Thanks to an astute lister, I was reminded that my 'hurdles' (by the way, 6-8 inches high) was NOT for pups pasterns, but a few months later, to strengthen backs. As I told the lister, not old, just the brain is so full of lived life and the litter with which I did that was over 7 years ago now. Geeesh. :-{ Stormy In a message dated 8/28/06 11:15:06 AM, Stormy435 writes: > I was once told to put low hurdles in my pups' runs (or someplace that they > would have to go over them), nothing high that they would have to hurt > themselves coming down on the pasterns, but high enough > "You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result." Mahatma Gandhi Stormy Hope *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Dog's love is different, it requires no return UPDATED 2/11/06....CHECK IT OUT!!!! www.FairhopeGSD.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================