Why are dogs being pushed round in prams?

[Greedybilly]

Please explain to me - I've seen it loads recently. Are they ill? Bad legs? Any info gratefully received. Ta

Well you’ve already named two reasons. What info do you need? Not everyone is going to have the same explanation

Yes, old, can’t walk far, generally I think. But still like to be out seeing what’s going on.

Old
Young
Tiny
Ill
Injured

You just said it, illness, can't walk, old.

People can’t afford to have children so buy a puppy and treat it like a baby

I saw a sweet small pup today at the bus station. He had been included in the family saying goodbye. He obviously couldn’t walk the entire way and it was cold. He was eventually put into the bottom of a pram: he was lovely.

Mine had a disease called degenerative myopathy. She lost the use of her back legs, had a doggie wheelchair, but couldn't walk very far with it.

Fur babies need prams.

I have a dog pram

I bought it as I have a chihuahua and larger breeds who like big long walks.

I used it at first to take the puppy out before she was fully vaccinated, so she could be socialised and get used to the outside world without catching something.

Then I used it for big hikes. So the chi could come on big walks with her doggy siblings. When she got tired she could have a rest.

Then I used it for my bigger dog after he had an operation and couldn't walk for long.

And I imagine I'll use it again when they are elderly.

@Ihatethenewlook blimey calm down! Literally just asking - I know nothing about dogs - why so arsey?
Thanks everyone else much appreciated. We were talking about it tonight and my (none dog owning) family had no clue but now we know!

Nothing to do with 'babying' but everything to do with safety and practicality when having dogs of different abilities.

A lady I knew had an old Westie whose back legs went and he couldn't walk properly, but she still liked to take him out to smell the fresh air and look at the squirrels and birds. Got a second hand pram from a charity shop and that was his chariot until the day he died. It's usually very old or poorly dogs whose owners still want to take them out and about. I think it's sweet.

My elderly dog loves coming out with us still but can't walk for very long these days. It's embarrassing to have one but I'd rather stick her in for some of the outing than leave her at home.

I know an elderly chihuahua who rides in a pram. His mum takes him to the park in it every morning. He gets out & has his morning wander, then rides home.

V cute - nice to know they are not left out when old/ill.x

I’ve known two dogs locally that have had a pram. One had three legs and was elderly so used to get in and out during a walk.

The other one had quite bad arthritis and the man had two other dogs so would put the older one in the pram once she got too tired. He got a puppy after the old one passed away and used it for the pup before she was allowed on the ground following injections.

I see some in the park - on special doggy buggies and they are old or infirm dogs.

Apart from the couple of rather extravagantly dressed men who I sometimes see pushing their cats around in an actual baby pram. I think they are just… odd.

I have a young spaniel and an old Jack Russell, the old dog ends up knackered and run ragged by the younger dog if I let her, trying to keep up and the younger dog needs longer walks than the old girl can manage.
I have a sling (actually given to me by a wonderful MNer when I asked for advice on what to get) for her to rest in when it gets too much, and because a dog pram wouldn't be practical on the paths we walk.
Same sort of idea really. She also recently had surgery and she had a little potter and then I carried her the rest. She's quite light and little - don't think I could carry a bigger dog like that for very long so would have to use a pram of some description - it's not always just exercise with dogs, it's change of scenery, sniffing, other people and dogs around that all keep a dog mentally stimulated as well as physically exercised on a walk.

My sister has one small elderly dog and three much younger large, active dogs. The pushchair is brilliant on hikes for the older dogs. She walks for awhile and then goes in the pushchair and can still enjoy all the scenery and watching the others.

My daughters dog was 16 but loved being out . She would have a little wander round, then sit in the pram while they walked in the park.

I've never seen one used for reasons of 'babying' a dog, I don't think. More for reasons of practicality when dealing with elderly or ill dogs. The first dog in a pram that I met was a small, arthritic terrier who couldn't make it to the park on his dodgy legs. Once there though, he could get out for a bit and attempt to woo any female dog he met, despite his advanced age I'm sure it helped extend his years. More recently I've known a dog who lost her sight to use a pram at times, because she couldn't keep up with her sister. It's all about quality of life.

DD use to tell me how her CM's small dog - it wasn't the CM's but someone in her household - refused to walk so had to be put in the buggy while she decided she would walk.

Except the buggy could be transformed into a triple and the CM had an additional double buggy as well as a couple of singles.

The dog would only be taken out if there were 2 or less mindees.

dogs in buggies for any reason = VERY cute

because they look cute?

It's all the rage round my way.
Daft.