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Scissors from an autoclave: I've always used slightly blunt scissors: as in still sharp but not scalpel sharp: no bleeding at all like that.
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I've just had a litter of pups done at my own vet at 3 days old, which is always when I used to do it. I held the pups and showed the vet exactly where I wanted them docked. No local: unnecessary and local anaesthetic also slows down healing in all circumstances. Regarding taking pups to a surgery, yes, I didn't like it either, but the pups were never in contact with anything other than the vet's sterilised hands, my hands or the basket I took them in there with. At this age they should have very good maternal immunity anyway, and providing the bitch 's immune system is OK there shouldn'
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Ian, I wasn't meaning a pure Saluki, or even a predominantly Salukified hare dog. But there are lurchers over here with a good rough coat AND Saluki in their breeding for toughness, stamina and that certain hare sense that comes from breeding good hare dog to good hare dog.
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Hi there: just my thoughts on the type of running dog you need. Personally I wouldn't go for a smooth coat: a Whippety type would really suffer in the cold over your way. And besides, smooth coat doesn't mean less hair in the house: just shorter hairs everywhere LOL. For hares anywhere I'd suggest something with a bit of Saluki in the breeding (for stamina, good feet, hunting drive and instinct). Bit fields need more Saluki, small fields need less stamina, more speed. I'd always go for a lurcher to lurcher bred animal, bred from good workers for generations. I've got nothing at all a
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Kennel cough is like human flu: it is passed on as an airborne virus, if an infected dog coughs or sneezes then it can be passed on via a human if the dog snots on you. The strain of virus mutates and changes just like our common cold or flu, so once your dog is over that particular bout of it there should not be a problem. I should know, I live just down the road from a big animal shelter, and every now and then my dogs get a new strain of the cough, carried by the wind. Once they've had one strain of kennel cough each successive infection gets less severe as the dog's immune system is a
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How can you possibly make a blanket statement that 'raw meat is no good for pups' based on one pup's sad state? And if it was not 'well at all', how could it also be the 'best pup there'? Forgive me for criticizing what you have written, but surely a brain damaged pup would have been the last one you would pick from a litter! And if it appeared to be the best one of the bunch then surely that shows that there was something very wrong with the rest of them, and it certainly wouldn't be due to a meat diet! I have yet to 'poison' a litter of pups, or any pup at all, by feeding them meat.
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I've just ordered from TPMS for the first time, but I'll have to go to Bedford to pick it up as they don't deliver into Cambridgeshire. Maybe they would extend their delivery area if more people ordered their stuff.
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Chalkwarren: it is better to leave one or two good books behind you when your'e gone than a pile of stuff that nobody likes! To be honest I've never read any of Frain's books: and I'm not likely to either after the opinions I keep reading. I had no idea he had written that many!
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Well I hate to say it but Landywoods have just let me down.....again! What is the point of them phoning me up to ask what I want (one week in advance of delivery, when they then phone at 6 in the morning on the delivery day and say they haven't got what I want: economy mince is all they could give me: 90%lungs/lights! No way! This is the second consecutive month they have done this to me, so its bye bye Landywoods and over to TPMS, even if they don't deliver to my door as I'm just outside their delivery area. I'll have to drive for 20 minutes to meet their driver somewhere: but its wort
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Wow! Aren't they really rare nowadays?
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And with the winters seeming to get warmer and warmer, I'd definitely go with brick nowadays: the wooden structures get very hot in summer. Just add more bedding in winter if it gets cold in a brick built kennel.
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A wild guess, after some of the symptoms your'e describing: lead poisoning? Found in old paint. Could they have chewed it off an old door/gate/wall? http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cl...;articleid=1522
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peterborough festival of hunting
skycat replied to scotty's topic in Gamefairs, Meet Up's and Events
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Are these just hunting curs or some other sort of breed? especially the first one. looks like a lean golden retriever. unlike the fat, and hairy AKC goldens i'm used to seeing.. i like this ones looks! The shaggy one is a full blooded July hound. Not all Julys are shaggy, In fact it is kind of rare. The gyp on the bottom is 3/4 july 1/4 running walker. I use the running hounds on coyotes. The ones with the squirrels are curs. I know I've read somewhere before about curs, but for the sake of me who can't remember and anyone else who wants to know: what exactly are they, and how did
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Minced beef/lamb/minced whole chicken bones and all. Tiny amounts of liver and heart, like a teaspoon full: once a week. Too much is too rich and will make him scour. Vary the diet as much as possible. Tripe is fine in small amounts but is low in protein. Let him chew on a knuckle bone: it will give his jaws something to do. don't give him small bones at this age as they're likely to try and swallow them whole. (chicken wings for example: fine when he's a bit older, but not yet.
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LOL
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Yuck! :sick:
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[quote You can buy excact match of bitch milk in powder from any vet its called welpie.....Works a treat just dripped out of a seringe good luck I agree: far better to use purpose made stuff than go messing about with goats milk etc. Mix it up to the strength stated on the tin, and don't be tempted to be stingy with it. Bitch's milk is far richer than goat's milk and if the pup isn't doing very well then giving it something that is not nutritious enough won't help him any.
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Lucky dog! I feckin hate those bikers: we get them on the commons round my way, though I did have a few words once as the little b*****d tried to come flying past me and my dogs. Now they keep out of my way LOL It's bad enough trying to exercise dogs in the countryside nowadays, let alone near towns etc. I know they're only trying to have a bit of fun and probably aren't old enough to ride on the roads, but walkers/dogs and bikes don't mix.
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Excuse me for being blunt: but that is a load of bollocks! My own vet is anti BARF and whittles on about pups not getting enough protein etc, but I've reared several pups now on only raw food and they have never had a sick or sorry day. Just remember that it is not only meat that dogs need. Fat: for energy. Bones: for minerals, jaw exercise plus the marrow inside even little bones contains nutrients. Red meat: protein for building muscles and general growth. Minced veg and fruit for all those other vitamins and minerals they need, plus it is roughage which is essential to healthy di
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Bodyly fluids from the vigina
skycat replied to timmmy's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
Not uncommon. Seen it a couple of time in my youngs uns, terriers and lurchers. It is called puppy vaginitis and is not usually a problem. Sometimes the discharge even looks a bit like pus. Don't worry about it unless the bitch starts drinking abnormal amounts of water or looks unwell in herself. This condition usually clears up once they have their first season. -
My dad was at Belsen when it was freed: he would never talk about it: it affected him for the rest of his life. I just hope that the youngsters on this forum read your letter and learn a little more.
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Well the next time your'e there: drop by for a coffee! They're only a mile up the road from me, and the only downside is when you take your dogs there the room is full of those wannabe official p***ks! the last time I was there a year ago my mobile went off as I was holding the dog surrounded by middle aged (in type if not in years) women as they learned how to put in the chip. You could have heard a pin drop when my phone went off! What was the ring tone? Youv'e guessed it........................hunting horn! I just said: bloody phone, people always ring when I'm busy, or sommat lik
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That's a very kind offer SJ: my vets are now charging £22 per dog to chip them! Wish I lived nearer to you. On the other hand, if anyone living in Cambridgeshire or thereabouts wants their dogs chipped, there is an Animal Shelter near Huntingdon which runs chipping courses for dog wardens and the like: they always need dogs for their students to practice on and chip, so you just take your dog along there and you get it chipped for free: all the paperwork and everything. Give me a pm if you are interested. Obviously I'll need to find out when the courses are being run, which I shall do
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Use shavings in the areas they mess in and cover the rest with a thick layer of straw. the shavings will soak up the liquid mess and as the ferrets burrow around in the straw they'll dry off their feet and any other messy bits of themselves: plus its a great way for them to have fun: making straw tunnels! I would never keep ferrets just on a hard surface: sore urine soaked feet and coats could lead to all sorts of health problems. Think wild animal and you realise that stoats and other mustelids spend a lot of time dragging themselves through grass: that's how they stay clean. Our ferre