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Muzzle them?
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There are loads of Collie x litters on www.epupz.co.uk - look under the lurcher in the drop down breed section.
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Could be a muscle/ligament strain..but could also be a partial tear of the cruciate. Rest is the best option..for at least a fortnight..if he seems in pain he should go to the vet who would give him an exam and some NSAIDs. Hope he's ok.
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If her season was 4m ago its unlikely that its a false pregnancy..false pregnancies are generally seen when the dog would be ready to deliver pups..ie about 63days after the season. Watch out for any pussy discharge from her vulva..if she has milk/behavioural problems then Galastop is the best thing to put paid to all the symptoms. You may be able to just get a prescription from your vet and buy Galastop from an on-line pharmacy. Dont take any chances with your bitch if she begins drinking lots of has any type of abnormal discharge, a pyo can kill them in 24hrs.
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In bitches neutering them for aggression problems doesnt generally work..when a bitch comes into season, although she may not be pregnant, her hormones stay heightened for the period of time that she would be pregnant..ie 63 days..unless you can very carefully choose that small window of time when she is completely non-hormonal, then spaying may not help. Unlike with male dogs, where castration really does help with aggression problems, it tends on the whole not to make a huge difference with bitches. If you are planning on having her spayed anyway..go for mid-way between the seasons.
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Horrible damn things these ticks..been a bad year for it too.
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1st cross Bedlington x Whippet
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Nice pic..your dog is very like mine..
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First cross Beddy Whippet...1yr old...20" at the shoulder, weighs 11.8kg..catches rabbits but will not kill them yet..have been encouraging him to bring them to me. Caught rabbit no.5 tonight.
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I came across this fox, he was a good 25lbs..big lad.
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Damashaman is correct the new Frontline is a Combo flea treatment, it not only kills the fleas on the dog it also treats the dog's environment...in an ideal world the Frontline would be on both dogs, but the fleas will be killed on the untreated dog as fleas only stay on the host for a short time each day..the go on to feed and then come off either into the environment or lay dormant whilst the blood is being aborbed. In the old style Frontline it only treated the dog, not the environment, but this new combo does eradicate the need to treat the house/car/kennel..and from what Damashaman is say
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Very common..unlikely to be a urine infection though..wash the area throughly with cool boiled water and salt (1tsp to 1pt of water)..best thing is Streptopen Milking Cow to sort this..but sluicing the area with salt water should sort it out if you dont want to take him to the vet.
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best pain killer _anti inflammotry
redmoor replied to blackdug's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
Metacam is good too..perhaps not quite as harsh on the stomach as Rimadyl..also easier to dose more acurately as it comes in liquid form..both are NSAIDs (non steroidal anti-inflammatories). You can get either from an on-line pet pharmacy as long as you have a prescription from your Vet. Worth remembering that for now Vets are not allowed to charge to write a prescription. Neither of these drugs can be bought without a prescription as they are POMs. -
My first cross Bedlington Whippet is now almost 10m old, he is 20" TTS and weighs 12kg.. He runs like the wind but has an excellent recall to the whistle..he has bizarrely begun to point..i'm guessing this has been learned off the gundogs! He will retrieve to hand although as yet is uninterested in chasing anything other than the other dogs!
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Mine would drink milk..but it makes 5 out of the 7 of them loose..i give them goats milk instead which they all love and it doesnt seem to upset them, they dont get it all the time, just as a treat. A lot of dogs cant tolerate cows milk but are fine with goats.
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He is on a low protein diet..he doesnt get any sort of pre-packaged treats and the diet he is on is hypoallergenic and also low fat and for senior dogs. He does get raw food too and gets about 2-3miles of exercise daily split over 2 walks..he does get more at week-ends..during the week i take them all to a field where we have permission and he loves flying around after rabbits..his catch rate isnt great anymore..but he doesnt know that!! The vets..typically..think that unless something fits in a box it cant be this or that..they tell me that it isnt epilepsy as it doesnt fit into the signs
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The vets seem convinced it isnt true epilepsy...but i guess they could be partial seizures..he is too lucid and aware they say for it to be a proper fit. Someone else suggested it could be low thyroid?
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Hungarian Vizslas..both Wire and Smooth are easy trained and biddable dogs to live with..they will hunt, point and retrieve.
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It sounds like conjunctivitis, but foreign bodies in the eye can produce the same discharge, have a good look at the eye under a light to make sure there is nothing in the cornea. Is the conjunctiva red and inflamed? For true conjuctivitis Maxitrol is the best thing to use..this wouldnt be safe if there was a foreign body in the eye though as it contains steroid to reduce inflammation. Fucithalmic is then the best ointment to use.
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No, he returns to normal after all the twitching and odd movements stop..he then just goes back to sleep..or he wants a biscuit. This is the third odd turn in just short of 2y which seems to make sense when the vets say that they dont think it is anything too serious ie tumour/meningitis etc..otherwise it would happen on a much more regular basis and there would apparantly be other symptoms. He is coming up for 11y this year and still flies around after rabbits..he doesnt always catch them as he used to as a young dog, but he certainly gives it his best shot. He was an abuse case that came to
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No, his third eyelid doesnt show during an 'attack'.
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http://www.borderterrier-cecs.com/ Its thought it may be the above, a middle ear problem and epilepsy have been ruled out..as have any mini-strokes according to the Vet this afternoon. Very, very odd whatever it is.
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This is the third of these 'turns' that he has had, the first 2 lasted between 2-3mins and this last one lasted just over 8mins..he is fully aware during the turn and has no flickering eye movements. All is muscles are rigid and he is burning hot to the touch, the hair on his back shoots up and down and his back is arched with his tail stuck right down. His head sways from side to side. He doesnt appear to be in any pain, he just seems a little confused. General concensus seems to be that it may be SPIKES/CECS...commonly seen in Borders. Anyone else ever had a dog that does anything like t
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I have seen a Lynx at close range in Barry Buddon in Angus. It was an adult male.
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Awww thanks, same to you and yours, he is a smashing wee dog, we wouldnt swop him for the world.