I'm hoping someone out there can help put a finger on this problem. I'll give a quick summary of the problems we've had with Myrtie up to date.

We got Myrtle just over 2 years ago (she was nearly 11 at the time). She had some fairly urgent dental work done, and when she came home that night bled profusely. Fortunately she got up the next morning right as rain and had no more problems. A year ago she had more dental work done and this time bled so much that the vet actually kept her in overnight - this time she had a bit more bleeding later on also. In May, she developed a large haematoma (about the size of a grapefruit) on her side (we're not sure what exactly she did, but she obviously suffered some sort of injury - from where the bump was I suspect she bumped into the coffee table when she was getting off the settee!). This has gradually receded and is now about the size of a toffee (though not so tasty!). About 6 weeks ago, she was in at the vet for an injection and the site took several minutes to stop bleeding. This prompted the vet to take a blood sample and send it away for analysis to find out if she had a clotting disorder (well obviously she does!!). Fortunately, or unfortunately, the results all came back normal. Then, last week, she jumped on Cookie when he was asleep (he was under a cover at the time, so it was an easy mistake to make!!). He jumped up and snaffled her on the neck. Now she has a lump the size of a tennis ball on her neck and, yes, anti inflammatories and anti-biotics to take.

The vet just shrugs and says "She's a bleeder", but I keep wondering if there's maybe something greyhound related that we haven't picked up on.

We've also been having problems with her seasons (because of her age and poor health when we got her the vet wasn't keen to spay her - I don't think he thought she'd last long enough for seasons to become an issue!!! We try to put her on Ovarid to stop the season, but as anyone who uses it for their dog knows, timing is critical - you literally have to catch them almost at the first drip - and she always manages to steal a march on us. We managed it once, then she got her own back by having another season 3 months later when we definitely weren't expecting it!!!). At first they lasted 4 weeks, and she dripped slightly all the way through. However, they've gradually got longer and messier - the last one was 7 weeks! Once again, our vet can only shrug and say "She's a bleeder". He's also run out of ideas!

Anyway, sorry about the length of this (it's a bit like War and Peace!), but as I say, I just wondered if anybody out there had any ideas that might help us on a bit.

Thanks in anticipation.

Jean