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she is fit
No Michael, Duchess is perfectly fit. The vet said she is not fat. She will run fast with larger dogs but they tend to run her over and she turns and growls at them. It is mostly a show but I don't want her trampled. I am not sure what she would do with a small dog. Would she do any harm to a tiny dog? She has not shown those tendencies so far other than the fact she is bossy. but we have not had much contact with smaller animals.
I do let her run off leash when I can and she is perfectly behaved on coming back to me. Where she doesn't seem to enjoy toys, I can't throw things for her to retrieve.
You may not have lime disease in New Zealand but in coastal U.S. we have a problem. Duchess has had lime disease before I got her and they found out about it because she was limping. Now she is very sensitive about her paws and wants to avoid my touching her feet.
I like your idea of massaging her. That is one of the few ways she will accept being handled. She balks at grooming.
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