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Drax is 5 1/2 kg haven't measured him yet as he never keeps still, even in the vets yesterday he was trying to chew everything in site,
he's a bright spark though.
Just managed to mesure him he's around 12/12 1/2.
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Its also spread via mosquito's as mixi is blood borne - so no matter if an area is clear,
it only takes one of the little suckers to have fed off a rabbit miles away to infect the new area.
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Says that ad has been archived - no longer active.
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Liver pups do come up quite often in litters, the color could have come from the saluki side,
how ever nose color would determine if its a liver or just a red/fawn,
nose leather would be brown or sometimes pinkish.
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But not all rescues are like that, mine have come from rescue and I know the rescue will do everything they can to place their dogs in to the right homes, if the dog needs a working home they will work to find that home, first and formost its what the dog needs, the bigger rescues I agree need to change as they don't care and put blanket bans in place on what they think a dog needs without actually taking the individual dog in to accounnt.
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Unnecessary suffering ? From where as dogs don't suffer anything being neutered except a little pain, and most dogs cope quite well with coming in to rescue, as most go directly in to foster homes, dogs are not like humans the don't dwell on the past or past homes, actually most dogs forget any past homes very quickly.
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End of the day if so many people didn't breed and throw out pups year in year out - talking about all types of breeds hear,or pass on their dogs when they can't cope or have had enough,there would be little need for so many rescues and vets wouldn't be so pushy for neutering or spaying to be done,rescues won't take the risk of putting an un-neutered dog in to a household as for all the will in the world people can lie through their teeth when they want something, they won't take the risk of there being any problems between the new dog and any resident dogs, neutering can reduce the risk of dogs fighting with one another, after all rescues need the new home to work out - they don't want dogs bouncing back time and time again, rescues run at a huge loss, neutering isn't that cheap and by the time you've factored in microchipping,vax, worming and genrel upkeep of the dog, food etc then the loss is great, you not think if there was a cheaper option rescues would take it.
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But that could be cause by anything, not just neutering, did they have an mri scan done?
I had two bitchs neither were done, both lived quite happly with each other till they were a little over 8 years old, then one day they kicked off, not just a little fight to the point of killing each other, had to be kept sepertaed, a few months later we had to have one of them pts, as she had liver falure.
A rescue male dog I owned started showing agressive unprictable behavour towards people, never us,
He wasn't done, showed no other signs or symtoms - he dropped dead one day, he was brain dead - his heart carried on beating for a couple of minuites afterwards, he had a supected brain toumor.
Doberman I knew for years (not neutered) pts after starting to show agression and started having fits, he had a brain toumor.
There are lots of different reasons why a dog could show nervousness or agression, not just with neutering.
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He actually had a good life, but unfortunally with an elderly owner who didn't give him the socal/ life skills needed to cope in the world, neutering him hasn't changed this and I see lots of possitive changes in him daily.
This artical ( although american) may show why most vets don't do vas, its not much different to over hear.
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Why don't rescues and vets vasectomies dogs?
Actually cutting their balls off is a bigger operation and sometimes leads to physical and psychological problems.
or do they?
Probably because no vet will do a vas for a dog, they are not trained to do them - only ever trained to neuter, when I asked my vet to do my hob, he agreed to do it for me, but stated that he had never been trained to do one before on any type of animal. There is also no proof that neutering can cause a dog to go nervous or make an already nervous dog worse, my foster dog ( yes I do help out with rescue and no I'm not a bunny hugging lacs supporter and neither is the rescue) was very nervous when he arrived - nervous to the point of chewing himself to bits, he was neutered a couple of months before christmas and its certanaly not made him any worse, he doesn't chew himself anymore and except for getting stressed and reacting when meeting new dogs, he's totally relaxed and happy.
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By walking the pup more you will just create further problems as you will get to a stage where even walking is not enough, the pup needs mental stimulation
not just chewing a bone, you should find mental stimulation will tire the pup out much quicker and for longer.
Jenga? KerPlunk? Trivial Pursuit? Snakes and Ladders?
Is that the kinda thing you mean????
LoL
No would be easier though.
One way is - as he uses dry food scattering the food so the pup has to work at finding it all,
scent games - hiding a rabbit skin dummy, training etc.
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By walking the pup more you will just create further problems as you will get to a stage where even walking is not enough, the pup needs mental stimulation
not just chewing a bone, you should find mental stimulation will tire the pup out much quicker and for longer.
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Bloods don't always show for pancreatitis - you need to do the other test, a serum test called canine pancreatitis lipase immuninol reactivity - the fact he has an enlarged pancreas would suggest to me there is something going on, instead of pasta give mashed sweet potato with either fish or chicken (without skin).
The mucus in his stools can be caused by lack of food, my bitch had the same when she was being syringe feed, due to recovering from septicemia
she didn't eat for 3 weeks by herself.
http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_canine_pancreatitis.html
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I wouldn't be putting that dog under a GA just yet - very surprised the vet wants to do it so soon,
her internal organs wouldn't be able to cope with anything like that just yet,
would be better to wait a few weeks - at least a month get some weight back on her and get her a bit more healthy
her body would be better able to cope with everything then.
might be worth you investing in a coat also - if your keeping her outside even with a heat lamp
she will use more energy trying to keep warm as there's nothing on her to help.
And forget about the dogs trust if you do decide, they will just pts.
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From whats being said the dogs were locked up in the kitchen and the girl walked in, she had been left alone in the house she was staying at
whilst the owners daughter and another friend had nipped to the shop, the two girls came back and found the girl lying there
they ran off to phone for help, the owner of the dogs had apparently already said before that the mastiff was aggressive.
There was 2 staffys, 1 young AB, 1 mastiff and a little fluffy shitzu type thing ( presume that is the one that wasn't shot) in the house.
no one is certain the girl was even eating a pie.
from what i have found out though is i don't think the dogs were walked all that often, the owner had health problems.
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If you have a 4x4 club near you why not go and speak to some of them, will give you a chance to see some of their 4x4's and find out for yourself which
one would suit you.
A lot of the 4x4's that come off roading near me seem to be the defender and discovery ones, although there are a few different types of vehicles that turn up
most go home with out any problems.
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my dog pinches the garlic of the shelf in the kitchen, I always find either a Clove in her bed or out in the garden! How toxic is it to dogs? :sJust got back from a shine and my bitch is pissing up to 5/6 times an hour and emptying her water bowl. When I got back I let her rest an hour before giving her the usual calves milk and chicken wings. Wasnta huge night just the 3 but all long slips big runs. Anyone shadeany light. By the way I put a little garlic in her water
garlic is toxic to dogs
Its a toxin. While it
will take a lot to kill a good size dog but it can cause damage at much lower doses. Dogs simply shouldnt be given garlic or onions at all.
Actually your wrong there - garlic only has very minimum trace amounts in it and a dog would have to fed tons of the stuff every day to even show any symptoms,
even over long term, i've been feeding it for 10 + years and non of my dogs have ever showed symptoms.
The debate about whether garlic is good or bad seems tohave arisen from confusion with its close cousin, the onion. Both garlic
and onion contain thiosulphate, the substance responsible for causing
‘Heinx Factor’ anemia in dogs. However the amount of thiosulphate found
in garlic is much lower than in onions, in fact the amount in garlic is
barely traceable! The fear of garlic is a new one - propagated by rumor
on the internet and not proven by any facts or study.
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Hmmm I can't help but think this kid has blown enough hot air on this thread to send a hot air balloon across the Atlantic!!!
He was "Raped By A Vet" for an initially 55 pounds, but ended up paying £1415.65 O K . . .
Watch where you swing that nose Pinocchio, you might take someone's eye out!! . .
All the best.
Wey hey another millet type bellend. In what way am I bullshitting? This is the 1st time I've ever been to vets. £55 for 5mins work seemed extortionate. Bills up to just short of £1500 if you fancy an argument take it elsewhere. My dog is lucky to be alive. I don't know if its gen but vet reckons she's had over 3000 dogs in since xmas with a virus similar to parvo majority young dogs. Survival rate 1/10. It caused some real upset in the family as dog is a real character and the family love the thing. If you think in a bullshitter come.to Keighley west yorkshire and have a look at all the paper work for your self there's loads. If ypu are here for an argument I can't be arsed I'd rather see you face to face and send you to local hossy. Wind your neck in messer
Seems very excessive to me and think i would be questioning that bill.
One of mine was in the emergency vets the other week, this emergency vet charges just under 100 to see your dog(depending on what time you go in), that's before treatment.
It only cost me 650 for her to be in two nights on support therapy, that's with 24 hour priority care (ie someone sat with her at all times) costing over 100 a night,
she was on 3 different ab's, oxygen - had x-rays, scan's done and bloods, she had exactly the same gastro and was in rep distress.
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So long as its not over kill on fat then i wouldn't worry to much, so dogs react to - to much fat others don't.
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To much fat in a dogs diet can cause pancreitus, so yes if you feed to much pig meat with the amount of fat there is on trotters
a dog could come down with it, trotters should only really be given as a occasional treat.
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Ive just been through the same with one of my dogs, although she was in resp distress and pain with it also
ended up costing near enough 700, its gastro enteritis - she was already on support therapy when she started crapping blood,
like your first picture its all blood out of the gut, took 5 days for her to start eating again, right as rain now though.
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I used to carry superglue in my med pack when in the army, might have to look up this surgical glue. I used plain old stuff on a 4 inch long 1/2inch deep on my hand and its barely scared
you can but the stuff they use is surgical super glueCorrect me if am wrong, I've done a lot of butchering and had a deep nasty cut to my hand once, I used superglue to seal it. Could you use this on a dogs pad??? I know they use it at hospital for cuts
I can't find the surgical glue anywhere online.
Google Tissue Adhesive - its not cheap though.
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Dont know if its same one.
Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 July, 2013
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One of Lurcher Links dog's has gone missing, Springer was out with his foster carer round Brackmills woods, Northampton when he went missing, Springer is tagged and microchipped, there's not been a single sighting since he went missing on the 1st.
Facebook page.
https://www.(!64.56:886/FindSpringerGroup
Pup With Swollen Mouth.
in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
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Try the children's Benadryl its sugar and alcohol free - its what most vets would prescribe.
Normal dose of antihistamine for a dog is 1 milligram of antihistamine per pound of body weight every 8 hours.
http://www.antihistamine.com/articles/dog-antihistamine-dosage.html