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    Loca, Aka Reko Swahili

    in Remembrance

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    Thank you all so much for the good wishes. I'm sure I haven't felt the impact of her loss yet, so knowing I can lean on so many of you is comforting. I wanted her to be with me forever :cry1

     

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    This is such a great shot of your wild child - I can just see her at the bridge, causing all sorts of chaos!

     

    Sending lots of healing energy your way. Scritches to Phene.

    Help! Dislocated Toe

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    Gee, I guess I'm lucky - Bailey's toe has popped out a few times over the years, I just ice it and pop it back in and take it easy for a while. We did go to the vet the first time, but she showed me how to pop it back in myself.

     

    If the ligament gets stretched out of shape, you can get a toe that pops out pretty easily.

    Attention Ontarion Greytalkers

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    I was at my chiropractor's last week, and she asked me if I would send in a response to the recent proposal that's being made by the College of Veterinarians of Ontario. I was told that this proposal meant that any visit to a chiropractor by an animal would require a vet's referral and supervision. When I went to their site (http://www.cvo.org/uploadattachments/Compl...rnative2009.pdf) I found that the college was attempting to take over virtually all alternative methods of treating our pets. It would be left up to a vet what treatment modality we could use. This proposal gives unprecedented power to veterinarians, and truly negates all the years of training that most alternative practitioners have invested in. It would also double or triple the amount of money spent simply to go to the chiropractor for a simple adjustment for your dog, if the proposal passed you would need to get a full assessment and workup done first, and I'd imagine only allopathic means would be used.

     

    Personally, I want to be able to continue to use the modalities that work for us, and I think we deserve to retain the right to determine what's best for our hounds.

     

    If you would like to make a submission and let the OVC know what you think of this, I can email you a submission form that's been drawn up to address chiropractic care. Just drop me a line at information @ awesome-paws .com or to make a submission on the entire proposal, go to the link posted above.

     

    We have only until April 15 to respond the this proposal.

     

    Karen

    Paw Pads Torn Off

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    I might use dilute HP but sterile saline with a tiny bit of iodine or betadyne would do too, for that kind of injury. Then rinse well with saline, and spray with colliodal silver. Everything else the same as you did, don't feel too bad - you've kept it clean and Roscoe should recover just fine.

    Glucosamine Article

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    I've never heard of the place they got the supplements from. They may have not been the greatest - that's quite common when the allopathics study the non-allopathic stuff. There was a study on vitamin A and Beta-carotene years ago by the WHO that came to the conclusion that adding B-C to the diet of smokers actually increased their chances of lung cancer. In actuality, the study was giving a Jamison's multivitamin with synthetic vitamin E in it, this was the source of the B-C. In my view, I'd throw that study out - Jamison's is not well regarded, and there have been a multitude of problems associated with synthetic vitamins. But still, this study is quoted all the time.

    Godspeed Our Sweet Bodhi Dogma

    in Remembrance

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    It's so hard when they go so unexpectedly and suddenly - I lost my first greyhound Cody very quickly and unexpectedly too, and it was a week before I could function at all. Our deepest sympathies to you, I hope you're both able to get the information you need for closure.

     

    Run free at the bridge, Bodhi, you sweet boy.

    Dislocated Toe

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    We haven't had that particular problem, when anyone's toe dislocates here it pops back in and stays there, so we're lucky. However, Romi had a toe off for another reason (squamous cell carcinoma) and was pretty much himself again in a week. I would not hesitate to to it again rather than go through weeks of discomfort for whatever reason. This was his innermost toe on a rear foot, but I think most people have had similar results, if you do a search on toe amputation.

    Needs Ideas For Better Pain Mgt For Neyla's Toe

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    It's up to you of course, but you sure are going to a lot of effort to do something about this, and giving a lot of drugs, and it's not working. Romi's trouble were literally over after we amputated his offending toe (thought it was osteomylitis, turned out to be a carcinoma), he was literally skipping around in less than a week. It was so good to have my happy boy back! And he was very happy not to have to take any more meds or have any more appointments.

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