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Coco girl - Pouch-poached
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Hi
We took our darling Coco to the vet to be neutered today and we got her back for 4.30 p.m. Bringing her home, after buying her a new donut bed, to allow her to recuperate, she decided that the best place to snooze would be on our bed. The wee one slept for near 3 hours and has just toddled int...
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Crocodile days
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Eilidh and Luca were boxing this morning and little Eilidh squawked.....she'd twanged her shoulder. At walkie time, we decided we'd just go a little saunter round the big park down the road (Iain and I are both unwell), let the boys have a run and Eilidh had better stay on her lead just incase she...
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Dog Shampoo
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I have run out of dog shampoo was wondering if I could use Jonsons baby shampoo instead it would be a fairly weak solution .
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Aloe vera
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I was at an aloe vera night after our dog training session. The lady came along to promote the aloe vera for use in both humans and animals. It was all very interesting but would it work.
We all received a small sachet of the stuff and I went home to see who I could experiment on. Legion has had a skin infect...
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Bald Patches
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Chester our 2 year old greyhound has what appears to be a fair sized bald patch appearing on his hind leg - am I dreaming this or have I read that this can happen to ex-racers? Can someone put me out my misery of wondering please.
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Dog Acupuncture
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Hiya,
Acupuncture for dogs was mentioned in one of the other topics, for anyone who's interested drop me a pm (don't want to post private phone number on-line). My mother in law is qualified in acupuncture (for people too!) and is happy to treat hounds. Only condition is they have to be muzzled for th...
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female urinary incontinence
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We are going to take Tyler a trip to the vet real soon as we think she is becoming incontinent (she's now 7 1/2 years). Over the past few months we've found very occasional small drops of urine where she's been lying, but last weekend during the day whilst fast asleep&n...
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Suzie's achilles
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On Saturday morning Suzie and Sim were playing in the garden when Suzie suddenly let out a squeal and stopped running - favouring her rear left leg!
We had a good look at it and feel of it and could find nothing obvious. Over the weekend it seemed to be improving until last night when she started t...
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Sparkly nashers
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Hi
We have now had our lovely wee Coco (nee Joy) for now 6 weeks.
The wee darling was a soprano in her past life and has no qualms in singing to us - it can sometimes go right through the centre of your head.
Anyway, we took the wee one down to the vet for a check-up - we knew her teeth/ mouth were bad...
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Snap - Right Rear Leg Muscle
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Hi Everyone,
Most you will know Snap was at the vet on Monday for an operation to stitch up a bit tear on her jaw. The vet asked if she was lame in her right rear leg, as the muscle was noticibly smaller that the left leg.
Right enough the right rear leg muscle is smaller - I'm now worried that she may have a...
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bitten or stung its not fun
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Hi folks,
well not a good morning for Janie, out her 1st walk of the day and I get a phone call, can you come and get us, Janie has hurt her leg and wont stand on it, let alone walk. Jumped into the car and off I set to collect her, well what a sight I was met with, laying on the grass she was ridged and shak...
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grotty botties !
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poor dave & daisy - not sure it was the strawberry that upset their tums - they both have the squits now !! dave very laid back about lack of dinner but daisy has the hump with me cos i'm not feeding them until tomorrow nite  then they will have nice chicky with rice a...
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Harry and his lampshade
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Hi, folks - quick query for you.
As most of you know, Harry has had a mishap with his jaw. Due to him scratching at his face, he has been the proud wearer of a lampshade collar thing to stop him doing further damage.
Thing is, we don't know how long to keep it on him. It's healing well but the moment th...
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Windie the Poo
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It looks like, if things continue as they are , that i wont be having many friend or family round to the house. This is because Seamus has uncontrollable , putrid flatulence EVERY night of the week. It actually is so bad, that on one occasion, when my in laws were visiting- they left in total disgust. It...
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Arden Grange query
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Hi guys - I was easily talked into trying Murphy on the Arden Grange dried food at the SKC show & the lovely guys on the AG stall sent me away with a carrier bag full off free samples to try out & Murph has LOVED them all (chicken, salmon & rice, lamb & rice) - v keen on the salmon one!!
So I am def gonna order h...
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Trei - Treatment for Bite tear
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Hi Everyone,
Trei my foster dog loves to rush full speed towards the lounge door when I'm getting ready for a walk. unfortunately on Tuesday night he rushed past Snap who was asleep on my sofa. She nipped him but as he was moving so fast his skin tore.
2 inch triangular skin rip. So next day off t...
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Going on holiday in Scotland with the dogs this summer???......beware!
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of snakes in the grass...
Dogs and adders do not go together. An adder may possibly (but probably won't) tolerate being sniffed by a dog, but a sudden movement by the dog, for example if it looks up when its person calls, may result in a strike on the nose or face.
Although the defensive b...
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ear cleaning
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Hiya,
Can anyone advise how to clean a dog's ears? I can see wax in Ruby's ears, it's not ver far in - should I remove it, and how?
Any advice appreciated
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Lactic Acid
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Eilidh's not well today after a lovely time in the park yesterday doing what groos do best - running about.
When I got up this morning, she didn't want out and I couldn't tempt her with a treat (not like Eilidh I thought to myself.) When we got to the park, she made a mad dash to be sick and all that ca...
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CPR for dogs
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CPR for Dogs
AIRWAY
- make sure that the animal has an open airway
1. Lay animal down on either side.
2. Gently tilt the head slightly back to extend the neck.
3. Pull the tongue between the front teeth.
4. Use your finger to check for and remove any foreign material.
BREATHING...
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Sashas got a baldy neck!
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Any suggestions? Sasha normally wears a brown leather greyhound collar but recently we've noticed that her neck (underside) is becoming devoid of hair! Is there any other type of collar that we could use or am i completely off track and theres another reason for this?
Any suggestions welcome.
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suncream for dogs
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Stupid Question but here goes-- Seeing as its going to be very hot this weekend!!,would any one put suncream on their dogs ? I wouldnt let Bovril lay out too long in the heat anyway but is burning an issue if so what cream is recommended.
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Pearly has a dicky tummy - starve her or not?
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Pearly has a dicky tummy at the moment, which she's had since yesterday morning. She refused her breakfast yesterday and so we've given her chicken and rice since then. Though at dinner time today she had a bit of her usual kibble thrown in to try to solidify things, plus some natural yoghurt to help set...
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soft poo's
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Hi every one , sorry about title , couldn't think of any other way to describe my dog Blue's Formely (spartacus) problem , was wondering if any body has any ideas on feeding to make his poo's harder, we've had him for about three weeks now and its always been the same , got him checked and and h...
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Water Drinking Quanties - A Guide
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Hi Everyone,
I'm seeking advice - conducting a survey on normal greyhound drinking habits -
I trying to establish what is the normal water drinking voulume range of a healthy greyhound is ( greyhounds that are totally settled and relaxed in homes)
reason - my foster greyhound Trei seem...
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D.A.P. diffuser
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Does anyone need a D.A.P diffuser? Going free to good home!
Could bring it along to Strathie Park or u can collect from Springburn area if you need it urgently.
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dried & cracked foot pads
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Just wondering if dried & cracked foot pads is a sign of a problem, or quite usual? Not all the pads on Max's feet are like that - just some.
On the subject of food pads, last week in a pet store I noticed some cream that can be applied to their pads to stop them slipping about on cer...
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wasp & bee stings...
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with summer fast appraoching, heres what to do if yer dog gets on the wrong end of a bee or wasp...
Remove the stinger with tweezers. Or scrape out the stinger, moving parallel to the skin surface, to reduce the chance of it pumping more venom into the dog's skin.
* Bathe the stung area with a so...
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GAL supporters
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Even though we didn't get our beautiful girls from GAL - i must admit that you really are the best. We are showing our support by sening off a request to become members. Also we have been approached by a number of people recently(including a neighbour) to ask about our girls and how we got th...
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Walk and Drop
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We've noticed that Barney can't squat still to poo. He has to walk and drop at the same time. Does anyone else's pooch do this?! Never seen it before and I wondered if it was "normal"!
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