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Vickie my heart is broken for you and everyone .... I heard on Facebook .... I cannot imagine a world without Hot Rod in it. I am utterly in shock that this could have moved so fast. Oh sweet sweet Hot Rod.
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I would try something like cold laser therapy. My vet is big into it, and quite a few vets offer it now. It's helped me as well for tendon issues in a knee.
Article that just went online today in my local paper, about my vet clinic, that focuses a lot on therapeutic laser: http://wcfcourier.com/lifestyles/alternative-medicine-for-animals-gains-momentum/article_f2e89f7a-e42e-551e-9a37-46ef3d53eab0.html
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Welcome from Iowa!
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Good luck! Beth had a rear weight-bearing toe amputated after a traumatic injury about a year and a half ago. We had a somewhat hairy healing process (stitches ripped after the wrap was removed too soon because it was causing a major abrasion on her remaining toe, a large area had to heal by granulation and she had to be on crate rest for several weeks) though she was weight-bearing on it from the beginning. She is fine now, no limp, runs full out and all OK, though I am certainly more nervous/cautious about running conditions. The remaining weight-bearing toe on that foot has become quite enlarged in the knuckle and I do worry about that, but an x-ray last spring showed the joint itself was fine -- just enlargement of the joint capsule or something like that.
One thing I would highly recommend is using laser therapy for faster wound healing at the amputation site. My vet didn't have that at the time, but now he does and swears by it for how much it speeds up healing. It would have really helped us. Seems like lots of vets are using it now.
Make sure your vet amputates the CORRECT TOE ... sounds ridiculous, yet all of us on this board will recall a pretty recent horror story with another hound ....
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Oh no, our buddy Hot Rod has got to be OK ... sending good thoughts and waiting for an update.
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Oh how shocking. Sending good thoughts for all of you.
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Yup, vet. Even if it's nothing serious she probably needs IV fluids and perhaps Cerenia for nausea. And it could be something quite serious, like pancreatitis or who knows what.
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I have to say that I think that is an unnecessarily negative view. My greyhound is certainly not a lab constantly looking to please, but we've done lots of obedience classes and she does just as well as all the dogs of all the other breeds. Different strengths and weaknesses but not "hard to train" at all. And needing time to "warm up and trust people" is entirely individual. I just met my friend's new hound -- a broodie straight off the farm -- she's been home less than a week and she's giving kisses like crazy. Lots of confident dogs acclimate to home life very quickly.
"Training and Behavior" is where people post with problems ... problems that most people are not having most of the time. So this can be really scary to read when you're new, just like reading "Health and Medical" would make you think all greyhounds are sick/injured all the time!
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Welcome! Yes, 99% of all greyhounds will be able to tolerate your daughters.
You are right that the majority are not timid. Mine is a total affection-hoochie who loves everybody and would be a perfect therapy dog; she wants to go up and get petted by every stranger she sees, and isn't afraid of anything or any situation. She also is a great walking buddy -- has no problem with an hourlong walk, except in hot weather (they really aren't very heat-tolerant).Basically, tell your adoption group what you are looking for and they will help match you with a dog that fits your lifestyle.
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I was assuming by "therapy" the OP means treatment with low-level laser therapy, which is a big modality in vet medicine right now for healing wounds and soft-tissue injuries -- my vet swears by it. (I know nothing about it for corns, though.)
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No time at all, really. I just took her out frequently, and crated her when I was out (I still do) and at night initially as well. The three pee accidents Beth had in the first few months I had her were really about MY learning the patterns of when to expect she needed to go or how to read signs of urgency (she is my first dog). We still go out on a very religious schedule -- I don't wait for signs she needs to go. I am also extra vigilant in new environments. We usually leash walk and I walk her until she goes.
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Whoa!! Sharing that. Yes, that seems scarier for the men than for the dogs.
I think Beth missed her calling -- she is a big leaper!
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Welcome to you and your gorgeous guy!
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Sure, I used to feed them when I fed that stuff. (I stopped after a health scare.) The necks and backs often came in a package together.
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Oh I am so terribly sorry. So very young. So handsome.
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Yeah, totally normal. It's all about interval since the last poop or the amount of time the food has been in the pipeline. If exercise makes the poop mushier, it's just because it's stimulating them to go more/sooner than they would have otherwise.
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We tried one like that from the vet when Beth had her toe injury and it did NOT work AT ALL. First off, one size was too small and one size was too big for her (around the neck for a proper fit) and it didn't stay in place; and then with the long greyhound nose it totally didn't stop her reaching her foot. Maybe it would help on an injury on their back.
Muzzle with stool guard has been much, much, much better for us.
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Tracey, when you say "vertical tear" is sounds like a thin line to me -- but the picture on Facebook is more of a wide, circular area. Too wide for the edges of intact skin to be pulled together with stitches or staples from what I can see. In that area, even if they could somehow draw the skin together it would just rip again being so tight in a mobile area. I do think that's a granulation wound, alas.
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Um, just for the record, I live in northeast Iowa where it is as cold or generally colder where you are, and we ALWAYS walk. Single digits, sub-zero, in a blizzard, in the 10" of snow we just had, whatever. Shorter walks of course in really bad weather but we never stop a single day year round. Not really a choice for us since I have only a very small yard that Beth won't poop in, but I have to say I shake my head at how easily people wimp out. She still enjoys her walk at single digits -- really any time the wind's not howling.
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Poor guy. What a sweet face he has.
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So very sorry for your loss. What a shock.
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Oh no, I am so shocked and sorry. What a sad thing and at the worst time of year. I agree with the person who said I can't imagine GT without her.
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My grey had a brief neck problem (and yes, as I recall it involved getting up) and a course of pain meds, harness walking, and a few sessions of acupuncture (also some massage) fixed it right up.
Tons of people's greys on this site have been helped by acupuncture and chiropractic (and it's hardly wildly alternative -- my regular vet, very scientific and conventional-medicine-based in most ways, does both). I would ignore your vet and give it a try, or find a different vet perhaps.
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You are right that the majority are not timid. Mine is a total affection-hoochie who loves everybody and would be a perfect therapy dog; she wants to go up and get petted by every stranger she sees, and isn't afraid of anything or any situation. She also is a great walking buddy -- has no problem with an hourlong walk, except in hot weather (they really aren't very heat-tolerant).
Giving Paw Whilst Petting And When I Stop
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Totally typical sweet greyhound (and dog) thing! Mine does it all the time.