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  1. I've ordered Tractor some of the Murray's Ave cream for his corn. I've also started soaking it in Epsom salt and have kept up with the dremeling to keep it from getting outrageous, or any more outrageous. I also have a Therapaw boot, but he's managed to take it off a couple of times.

    Is there any correlation between diet and corn production?

    Is it possible that while we were in Florida he didn't get corns because he was running around on sand all the time and kept his paws exfoliated?

    I feel bad for him.

  2. Tractor does some of the same things with me. And I'm the one who feeds him, takes him out, all the good Mom stuff. I suspect that he's doing it because she's his primary caregiver and he's happy to be doing stuff with Mom. When my husband goes to feed and take the dogs out, Tractor doesn't do the air snap thing with him.

     

    Just get him to calm down and let him know that the air snap isn't appropriate if you don't like it.

     

    Good luck. And I'm sure you'll get lots of good advice.

  3. Once upon a time, Chris's horse Slim got loose from the police barn and totalled a Lincoln Continental. When he rolled up over the hood, he opened wounds in his neck and hip. Once he finally extruded all the glass, we put silverdine (SP?)on it, kept it clean and dry, and he healed the wounds fine. And they were HUGE and open. Big enough that the vet couldn't stitch or staple it. The only thing wrong with him now physically is he has a slight limp and his hair grew back in white. So, not a big deal.

     

    Good luck!

  4. Hot Rod doesnt seem to be a licker.Unless he has itchy legs in the fall then he licks his legs.So in the fall you will see pics of him with vet wrap on his legs to keep him from licking.

    our only licker is my horse Moxley he loves to lick the horse trailer after it has been waxed :blink:

     

     

    DH's horse used to lick the horse trailer. Oddball!

  5. I just got news that my first foster greyhound, Ranger, had a seizure while out hiking with his dad and his vet (since they're neighbors) and died. Ranger never raced, he had a fluid pocket on his elbow that kept him from training, but he was the sweetest fellow. I know his parents are upset.

     

    However, from what I understand, because they loved Ranger so much, they've agreed to be foster parents for GPA Gainesville.

     

    Here's a picture of Ranger, on his way to my house to be fostered. He wasn't with me long, but he made an impact.

     

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  6. Its only been a month? Heck, Mojo didn't come out of my bedroom for the first month I had him. And when he did, I had to have the door open so he could make a beeline down the hall and through the door. Getting him back inside was a whole other ballgame.

     

    I would say that since she's following you around, that she's interested in what you're doing. Pet her, love on her when she does this. She's trying to figure out what her new pack is doing and where she fits into the hierarchy.

     

    I had a grey who, once he settled in, followed me from room to room, got upset when I went to the bathroom without him, cried when the car drove off without him, and learned to roo with me. When I first got him, all he did was look pitiful and follow me around with a look of, "I'm lost, now what" on his face.

     

    It gets better. Just give it some time.

  7. I have had Hiro come several times to the last house we lived in and bark to go outside at 2 in the morning. It was his voice and everyone else was asleep. He had a wind up to his bark that no one else did. Of course, he didn't start doing that until I got his ashes back. And he stopped about 6 months after he died, so I am hoping that he was hanging around to let me know he was ok and that he has now moved on.

     

    I haven't heard from Tank, but I would like to. Just so I'd know he's ok where he is.

  8. There is a study out that says something like, "Most people, if they put $1 in a vending machine, make their selection, and the machine 'eats' their money with no resultant product will put another $1 to see what happens." I heard about this and said if the d#$@#@ machine eats my dollar, I'm marching inside to get it back from somebody.

     

    Anyway, sometimes pointing out when things suck does get you a reward.

  9. Ok, Tractor has a corn. I'm going to try the duct tape hulling, but I need to know how often to change it. Also, I may try to pack with with Abreva, but I was wondering if something like Compound W would work, since corns have a "head" that sounds similar to a Plantar's Wart? Or if that's not a good plan?

     

    This seems to be the place to ask.

     

    Woops, should have gone in health...

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