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  1. Oh, sorry...it finally worked. I had to click for a temporary permission of something...
  2. Hi All, although I have posted lots of pic in former times downloading from my GT photo gallery it seems that today it just doesn't work. I activated my supporter account today. Maybe it's too early? The URL-window where I have to past the copied properties just doesn't appear after clicking on 'insert image' What could be wrong?
  3. It might be that she overexercised herself a bit. It's quite normal that in case of a non-conditioned hound can appear a bit of muscle pain. I would take her for leash walks for a few days and just wait the pain to settle by itself. Anyway, it's good before letting them run to massage their muscles and warm them up.
  4. I understand you so very well, as I had the same problem with my beloved Ivy. He couldn't manage the three steps to go outside the house. My luck was that he could use the kitchen door to outside but he wanted to go another three steps to the down area in the garden. He sometimes jumped them all at a time an badly fell. The most difficult thing was to get him back up. I remember that several times we needed an hour to get back up with my help. In his last days he fell so often and he had such a bad time as he just couldn't manage to get back on his legs by himself that I decided the worst decision of my life...let him go. The problem was, that he just didn't accept himself not to be able to do the same things he always did. He wanted to go for walks hardly able to walk as his FOUR legs didn't work anymore. So I carried him with help of DH outside, we walked a bit, when pooping he fell aside, couldn't get back on his legs, I helped him back. We did that for months until it wasn't possible anymore. I wish you the best, strength and some more ddays with your hound...
  5. Thanks for all your kind replies! It seems in fact a muscle atrophy, but only in her face. The rest of the body is well muscled. I still hope that her adorable little face 'fills up' too although now Soldi is on her perfect weight again. I give her now every day a cow nerve to chew which she loves. We play with a closed plastic bottle, that she has to open her jaws to keep her muscles active. Greetings, Marion
  6. Well, I have a question: as you all know my adorable Ivy passed at the end of July. Soldi got a serious depression and stopped eating. She got very skinny and her cheek bones got very prominent. Now she has recovered, she has put weight on, her appetite is excellent and she's playful like always BUT her cheekbones are still prominent. I mean, the rest of the body has 'filled up' but her little face stays kind of boney. Soldi is 10 years old. Anybody had that happen to a senior hound?
  7. Many best thoughts and lots of white light for sweet Princess!!!!!
  8. If you mean seasons and howling I have dealt with it and that is not why I spay & neuter. It has to do with mammory cancer and prostrate cancer. Regarding osteo and other cancers: the thinking on this is over vaccinating and the increased use of pestisides causes the cancers. Diane...respecting the risk of mammary tumors, it decreases with neutering a female before her first heat cycle but there are studies that prostrate cancer is even more frequent in castrated males. Opinions seem to be controversial.In male dogs, neutering (castration) has been shown to reduce the incidence of prostatic hyperplasia and infection, but not prostatic cancer. Respecting piometra, the risk is nearly eliminated if the female gets spayed within the first 4 years of her life. It seems that for females there do exist more health benefits than for males after castration. http://www.vetcontact.com/en/art.php?a=29&t
  9. Yes, steroid injections have serious side effects. They can cause cancer I found this info in the Internet: Cheque Drops, also sold under the name Mibolerone, are a liquid oral contraceptive that must be given to bitches on a daily basis for thirty days prior to coming into heat in order to be effective. The problem is bitches seldom come in season like clockwork, so predicting when to start the thirty day dosage is next to impossible. This can lead to prolonged use of the medication, and a greater possibility of experiencing some of the numerous side-effects. Cheque Drops have been known to cause: •Infertility •Liver damage •Increased chance of vaginal infections •Increased house wetting •Body odor •Skin problems •Vaginal distortion •Increased urge to ride other dogs •Personality changes It should also be noted that veterinarians do not recommend using Cheque Drops until after a bitch has had her first full season. Ovaban Rx Ovaban Rx is basically birth control pills for dogs. Chemically known as megestrol acetate, Ovaban is designed to be given to a bitch at the beginning of her heat cycle with an aim toward delaying it, although these birth control pills for dogs can be started earlier if your bitch has a reasonably predictable cycle. Ovaban is considered slightly safer to use than Cheque Drops, but can also produce side-effects, including: •Uterine infections •Breast enlargement •Mammarian cancer •Weight gain •Coat changes It's not possible to trick nature without health risks.
  10. What a happy looking little girl...glad to see that she's back to her normal self....
  11. Fantastic news! I'm so glad to read about Lexi's recovery!
  12. Exactly, and any large dog I own will always be spayed/neutered late, assuming I am allowed to do so by contract (whether is is from a rescue or a breeder). I will say that I have seen many males with prostate troubles, who are intact, especially the older they get. I am still debating about neutering Manero after he completes his UKC championship... Oh, and I should say, too, that I am no longer certain I am a huge proponant of altering pets. Now, the disclaimers I attach to that are these: in the US, there are many, many idiotic pet owners who should probably be spayed and neutered themselve. To let them have intact animals only increases the numbers of pets who will never know the joys of having a happy home. Also, for the average pet owner, altering their pets is a good thing. Many can't/don't want to deal with the potential issues of having intact pets...they don't want to keep them contained and supervised, to prevent unwanted litters, etc. For those that can/want to be responsible, I do not see a problem. But that is a culture that needs to change, and is unlikely to anytime soon. Thus the bills and laws we are seeing being proposed all over the nation. I remember years ago, it was never a thought...when I was a kid, none of my pets were altered. And only if we *wanted* them to, were there ever any breedings. That's what being responsible means, much like Marion is stating. However, I will also say this: for responsible rescue and adoption organizations, like most Greyhound adoption organizations, altering is the way to go. Otherwise, it would only make the overpopulation problem worse, because you'd have many, many people getting their hands on intact animals, telling the organization anything they want to hear ("Yes, I will get the pet altered...of COURSE I will!" wink wink, nudge, nudge). I shudder that our local shelter does not alter pets before placing them. How many more land in that shelter as a result? Yes, I agree with you concerning the mentality of many dog owners who just don't want to deal with gender specific traits. Also I understand that the adoption agencies MUST go that way in order to avoid unwanted litters and more abuse of Greyhounds. Here in Spain there does always exist the danger of the hunters who breed whenever they can to 'produce' more hunting galgos. My point of view is only valid for a small number of dog people who are ready to deal with gender specific traits. I know many people here who don't neuter their dogs because there's just no need. I depends on many factors. I only can tell, that I never had a problem with my two intact male and female hounds. Soldi entered in heat once per year, Ivy couldn't care less until those 4 fertile days where I had an eye on them and walked them separately. No false pregnancies, no urinary tract problems, no tyroid problems just nothing. I was lucky. Now my poor Ivy is at the bridge and I still can't overcome his passing... The articles are meant just as an information, as most vets don't inform about any risks.
  13. I know lots and lots of uncastrated males without any urinary tract problems...by the way, my father is a vet. I haven't posted this to start a discussion...I have no intention to change anyones opinions...I just found this article interesting.
  14. Here's another one... http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.html
  15. As many of you know, I'm NOT a fan of the sistematic neutering of ALL hounds. My Ivy was NOT neutered. He led a very happy life without any surgery and intact. Soldi is not neutered either. There might be indications to do so in individual dogs for various reasons, but my opinion is, that there are many health risks that dog owners are not aware of as they don't get informed about them. One point is the impressing number of osteosarcoma which is significantly higher in neutered dogs. The neutering of dogs increases the risk of osteosarcoma.I found this article and I think it's intersting http://www.naiaonline.org/pdfs/LongTermHea...euterInDogs.pdf
  16. I'm sorry, but it breaks my heart to see an 11 years old hound with an amputated leg...I only hope that he still can adjust at his age and that he doesn't suffer too much. Best wishes for him, he'll be in my thoughts...
  17. I always recommend : COSEQUIN!!! It really helps...
  18. Hi Tracey, that is a fabulous tribute! He was so darn sweet...I just saw the digging vid and it's superadorable. You must be devastated for his loss...now he will run and dig big holes with my beloved Ivy at the bridge... My thoughts are with you.
  19. marion

    Sahra's Gone

    That is so terrible. I'm so sorry for your loss and my thoughts are with you...
  20. Yes, I've used Therapaws. But Soldi doesn't walk very well with the bootie. I only use it when the limp is too bad, but at the moment, she's fine on soft surfaces. I take her to the beach for our big walks and there she's perfect and runs and plays all the time and no limping at all.
  21. Thanks so much Nancy, but I think my Bag Balm is still fine. I took off the upper part with the bubbles and the rest looks just fine and I put it on Soldi's little pad. Also it smells like always.The smell hasn't changed. Soldi is doing better. She has put on some lost pounds and I take her for big walks at the beach where she plays crazily like always. At home though often her face expression gets kind of lost and she just stares in the emptiness and dreams of her so beloved Ivy. Concerning the corn I don't know if after years of corn presence the duct tape still works. About 5 years ago, Meredith (Turbotaina) sent me an original American duct tape that worked great, but my DH stole it from my room and used it for thousand other things and it's finished. The duct tape over here is BAD. I tried to put it on Soldi's corn but when you take it off after a day or two, the glue sticks on the pad forever and the rest comes off. So Nancy, if you don't mind, I think I would be very thankful for a new small roll of real authentic American duct tape. If you think that it doesn't help anymore because her corn is a long-term corn, just forget about the duct tape... Thanks to all for your kind replies, greetings, Marion
  22. I just have a question: for how long can you use Bag Balm once opend? Nancy (Gazehund) was so nice to send me a wonderfu, huge, green tin of Bag Balm about 4 years ago or even longer. In the very hot summer here, the Bag Balm got lots of tiny bubbles or air holes. I haven't used it for quite a while, but at the moment my sweet Soldi has got serious corn problems again and I put Bag Balm on her pad. Do you think it's still O.K. or could it loose its effeciency after the change of consistency and the long time without using it???
  23. After my Soldi was diagnosed with IBD at the age of 18 months I stopped vaccinating her and Ivy (who left us in July this year). Ivy died at nearly 13 years of a kind of LS and Soldi is 10 years old and in perfect condition. Her colitis issues resolved totally after stopping the vaccines. I'm sure that yearly vaccines (which are totally unnecessary) cause more damage than benefits as they weaken the immune system due to the permanent effort of the organism to get rid of the vaccination toxins. I'm sure that lots of allergies, digstive issues, ear inflammations etc. are due to overvaccination.
  24. Hi Lucy, I have read your thread about your sweet Riley. I suppose that he has a tendon injury and the purple colour in the leg can be due to a severe traumatism in the upper area. Blood vessels got destroyed and the fluid can be some blood running down the leg and giving the purple colour. Ivy had that once.I personally would not give too many meds as they often mask the real problem and can make the hound confident to move more than he should. I wish you luck and hope that your sweet boy will get back to his normal cute self soon... Greetings, Marion and Soldi
  25. before going the amputation road, I would always try to get the broken one healed before. Breaks do heal with the time, but it's necessary to immobilize the toe sufficiently for about 3 weeks and later start moving with caution.
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