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Love the 'herding' photo! And the pup is showing signs of her shape to come once she's mature: very nice. -
the thing is, it is natural for a dog to lick a wound: dog saliva contains enzymes which kill bacteria, so it is really good for them to lick at wounds. I've never had a dog try and pull stitches out. Maybe I've been lucky, but why not let him lick it and watch him closely to see if he is just licking or actually trying to pull the stitches out? Trying to go against instinct is a hard thing to do. If he is actually biting at the stitches then you'll have to cover it or muzzle him when you can't watch him, but give it a go and see what he does.
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Elizabethan collar you must be in the semi professional ranks skycat,we amateurs use the old lampshade I would have said lampshade, but I had visions of him cutting up an old lampshade and trying to make it fit I keep several sizes of the proper jobs: the great thing about the purpose made ones is that the dog can see through them, so doesn't feel blinkered and spooked by not being able to see around it.
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Be very careful with bandages: I have seen vets do bandages much too tight: nurses are sometimes better at bandaging as they get to do it all the time. If it's just stitches on a cut, why is it bandaged? Feet sweat a lot and can easily get infected if there is no air getting to the wound. Can you not get an Elizabethan collar from the vet to stop him licking it?
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What's their breeding? They're bitsas. Irish wolfhound, borzoi, deerhound with 1/16th grey is the mother and two pups out of her to a ridgeback pit wolf deer grey lol. Was an accidental breeding but worked out ok. Interesting that they are all smooth coated with so many rough coated dogs in their breeding. They look solid useful sorts anyway: love their big strong feet.
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What's their breeding?
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Would Calci Plus Benefit Pup
skycat replied to Country Joe's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
Yes, it does have that effect if you feed too much when the dog isn't used to it! I got mine used to it little by little: used to go down to a horse abattoir that supplied zoos etc. Bought it in 5kg blocks of pure muscle meat, but made sure never to feed it alone: needs other stuff to tone it down a bit. -
Would Calci Plus Benefit Pup
skycat replied to Country Joe's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
Adding extra calcium to a diet already rich in calcium could cause all sorts of bone problems. I know someone who rears and feeds his lurchers on nothing but horse meat and restaurant leftovers: not what I would feed but his dogs are fit and strong and work very hard. I guess they are getting a fairly well balanced diet with all the left overs, (veg, carbs etc) and the protein from the horse meat plus bones. I've never given extra calcium to pups, whether they were fed on a raw diet or complete, and they all grow up strong and never had any bone problems. -
We don't know how exactly the OP's dog broke its toe in the first place. Not having seen a photo of the dog we don't know how good or bad its feet are, which is why I said what I said. Sometimes it is just bad luck: I had a bitch who, whilst coursing, found the only sharp object on a fen of soft silt: not a stone or anything in sight: bad luck. Sliced through all the tendons in her foot. Just plain bad luck: that's what I meant.
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skycat theres noooo need to bring sexual comments into it sleeping with yer dog tut tut There's always one.....
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A dog can have the best feet in the world, but if it is unlucky enough to strike a stone or half buried farm implement at the wrong angle when running hard, or turning at speed ... well, bones break, lumps of iron or stone tend not to.
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the so called stupidity can and often is , mistaken for high intelegance, . grossly misunderstood by alot of folk ..challanging , conflict of wills .certainly not for the inpatient quote in red: I take it that this was a slip of the pen, so to speak, but very true all the same. Not saying that there aren't bad ones, seen a few, same as in any type, but most have been grossly misunderstood. Just because its a dog breed, a lot of people seem to think that a dog is a dog is a dog, and all must be treated the same. NOT! Remember talking to one bloke years ago: said he'd tri
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Had a pup that had almost identical breaks in its toe. OK, he was only 4 months old at the time, but the toe healed fine and never caused him a moment's problem. Hard part was keeping a pup quiet for 3 months! Hope your's is better able to cope with the enforced rest.
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IMO 6 weeks is fine if the pup isn't going to be stuck in a kennel on its own all the time. Pups need to interact with other pups and dogs around them to develop normal social skills, which is why 8 weeks is usually recommended so they learn some of those skills before they leave their dam and littermates. I would always rear a 6 week old pup in the house to begin with: even sleep with it until it settles in, which is usually very fast as long as the pup doesn't get the chance to feel lonely or left alone.
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Deer Dog Ban.lead Poisoining Instead Or Lyme Desease
skycat replied to blackgreyhound's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
We had a really fat one once, but this was a doe. There was nearly an inch of fat beneath her skin. Never went more than 150 yards: it was sinking in the soft soil it was so heavy. She was with another, smaller, male, thinner. That ran like the wind and gave the other dog a good course across a massive rape field before she got it. -
Only 2 years old? I thought she was older. That's even more of a shame in that case. Worse to lose a young dog like that. I lost a young bitch many years ago: also dropped weight suddenly: turned out she had a tumour near her heart. Wasn't about to have her opened up for a very dangerous operation that only had a 80/20 chance of survival. Re the pic: every time anyone puts a photo on the internet, remember that viewers are seeing the thing for the first time: whereas the owner has had time, maybe not a lot, to get used to the appearance of the animal. Sometimes, not always, an animal can
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So sorry to hear that. I know you said she was old (er) but how old was she? Heart problems aren't that uncommon in older dogs. And I'm sorry if I gave you a hard time over the photo when you first put it up. That's the problem with t'internet: we never have all the facts! Once again, I'm sorry for your loss, but it sounds as though you made the right decision for the wee bitch.
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Can 2 Jills Be Left Together With Eachothers Kits ?
skycat replied to foxtails's topic in Ferrets & Ferreting
I wouldn't use hay: I used it once, many years ago when I first started keeping ferrets; some of the new born kits got entangled in the thin strands: one was strangled, and the others had to be cut out of the mess with tiny scissors. Never used hay again, plus it is very hot to use as bedding in the summer time: people used to make a hay box to act as a slow cooker: a wooden box filled with hay in which you put the just-brought-to-the-boil pot of stew: over the next 24 hours the hay kept it hot enough to finish cooking. I always use straw: barley straw, not wheat, as barley isn't so dusty. I -
When you say she has put on weight, do you mean all over weight, or just her belly? She should have had pups by now, and unless she only has one or two pups inside her you'd be able to see them moving. Unless they are dead. Difficult to give advice without seeing the bitch in the flesh. Get her scanned to be on the safe side. When you are sure there are no pups, expect the milk to disappear within a few weeks, but you can give a bitch homeopathic tablets Urtica Urens 3c http://www.dorwest.com/Products/URN3C/urtica-urens-3c-three-100-pillules which will help dry her up much more safely th
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Can 2 Jills Be Left Together With Eachothers Kits ?
skycat replied to foxtails's topic in Ferrets & Ferreting
I wouldn't risk it as the births will be quite far apart. If the jills were both due to give birth together, then maybe. We've done it before with jills giving birth within a day or two of each other and they've been fine with each other's kits, rearing them all together. But its always a risk even then, and you don't know if it will succeed until you try it. -
Lovely! My God, she looks intelligent, and very responsive too for her age. Someone's done a fantastic job of rearing her so far Look forward to seeing more pics of her as she grows up.
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after advice penny not approval,if i wasnt honest and in two minds about her condition id never have asked would i,fed up piling barf diet into this bitch without seeing results but cheers anyway The problem with barf feeding is that if you don't get the balance right the dog will lose weight. It's all very well saying that wolves, foxes etc survive very well on just game they catch, but dogs aren't quite the same as they usually expend much more energy, plus they are at our mercy as to how much we feed them. Not enough fat will cause a dog to lose weight even if you are stuffing muscle
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two different pics,its the second bitch im on about,more fat in the diet to bulk her out.........suggestions please Either get a complete food that is at least 25% protein and 16% fat: this is listed on the side of the bag of dog food, OR, get some breast of lamb (ribs and flaps). Feed her twice a day: two smaller meals are better than one big meal. She needs protein (meat or meat based complete food) to put on muscle, and extra calories (fat/carbohydrate) to bulk up properly. Also, when was she last wormed and with what wormer?
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Not surprised someone dobbed you in: the condition of that bitch is a disgrace. Underweight doesn't even begin to describe her. You come on here asking for our approval. Take a long, hard look at that bitch and there is no way you can tell anyone, or yourself if your'e honest, that she is in good condition. Being in good, fit, lean condition is one thing, but that dog is a bag of bones. Look at the way the shoulder blades stick up, and you can count all her ribs, not just the last two as you should be able to. Plus you can count every vertebrae in her spine. Get feeding that bitch now wi
