, I'll just plan to make more trips out there so she can get her exercise until I can get to the bottom of her apathy towards the walk.

The dogpark works well for us. that way whoever wants to run, can. Sherman usually walks around & around with me. Star mostly plays with the other dogs. Your park sounds so awesome, she may really enjoy that.

[ramanth]

Thanks Pat. Maybe the simple answer is that Kia is just getting to be an old lady and can't walk as far as she used too.

[Queen of Poop]

Sasha is 12 now, soon to be 13. Our walks have changed muchly over the last few years. She will still lead, but we stop at every and anything that might have been visited by another dog. And we walk much more slowly than before. But she still wants to go for walks and I don't mind taking my little old lady for them and going at her pace. I will be very sad when she can't go or won't go for a walk any more.

Maybe try a walk with just Kia and go at her pace and let her stop and sniff the roses. She might just like that.

[king2005]

Sounds like she finds the walk boring.

Also are you walking on a gravel path or cement or something? her pads just might be extra sensitive with age, so those hard surfaces might be hurting her... try walking on the grass only & see how that goes.. cause you did say she likes to run in the dog park. I know when I walk on the sidewalk barefoot, it hurts my shins.. but if I walk on the grass, I'm fine.

One thing you could try, is get one of those tethers where you hook both dogs together... That'll give most of the work to Chipper & she just might work hard enough to keep with him, if it looks like hes the one leading her.