Dogs dogs upright and up and down the stairs when the joint under great pressure hind legs when standing, dogs in the knee cartilage on average to bear 50% ~ 1 times more than the weight of the pressure, up the stairs is increased to 2 times, and down the stairs joint pressure can increase to 7 times! Want to know what such pressure is the concept? Do an experiment, you usually walk on two legs, you can walk with one foot jumping, I can walk more than 100 meters to convince you! Immediately you can experience “half of the joint to bear how tired”. Why stairs are so harmful to dogs in general stairs plane depth between 25 to 28 cm, the height of more than 20 cm, such a height and plane depth design, only barely suitable for human use, for dogs, such a depth and height, too difficult! Because the depth of the ladder plane is too shallow, can not let the dog’s feet on all four limbs are landing on the same plane steps, so the dog on the stairs, almost every step must be back waist round arch to the end of the arch, so that the two hind foot pads forward to the two front foot pads fall in front of the inner side, but the hips are still in the two hind foot pads below the level. Then, the dog will use the two hind foot pads to make the body shape upward, the two front foot pads and then climb up the stairs, so that the continuous completion of the stairs climbing. Long-term will make the dog’s lumbar spine and limb joints caused great burden. What kind of stairs dogs can climb? The plane depth should be in 60 cm, the height difference should be within 12 to 15 cm, so the stairs layer design is more suitable for dogs up and down. Because of stairs tissue damage to the dog will appear in the early symptoms every day, long-term stair climbing dogs, as early as four years old will appear lumbar spine or limb joint injury, to the age of six to eight years old, it is easy to appear functional impairment. 1. walking smoothly, lame. 2. sitting down, not easy to climb up. 3. very inconvenient to move, the frequency of movement will also be reduced. 4. long-term joint pain, damaged joints will be painful, swollen, stiff, and occasionally make a whining sound. 5. Energy deteriorates and some abnormal postures occur. Dogs at risk of inherited joint disease, and dogs with short legs and long bodies (short legs again.) The dog’s body will be held in the correct position to avoid orthopedic and neurological problems, including: 1. hip off bone dysplasia (CHD) 2. intervertebral disc herniation (IVDD) 3. degenerative spinal neuropathy (DM) 4. genetic mutation of the eighth lumbar vertebra 5. cauda equina syndrome encounter stairs with the correct posture to pick up the dog walking method is as follows: first use one hand to hold up the dog’s chest, at about 10 cm above the ground, the other hand will be the dog’s rear feet Hold up, and the dog’s body to fit their chest to maintain balance, such a hold can also reduce the burden on the dog’s backbone.
