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I did not realize this beforehand, but owning a highly-trained, military-grade security dog actually helps boost your first aid skills quite a lot. That's because these dogs are super high energy and they throw themselves (literally they LAUNCH themselves) at every intended goal or target, and in this process they seemingly have no regard whatsoever for their own safety. So of course there are some injuries along the way that need first aid attention. Over the last year, I've had to super glue lacerations, treat various foot pad wounds, pull out cactus splinters and perform other first aid tasks on my dog, and this is even with me trying to be careful with his training. While other dogs complain and whine, this dog (Belgian Malinois breed) simply doesn't notice any pain or injury at all. I knew he would be a personal protector, but I had no idea he would also force me to up my game on treating injuries! But he's SUPER happy, healthy, athletic and ready to play and train at any moment, day or night. I've never seen a dog like this in my life. I would NOT want this guy chasing me down as a target, that's for sure... he's faster on the ground than almost any breed, short of racing greyhounds. Plus, his vertical leap is insane. I've seen him leap so high that his hinds legs were at my head level, while his head was 3 feet higher. It's like owning CANINE ARTILLERY... wild.
@HealthRanger that’s great!
@HealthRanger
A show highlight is always an appearance by Roady. It is especially great when he barks because then my dogs are glued to the screen and I have to full-screen the clip and run it a few times just for them.
Smart, active dogs like him all have those injury tenancies and at the end of the day you have to play the "grooming monkey" role and check out their bodies.
He, like all of our canine partners, is great! And the only thing to make your daily shows better is to have more Roady clips.
Remember when you were debating whether to keep him? Boy did you make the right decision and one that I KNOW you will never regret.
@HealthRanger Nice post.