Hubcitypam

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TONI!!!!!!!!!!!!! You never call, you never write..... :) good to see you again! We have 7 greys out a Slaton that need homes or a foster

If I only had back all the $$$$ I spent on e-vets as a newbie. My general rule of thumb of is unless it's gaping wound and/or won't stop bleeding, the dog is not in distress and eating and drinking normally it can probably wait for the regular vet to open for $300 less.

Thoughts and prayers for Scooterman and you from Dallas.

Internasal works faster than the shots, but personally I wouldn't do it unless my dogs were going to be with lots of dogs in a kennel environment in an enclosed area with recirculated air. There are a lot of dogs but Dewey is not exactly that environment. My very unscientific theory is that stress of being away from their owners and surrounded by barking dogs almost 24/7 wears down the immune system of a lot of dogs in a boarding/kennel situation giving the kennel cough an "in". That is different than staying in a house or room with your owner and taking some walks...even if you are passing by a lot of dogs. We require a bordatella every six months at work and two for puppies 6 months or younger and dogs of all ages still get it, especially if they stay for extended time. My vet says it works less than half the time. You can always spend the $15 and be in the "better safe than sorry" camp.

EMT Gel -- Lynn calls it "scab in a tube". Amazing stuff for animals and humans. Usually available at farm/feed stores. Do not bandage over it.

From the wording in the OP I suspect that the boy dog may be in Europe....maybe the spay/neuter requirements are different than U.S. groups? Still say neuter him ASAP. You'll be glad you did.

Neuter! It is a quick snip and reduces cancer risk later in life --among other things.

The shots made a new man out of Rex --hope they work as well for Lee. Rex's relief lasted longer than usual, about 8 months and you could certainly tell when they were wearing off. Chiro was a total waste of money in our case.

I don't think there is a difference in the vaccine -- I think it is the vet and the situation. While the shot may provide whatever partial protection it does for a year, it is highly recommended that boarding or day care dogs get a booster every 6 months. Part of my job is to call vets for vaccination records on boarding/daycare dogs. 99.9% of them consider bordatella good for a year. However, even if the vet says it is good for a year the we only consider it good for 6 months if they board or play. We give tons of internasal boosters. When Poodle went to a vet for grooming that vet insisted on only doing the injection as he swore it worked better and longer than the internasal on adult dogs. Other than that I don't give it as my vet isn't crazy about giving it unless the dog is in a boarding/dayvare situation.

I wouldn't peroxide three dogs over one slice of tiramisu. There's a bit of coffee and a dusting of chocolate. Even if one ate the whole thing it wouldn't hurt them. If it was real tiramisu it was mostly marscapone, sugar and cake, and if it was cake, well, it was mostly....cake -- even better. If the disc was round no worries there either. If your'e gonna peroxide just pour it down them now...turkey baster is optional. Of course, it is now an hour later, which would make me even less likely to peroxide them.

When I lived in IL it was standard to test for heartworms in April and then dose for 6 months. In Dallas it is year around. In some very arid areas in the Southwest many vets do not even recommend HW preventative. I had one tell me I was crazy to want to give it...oh well. As far as flea/tick we have never had a tick in our neighborhood so I only use Advantage when I see a flea on someone (maybe twice a year) then dosing them all, washing the bedding and a dose of Adams spray on the furniture seems to take care of things ASAP. I use a single dose of Frontline on Buck before we go to KS every year as the road to Abilene seems to be lined with potential tick hitchhikers.

Hoo hoo pinching, head tapping....whatever works! Tho I think head tapping is a bit more dignified for the dog

I think grey savvy is very overrated, especially if you do your homework on blood values, etc and are an informed owner. When I first started the adoption group in Lubbock I very seriously grilled all the vets that agreed to do spay/neuters at a discounted rate if they were aware of sight hounds and anesthesia. They were all very polite until one said "M'am anyone that doesn't know that has been under a rock for QUITE some time". My vet was NOT grey savvy when we started seeing him 5 years ago, but he was open and certainly willing to learn and do homework. He was recommended by GALTS main vet as the excellent vet he has proven to be. He does some work for GALT now. If I had to choose between greyhound savvy and an excellent vet with an open mind and not much GH experience I'd choose (and did choose at the time) the latter. One could see a ton of greys and still be a crummy vet with a crummy bedside manner. I do go to another vet with a shot clinic for my guys. My "real" vet charges $55 for an office call, $22 for DHPP, $22 for Lepto (he gives it separate) $22 for rabies and $38 for HW test. That is $159 plus the "waste disposal fee". At the shot clinic those shots are $17 and HW test is $20 for a total of $37....A difference of over $120 per dog for the exact same thing.

Rex had corns removed on all four paws. It was a race if he would heal before my back went out from lifting his 85 pounds off the stoop. One or two came back but I got them with duct tape. I am not sure if I would do the surgery again if faced with a similar situation as it was very painful for him -- but he did not get an infection. He had a pain patch and the spray to "toughen up" his paws after the surgery stung like heck.

Yes. My vet has me do this. It really does work sometimes to distract them from what is going on at other places on their body. My vet swears by tapping, the groomer by rubbing heavily.

Yes there are heavy sedatives that can be reversed so that might be a very good option. Muzzled, standing on the floor with one person holding and tapping or rubbing very heavily on the head while the other clips has worked so far at work. Unless the dog is about 35 pounds or under Ron clips them on the floor. Hope you find something that works for your guy.

Buck broke one of his weightbearing toes on his left front last year. My vet absolutely refused to splint it saying that that transferred the pressure further up the leg and could cause way more problems unless I wanted to keep Buck confined to a kennel for weeks it was better to let it heal on its own. It did heal on its own in about 4-5 weeks. . Just one vets opinion. Pam (who is nursing a broken next-to-piggy-toe on her right foot and just letting it heal)

Better safe than sorry. My vet is not a huge believer in the vaccine as his guess is it works on about half the strains. There is an especially nasty strain plowing through Dallas and taking out vaccinated dogs right and left. Not that my work is the be all and end all, but they recommend Bordatella every six months if there is nose to nose contact with another dog and I spend quite a bit of time squirting boosters up noses. It truly is a crapshoot but may give you some protection. Can't hurt and might help.

Cheryl, Lynn or Pam will answer more in depth, but I do believe that they get DHPP yearly and rabies according to state law...or maybe yearly too as that would allow the dog to travel to or thru states with different vaccination laws. I think kennels do give heartworm preventative, though it may be in the form of liquid Ivermectin, which is the active ingredient in Heartgard. As far as kennel cough, you can vaccinate for it all day long and still have a dog catch it. My vet estimates that it only works on about half the strains though some cite higher numbers. There is an especially bad strain running rampant through Dallas this summer and vaccinated dogs are catching it right and left.

If you don't have ticks Advantage works WAAAAYYYY better than Frontline. Adams spray works very well on beds, furniture, etc. and smells great.

Boys...The bigger they are the sweeter they are.

I adopted out a male dog that had Lupus and he had a good and happy life with treatment for several years after his diagnosis. It does seem autoimmune often hits girls harder than boys...maybe ask you vet? My only direct experience was with IMHA...detected by the Coombs test.

I agree. Poodle and Rex were inseperable. At the end when Rex was fighting the moraphine Poo was beside himself. When the time came for Rex to go to the bridge I took Poodle with, much to some people's chagrin. Poodle never grieved...I don't know if that was because he got to say goodbye or not.

I'd ask long and hard about the AAHA protocol posted above and the fact that most every vet school has gone to 3 year. Everything except rabies is up to you and titers, in my book, can be very inaccurate. I don't think a titer for rabies will do you any good as most states don't take rabies titers in lieu of vacination except possibly in extreme immune related circumstances. I'd look for a new vet. My vet is on board for 3 year with everything except lepto -- which is kind of a double edged sword as lepto alone is more than twice as much as DHLPP.