Are dogs effected by altitude?

BradA1878BradA1878
edited December 2007 in Food, Nutrition, & Health


All our pups have been pretty out of it since we moved to Taos - they sleep a lot. Where we lived before was just a few hundred feet above sea level - but now we are 7100 feet above sea level.


Do you think this could be effecting them - maybe making them sleepy? Anythging we can do to help them with the transition?

Comments

  • BradA1878BradA1878
    edited November -1
    found this: http://www.doghikingcanada.com/elevation.html
  • MommyofNikoMommyofNiko
    edited November -1
    Im sure the changes, the trip and everything has already affected them.  Your monsters will get back to normal once they adjust.
  • HeidiHeidi
    edited November -1
    Have you noticed a difference?  I notice when I go to the mountains I get tired more easily.  
  • BradA1878BradA1878
    edited November -1


    I have for me - went for a run w/ the pups and it about killed me. lol


    The dogs seem to slow down faster too - Hilo was REALLY lethargic one day, it freaked us out - he is fine now tho... but I think that was the altitude.


    Our vet confirmed that it will take about 6 weeks for us and the dogs to get adjusted.

  • brandon_wbrandon_w
    edited December 2007


    When I was about 16 I went hiking in the Rockies in New Mexico, one of the guys in my group got really bad alltitude sickness, that is not fun to deal with.  I can imagine living at that elevation would certainly take awhile to adjust too.


    Did you talk to a mechanic to see if you needed to get your car adjusted for the new heights it will be running at?

  • HeidiHeidi
    edited November -1
    Just think - if you ever visit the lower altitudes, you'll be an ubermensch, lol.
  • BradA1878BradA1878
    edited November -1


    I didn't talk to anyone about my car - i figured it would not run as well tho. The cold weather is more of an issue than the altitude I think. My car is not doing great since the move tho - my ABS light is on right now. We had to take Jen's car to Aspen (where I am right now).


    We are going to be in ATL in a few days - I'm stoked to see if I feel super human due to the low altitude.  :c)

  • MommyofNikoMommyofNiko
    edited November -1
    LMAO You have 5 Japanese breeds...you ARE super human!
  • BradA1878BradA1878
    edited November -1
    Laughing
  • brandon_wbrandon_w
    edited December 2007


    You have 4 right?  But soon to be 6 dogs?  Eitherway, you're kind of insane.

  • MommyofNikoMommyofNiko
    edited November -1


    HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA


    Ok that is funny!   

  • BradA1878BradA1878
    edited November -1


    We have 2 Shikoku (Loa & Ahi), 2 Shiba (Maui & Kaia), 1 Akita (Hilo), and we will have 1 Kai Ken soon.


    So 4 breeds - 6 dogs. Surprised

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