I found this searching information about Fibrotic myopathy that Blade
has been
diagnosed with.

I thought it may be useful to some people.

http://www.cpwda.com/article7.htm

Unfortunately I am bad about doing warm-ups and cool-downs for
myself and certainly didn't think about the huge importance in
canines.

Gwen

Thanks for forwarding that article, Gwen. I warm up my dogs, but
never thought about them needing to stretch or cool down.

Thanks for forwarding that article, Gwen. I warm up my dogs, but
never thought about them needing to stretch or cool down.

Paul wrote:

Thanks for forwarding that article, Gwen. I warm up my dogs, but
never thought about them needing to stretch or cool down.

You know Paul I had never thought about either one. I have
been to Agility, Schutzhund and neither sport ever talked
about the need to warm up or do cool downs and stretches.

Of course I wish I had known or thought how critical this is
but alas I am guilty myself of getting schin splints because
I don't take the time to do stretches, warm ups and cool downs.

I am glad you found it useful.

Gwen

Paul wrote:

Thanks for forwarding that article, Gwen. I warm up my dogs, but
never thought about them needing to stretch or cool down.

You know Paul I had never thought about either one. I have
been to Agility, Schutzhund and neither sport ever talked
about the need to warm up or do cool downs and stretches.

Of course I wish I had known or thought how critical this is
but alas I am guilty myself of getting schin splints because
I don't take the time to do stretches, warm ups and cool downs.

I am glad you found it useful.

Gwen

Bethgsd wrote:

Gwen,
Have you looked up stringhalt in horses? I managed to do some reading last
week on Fibrotic myopathy and several of the articles mentioned stringhalt. A
woman that I knew when I rode had a hunter that developed stringhalt and she
ended up giving the horse a looong run at grass and very sloooowly
reconditioned the horse. She was able to hunt her mare again after a year or
two.

Beth

Beth
Thanks. For some reason it is fixable in horses? I have even spoken with a
horse Vet here in Austin area and he said he has seen it and it has been
fixed in horses using Vetalog injections along with the above.

I have had 3 opinions from Vets with Blade. His regular Vet, the orthopedic
specialist, and the Physical Therapist. I have not yet been to a neuro Vet or
another Ortho specialist, though I am highly considering it.

I will say he has shown some improvement with strict bed rest during the day
and the stretching and warm up exercises as well as walking him in the lake
at waist height for 10 minutes or so.

Gwen

Bethgsd wrote:

Gwen,
Have you looked up stringhalt in horses? I managed to do some reading last
week on Fibrotic myopathy and several of the articles mentioned stringhalt. A
woman that I knew when I rode had a hunter that developed stringhalt and she
ended up giving the horse a looong run at grass and very sloooowly
reconditioned the horse. She was able to hunt her mare again after a year or
two.

Beth

Beth
Thanks. For some reason it is fixable in horses? I have even spoken with a
horse Vet here in Austin area and he said he has seen it and it has been
fixed in horses using Vetalog injections along with the above.

I have had 3 opinions from Vets with Blade. His regular Vet, the orthopedic
specialist, and the Physical Therapist. I have not yet been to a neuro Vet or
another Ortho specialist, though I am highly considering it.

I will say he has shown some improvement with strict bed rest during the day
and the stretching and warm up exercises as well as walking him in the lake
at waist height for 10 minutes or so.

Gwen

"Gwen Watson" wrote in message
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Paul wrote:

Thanks for forwarding that article, Gwen. I warm up my dogs, but
never thought about them needing to stretch or cool down.

You know Paul I had never thought about either one. I have
been to Agility, Schutzhund and neither sport ever talked
about the need to warm up or do cool downs and stretches.


I don't know about schutzhund, but proper warm up and cool down is a very
COMMON subject on all of the agility lists, and there have been a good
number of articles written about it in Clean Run.

Further, I see competitors do a lot of warm up exercises with their dogs
prior to runs--that's why the warm up jump is there. I also see them
bending, stretching, and massaging their dogs both before and after runs.

"Gwen Watson" wrote in message
...


Paul wrote:

Thanks for forwarding that article, Gwen. I warm up my dogs, but
never thought about them needing to stretch or cool down.

You know Paul I had never thought about either one. I have
been to Agility, Schutzhund and neither sport ever talked
about the need to warm up or do cool downs and stretches.


I don't know about schutzhund, but proper warm up and cool down is a very
COMMON subject on all of the agility lists, and there have been a good
number of articles written about it in Clean Run.

Further, I see competitors do a lot of warm up exercises with their dogs
prior to runs--that's why the warm up jump is there. I also see them
bending, stretching, and massaging their dogs both before and after runs.

Robin Nuttall wrote:

"

I'm sorry, but I simply do not believe that.

OK I can understand that.

Maybe your teaching group
doesn't do it, and that should stop.

They don't and where else would a person learn but from their teaching
group? I don't go to the trials as I right now I am not competing. And I have
my hands full with Blade's condition and physical therapy. Yes it should
stop or they should be doing warm ups, ie the very critical stretches
which are the warm ups more than just trotting around. Which again doesn't
occur.

But I do not believe you could ever go
to a single agility trial and not see people warming up their dogs. Not
anywhere within the U.S.

I don't go to Trials. I am talking about the training Club where this
information
along with a hand out about it could be very helpful to people. Trials in my
area involve at least 2 dozen clubs. From Dallas, to Houston, to San Antonio
to Austin etc. But I am talking only about the training facility in which this
information probably should be handed out. Or at least my opinion IS that
it should be handed out.



In training and at shows, I stretch Viva before a run, and I walk her out
afterward with a bit of massage.

I have never seen anyone doing this before running the course at my
training facility.

Gwen