Trixie stretches her hind limbs
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
June 30, 2020 9:50pm CST
My big brother bathed 6 of our dogs this morning, a task that I do when we are only 3 at home. My sister cannot sit low on a stool that is 1 foot high, so I did the grooming of the dogs while I advised her to rest in her room because she was starting again to complain of body aches when bathing the dogs should be done. (She never did assist me before when I bathed and groomed the dogs; son was in school).
Trixie, our local mutt and the only brown dog we have, is partially blind now. Looking at her eyes,, her pupils have opacity (cataract). We feed her inside the house, in the kitchen, because she cannot locate her food except maybe the scent from her food.
Trixie was the 4th dog bathed by my brother. As usual, she does her daily, or hourly stretching--- she stretches her back limbs as far as they could reach (of course one at a time), and it is a joy for me to watch her do that.
What other actions do your dogs do? Do they exercise their limbs too?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Jul 20
but you do have a cat, right? do they have their baths too?
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@jstory07 (139782)
• Roseburg, Oregon
3 Jul 20
@ridingbet Most cats do not like baths but mine do.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
4 Jul 20
@jstory07 there is a saying that cats are scared of water that is why they lick their fur to clean it. i do not believe it too. i think cats can have their bath
@Letranknight2015 (52079)
• Philippines
1 Jul 20
I like it when the dogs wiggle after a bath and then they're stretch in the morning.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Jul 20
yes, and the whole surroundings also get wet. that is always fun when they try to remove the water from their fur.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
8 Jul 20
My dogs (well 2 out of 3) insist that I play ball with them and love to bring me their ball but hardly ever want to release it so I can throw it! my youngest my 8 month old Black German Shepherd is now starting to annoy me by bringing me his ball in the house and palcing it on my pillow when I am trying to go to sleep. he does it over and over and I throw it to get him out of my face. I tell him I am not playing with him. But He thinks I am. so he brings it back.. lol
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
14 Jul 20
@ridingbet oh yes, I certainly do. I woke up from a nap yesterday to find the puppy had started chewing apart the BIG dog bed.. the one that cost $200. I was NOT a happy person!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
17 Jul 20
@minx267 hahaha! really? well, for us here, when my dog chewed my slipper, and another puppy chewed my bag, we eventually taught them to stay away from our things. we still have to put up outside their reach, our things that may be chewed by them
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 Jul 20
it is fun having those bif dogs playing with you, but don't you get irked at them sometimes?
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
1 Jul 20
When I had a dog, she loved to dig holes in the yard. She also had hip dysplasia and liked to lie on her tummy in what I called the "froggy doggy" position.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Jul 20
our dogs dig deeper if they see holes in our lawn. yes, aside from trixie, the other white dogs lie prone [position with all limbs hyper-stretched.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Jul 20
i recall the site where you buried Angus--- in your garden, right? I remember how your dog looked like
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
4 Jul 20
@thelme55 Angus is well-loved. for me, i always get misty when i recall the canines that have gone to the rainbow bridge
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@thelme55 (77168)
• Germany
3 Jul 20
@ridingbet Yes, you have remembered it right. His grave has always flowers and surrounded with plants in my Pinas garden.
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@Butterfingers (66583)
• India
1 Jul 20
I think dogs normally exercise like that and it's natural for them
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@LadyDuck (471994)
• Switzerland
3 Jul 20
@ridingbet Animals are lovely, those not pure breed are usually more intelligent.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Jul 20
true. trixie is a local mutt, so cute when she does that whenever she stands up.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Jul 20
maybe they are also doing calisthenics? their bones should be good too.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Jul 20
probably, trixie's limbs are having pain that is why she stretches? haha! i don't know the reason, really
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Jul 20
they always do that- they shake. i have not seen a dog stretching her body. trixie stretches her hind limbs only.
@Adie04 (17360)
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3 Jul 20
@ridingbet I think that's what it means. I'm not good in explaining the stretching though
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