Long legged, beautiful little girl, just doesn't jump.

[Marion]

We have "Rosie", a beautiful puppy from the Casper/Brandy litter of 7/21/10.  She is affectionate, sweet and an enthusiastic playmate for our older Golden and 2 cats.  One of her favorite games is to chase and retrieve her little yellow ball.   She just won't jump!  If we put her up on the sofa, she will wait patiently until someone lifts her down.  She is even reluctant to go up or down small steps in the back yard although she will with a little coaxing.  The vet has looked at her legs and hips and says she is just perfect.  Anyone else have a non-jumper?

[354hapf6efwzd]

Hi Marion,

 

Yes, we have Xander from Frankie and Buttercup's litter 3/9/07. Since goldendoodle's are prone to hip displacia they shouldn't be jumping the first year anyhow, but we still discourage it today. I have a small SUV and I always lift him in and out of it (he's only 40lbs). Xander was very reluctant to climb stairs that first year too. He was okay walking down them, but didn't walk up them. We never pushed him. When he was a year old he learned how to jump steps (real short ones) and from then on he loved to go up and down them. I think we just got late bloomers, and that's actually a good thing because it means they're more cautious and less likely to hurt themselves! Don't push her, allow her to take things at her own pace. Hope this helped!

[Peggy]

Hi Marion, I think I have met you at Carol's, I'm her friend who grooms her dogs...

I'm sorry, but I laughed out loud when I read this. You have one issue and I have the complete opposite. One of my doodle girls won't stop running like a banche and jumping around and got so crazy today with one of my puppies that I think she landed on him and now he has a sprained ankle (and hopefully that's all). So jumpig isn't all that good and causes some issues of it's own. I know it seems like it's a hastle to lift her off the sofa but at least she's cautious and that's a good thing. Have fun with your sweetie!

[Charlie Tomberg]

Our dog Darwin is from that same litter. He loves to jump, and can jump pretty high. 

Its nice to see a posting from one off our dog's siblings.