Cane Corso lazy puppy

[Lizardbug]

Hi eveeyone,
I have a 6 month old cane corso puppy who is very lazy. She has beds on the floor but is also allowed on the furniture. If she wakes up from a nap and decides to get onto the couch if she is still to sleepy she will just get her front half up on the seat and either lay like that or start staring at me and whining get for me to help her. However if she is awake she has no problems or if she is disturbed by something out of a sleep and wants to look out the window she has no problems jumping up onto the couch. I have participated in great Dane rescue for over 10 years but the youngest dog I rescued was 8 months, Freya is the only large/giant breed I've had from a small puppy so I'm just not sure if there could be a problem with her or if she is just really lazy because she is growing so much. Also she gets car sick and I was wondering if anyone has some suggestions about that like could it still be caused by her inner ear or should she have grown out out of that already?

Thank you for any advice,
Liz

 

[musicdeb]

Welcome aboard to you and Freya. Does your puppy play and run around? He's just lazy (common trait for mastiffs) or is he lethargic? Does he drink water normally, potty normally, walk normally and play normally?

How much exercise does she get? At 6 months of age, she can exercise 30 minutes at each exercise event (5 minutes for every month of age) but avoid excessive running, jumping, walking and navigating stairs until age 12 months.

Here is a great article to help with car sickness. Dog Car Sickness and Motion Sickness: Causes and Treatment

 

[DennasMom]

I'd guess the whining for help to get on the couch is a lazy "how much can I train my human to do for me" event...

But... that's assuming all else is good. Deb pointed out some things to look out for.

Denna likes to whine at me in the mornings, she'll stand right next to my side of the bed and groan and whimper - like she REALLY needs to go outside... but as soon as I get out of bed, she hops up on my nice warm indent and goes back to sleep.

Not sure on the car sick issue - have you tried getting her acclimated - feeding her in the car but not going for a ride, etc.?
Could be a stress response.

I know my crazy driving habits could cause our first pup to loose his lunch on occasion... when I drove a bit more, ah, conservatively, he did much better. HA!

 

[DDSK]

They do love their naps, they also love training their owners
My CC's get up in the morning go out to relieve themselves and get water then come in for their morning nap.
Breakfast next and a short play period then their late morning nap. Out to relieve themselves and another drink and a short play period followed by their noon nap.
Up and out more water hang out at the fence with the neighbors dogs, then back for the early afternoon nap.
Outside for a little while then down for the afternoon nap.
Up till after humans eat dinner, then their dinner and play time then down for the evening nap.
Lounge around until bed time and we start it all over again.

 

[Lizardbug]

Thank you everyone for all of your suggestions. I think I am right in just assuming she is being lazy and has trained mom (super, super, spoiled baby). She runs and plays normally when she is awake, its only when she's groggy or tired that she doesn't want to put the effort into jumping. She is being free fed right now and is eating about 6 cups of food a day. I'm not restricting her at all, just fill her bowl up in 2 cups increments, but when I see its empty I'll refill it. She drinks somewhat normally, I call her my little camel because when she does drink she'll drink any where from 1/4 to 1/2 a bowl at a time. She potties normally too. She pukes no matter who is driving or how slow we go lol. I was out working on my car and had the doors open and she hopped in with me and hung out with no problem so I don't think she's afraid of the car and stressing herself out. She seems to be ok for about 40 to 45 minutes but after that we are heading into puking time it also seems like if she gets really excited and then rides in the car she will puke, like on the way to the vet she is fine, she whines because her stomach is starting to hurt I think, but on the way home after being so happy to see everyone at the vet she loves them all, she throws up about 2 miles from home lol

 

[musicdeb]

Free feeding can lead to bloat, I would recommend feeding her on a schedule. Put the food down for 20 minutes and pick it up. Put the food down again with the remaining food, if any, and add food for that feeding. Put down the food for 20 minutes and pick it up. Avoid exercise until approximately 1 hr after eating and avoid excessive amounts of water after eating to prevent bloat.

Dog Bloat: Symptoms, Causes, Treatments

 

[DDSK]

When going on road trips I never feed the girls, they will eat their dinner but not breakfast, better to ride with an empty stomach.

 

[Lizardbug]

Thanks for the info on bloat. I am familiar with it I lost a pug to it when I was 14. I'm feeding her like it was recommended to me to feed the 8 month old great dane when I got him. He was free fed until about 1 year old then he was switched to twice a day feedings so I was just going to do the same with her.

 

[Brinsdad]

Ginger is ment to be good for car sickness, will say have never used it as our pup has always been ok but remember reading it somewhere lol so give it a Google


No love like a bully love

 

[Max's mom]

Glad to see there are so many other mastiffs out there who need to take a nap to get up enough energy to take their next nap!

 

[glen]

I sometimes wish my pup was lazy, he doesn't stop lol

 

[Lisa P]

I wish Norman was lazy!

 

[Smokeycat]

Kryten didn't seem to know he was a puppy until after he reached 6 months old. Prior to that all he really did was sleep and eat. I even had one person comment that it was nice to see such an old dog still enjoying himself at the dog park (they guessed he was at least 10 years and he was only 4.5 months).