Dachshunds and Back Injuries

The Dachshund breed of canine is such a fun breed. These pint size dogs have big ears, long bodies, short legs, long tails and big personalities. They don’t realize they’re small and often times try to do things that big dogs do including jump on and off furniture and play with children. What’s wrong with these two common canine activities? Nothing if it were another breed. The Dachshund, however, is an exception. Because of his long body the Dachshund is prone to different back pains and injuries. Playing with children when supervised is fine, but not unsupervised. If a child tries to pick up the Dachshund without support the irregularly long back of the dog then there is risk the dogs back could be injured or even break. The same for furniture, if he misses when jumping on or jumps off too hard he could severely injure his back. Read more here or call your local  pet clinic Riverbend, ON.