Yep - Barneys injured again :( Problem with his spacial awareness??

[Montyforever]

My greyhound is constantly hurting himself no matter what i do
Im really starting to wonder if he has a spacial awareness problem, just this week he jumped over a very low wooden box (1ft tall if that) around a tree in my garden and scraped open the back of his leg and hes just chased his ball and gone headfirst into the bookcase
Hes also ran into a tree and got a massive punchure wound in his neck and got countless bumps and scrapes on his head where he wanders about and knocks himself on things. I know hes a big dog and a bit delicate but surely he should be able to walk around places he knows well without hurting himself?!

So does anyone have a dog with spacial awareness problems and is there anything i can do to help him??

 

[Dobiegirl]

I think because they are so thin skinned it just shows up more, my dogs can go through brambles no problem, my friends dog(greyhound) walks past them catches a bramble and is bleeding.

 

[MurphysMinder]

As DG says they do have skin like tissue paper which does make that more prone to injuries. If he is constantly running into things it might be worth checking his eyesight, he might have trouble assessing distance or perspective.

 

[Vizslak]

They are well known for it, its the equivilent of having a tb! All my lurchers have been awful for injuries their thin skin doesnt let them get away with bumps and knocks without injury! My other dogs regularly run straight through brambles and barbed wire fences, into pointy bits of trees etc etc with only a few scratch marks to show for it (and you only notice them when the thin little scab comes off) when Tilly does the same she has nasty cuts and scrapes all over her!

 

[MrVelvet]

oh gosh what have I gotten myself into! I've recently got a lurcher pup, and shes always going flying on the wood floor into things, falling off the sofa etc but hasn't yet hurt more than her pride!