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Its going through my kennel at the moment too Benolin does help them cough up any phlegm, and I guess the syrup can soothe a sore throat. The main thing to do is to keep the dog quiet, avoid any stress or running and feed it the best you can. Bear in mind that the dog can carry the virus for up to 3 months after falling ill with it. And I'd advise a vet check before running the dog hard after it has been infected: it has been known to blow a dog's lungs if you run it whilst it is still below par: then you have permanent damage: for life. Seen it happen to other people's dogs when they c
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Combine harvester!
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Fantastic going there!
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The 'bruising' as you call it is probably inflammation around a torn muscle: will take at least 6 weeks to heal. You're doing the right thing by massaging him: just do it gently for a couple of weeks to begin with: every day with a good embrocation. Best of luck in his recovery.
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Bloody hot and all it was: those are really good photos.
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dogs back legs or back problem
skycat replied to mark.a's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
That definitely sounds like some sort of nerve damage and as for being told to wait a few weeks! Why? I'd get him to a good Greyhound vet ASAP: the number of times I have said this to people is unbelievable. Surely if there is something obviously wrong with a dog then it should see a specialist: not be told to wait a few weeks! If you were me then I'd get my vet to refer me to a nerve specialist immediately. -
Bumping this back up: please vote on it!
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Just been speaking to Clive Rees who is going to look into the legalities of the whole freeze marking thing further.
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thanks for putting that up S.
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Apparently you can deface a freeze mark just as you could tattoo over an old tattoo: I agree, nothing is 100%, but anything that would put off a potential thief has got to be worth a go. I'm going to be looking into the issue: Kiwi has told me that dogs even have to be knocked out in NZ to be tattooed, which is not the case here in the UK. So maybe you could freeze mark without anaesthesia: another unwanted risk IMO.
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I agree with everthing you said, but when you consider the numbers of lurchers and terriers that are stolen every year in this country, then even if it is only a limited market (working dogs) then putting would be thieves off is, to my way of thinking, a good start. The woman at Northern Brand also takes in a limited number of stray dogs, and as she lives near the M6 she said that the numbers of working type terriers, particularly the black Pats and Fells, she sees/hears of/picks up are, along with lurchers, out of all proportion to other types of dogs that have been lost/stolen and dumped or
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The woman from Northern Brand says, like SJM said, that the procedure is uncomfortable rather than down right painful. Obviously different animals have different sensitivity to pain, just like humans. Have a look at this link: this guy uses dry ice, which apparently doesn't freeze the iron to quite the same extent as liquid nitrogen, which most freeze3 mark companies use. But he explains it so that everyone can understand step by step. Incidently, Northern Brand get their irons made in the USA: from bronze, which is one of the best conductors of cold. Other metals can be used but are le
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You only need to kill the hair follicles if it is a white coated animal: this way the fur never grows back and the freeze brand is seen as a mark where there is no fur. (It is called a freeze mark on darker coated animals where the hair follicles are not killed and the fur grows back white: it is called a freeze brand where the follicles are killed with a slightly longer application of the iron and will then show up as a skin coloured bald mark on a white animal) On another note: I spoke to my vet about this today as well: she didn't know if it was legal to freeze brand dog either, so s
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Ears can be cut off if tattooed: this has been known to happen: and not many people would be willing to go the hassle of tattooing the inner thigh, which either requires a local anaesthetic (very painful) or heavy sedation. The more modern chips are coated in a substance which promotes bonding of tissue to the chip thereby preventing migration to other parts of the body. (This was previously a concern of mine, but I have been told that with this new bonding coating is working well in 99% of dogs chipped.) Keep your views coming folks please.
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A combination of numbers and letters is usual: though if you wanted to go the extra mile you could have a branding iron made up as any symbol you wanted!
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A vast amount of common sense in that article: like others have said: read it before breeding!
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I have this morning been talking to a woman who runs a horse freeze marking business in Cumbria. She tells me that there is absolutely no legislation within the UK which prohibits the freeze marking of any animals. Follow this link to see that even bats have been freeze marked for identification purposes! http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13634851 If the powers that be do not think it is cruel or painful to freezemark a bat, then there should be no problem with dogs! Apparently althought the procedure is a bit uncomfortable, the woman I spoke to reckons it is a lot less
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All the best with him: looks very intelligent.
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http://bowlingsite.mcf.com/GENETICS/Merle.html
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Really good paintings: superb atmosphere: love the background in the one of Solo.
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Brilliant read! Any chance of some pics of the dogs? Really would love to see them: put faces to names LOL
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Not necessarily: fibromyalgia can be one of the symptoms of ME, and recent research suggests that there are many other apparently unrelated conditions which may well be linked. There is new data suggesting that a protein within a certain virus may be responsible, amongst other things!http://chronicfatigue.about.com/od/whatisc...fsfactsheet.htm It's a b*****d of a thing to have to live with, and whilst not actually life threatening in itself, can be totally debilitating and ruin one's ability to lead a normal life. Edited to add: the only way to keep going is to do as much as humanly p
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Sorry: double posted! Brain fog LOL
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I would think that by now it would have cost you less to build a run to shut the pups in! You're moaning about what it has cost you, but at least you got them back! Next time they might not be so lucky.