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    Advice Please On Limping

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    Yeah, if you have to see an orthopod, almost everybody around will recommend Dr. Sherman Canapp. His wife is a physical therapist vet, as well. They have a nice little practice and the cool thing is that they share space with an e-vet, so you can drop your pup early in the morning and pick up late in the day and not miss work :)

     

    Hope you can get to the bottom of it.

    Advice Please On Limping

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted · Edited by turbotaina

    Well just getting around to update.Sophie went to the vet she had x-rays done and a complete exam of her leg while she was sedated nothing was found .We decieded to do a complete tick panel to rule out any tick bourne illness,that will take a few days to come back.She is on Carprophen which is like rimadyl.She is still limping the same as she was 3 weeks ago and seems very depressed.She will pace and whine or just stand there and whine,I don't know what's wrong with her.I am so sad :weep:weep I hate to see her like this.She's usually such a happy,playful girl and I loved to play with her and see Shad and her romp in the yard.The vet said if the tick panel comes back ok she will have to see a orthopedic vet,I wish I had a chiropractic vet around me,but there are none .Ok I'm sure you've had enough of my sobbing story but it felt good to rant alittle.I'll update again later.

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    Where is Overlea? I ask because I have a good chiropractor and she travels to people's homes to do work. She coveres the Baltimore/DC/NOVA area. If you're out near Cumberland, I doubt she'd go that far out, but let me know if you want her contact info.

     

    Also, one of the best orthopods in the area is in Ellicott City - Dr. Sherman Canapp at Veterinary Orthopedic Sports Medicine (VOSM - www.vetsportsmedicine.com, I think). Barring all that, you can always make the haul out to Wheeling and see Dr. James Radcliffe (www.townandcountryanimalhospital.com). He's a great vet, an orthopod, and KNOWS his sighthounds. He treats the Wheeling Downs pups.

    Is This A Corn? Hmmm

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    Check out this link posted by Dr. Feeman

     

    corn hulling

     

    If you go the therapaw route, I would suggest getting two boots. That way, he has no choice but to learn to walk on the new boots and it keeps them balanced. I love my therapaws! Err, Inu's therapaws.

     

    Yup on getting two boots. Turbo was still gimping around badly on one - Dr. Radcliffe directed me to get him two and Voila!

    Erin Mcfuzzybutt

    in Remembrance

    Posted

    I am SO sorry, Heather. I saw your new siggie and I just went looking all over the place to see what happened. I guess you were typing as I was searching. You and Ken gave the old girl a wonderful retirement. Big hugs to you both.

     

    :grouphug :grouphug :grouphug

    2006 Aaha Canine Vaccine Guidelines

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    Have not seen the 2007 recommendations yet. Will post when I see/find them :)

     

    On the tick list they talk about the lyme vaccine and are very against it.

     

    I've heard the efficacy rate is something like 60% (could not even begin to tell you from where I heard that number). Turbo got the lyme vax when I first adopted him, but hasn't had it since.

    The Forum Has Been Updated

    in Announcements and News

    Posted

    I've been trying to upload a new profile picture and it keeps failing. Any suggestions?

     

    http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=161227

     

    OK, I fully admit that I'm a techie idiot, but I cannot seem to insert a hyperlink (see my response in the Therapaws thread). I tried using the function to the left of the reply box, but that got me nowhere (well, it got me an error message) and I also tried cutting and pasting from the browser and that didn't work. I'm on Firefox. What am I missing?

     

    you will need to post a link to that thread, or open a new thread in the tech forum with the details.

     

    But I can't post links :crying Ok - will go to tech forum...

    The Forum Has Been Updated

    in Announcements and News

    Posted

    OK, I fully admit that I'm a techie idiot, but I cannot seem to insert a hyperlink (see my response in the Therapaws thread). I tried using the function to the left of the reply box, but that got me nowhere (well, it got me an error message) and I also tried cutting and pasting from the browser and that didn't work. I'm on Firefox. What am I missing?

    Is This True?

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted · Edited by turbotaina

    If he has a hairline fracture I think he would still be able to bare weight on it and if it is not taken care of it could become a true break. I would go to the vet for my own peice of mind. I hope all is well for Truman :grouphug:grouphug:grouphug:grouphug:grouphug:grouphug

     

     

     

    I was going to say the same thing re: hairline fracture. I think they can - he might be toe-touch lame, but might still be putting *some* weight on the leg. I'd go and get an x-ray for peace of mind.

     

     

     

    If it's the knee, he may have torn the ACL, which would be very painful. Yeah, I'd go to a vet, just in case. I think paying an office visit and/or x-ray is worth it.

    Let Me Show You Why They Give Us Those Muzzles

    in Training and Behavior discussion

    Posted · Edited by turbotaina

    I am really upset about all these posts. You see I am planning on adopting a greyhound and everything I read other than here indicated they are sweet natured, gentle dogs. In my long life I have owned several dogs at a time on rare occasions and never have they attacked each other! I know its possible with any breed, I am aware of that, but I am shocked at what I am learning here on the forum about greys regarding sleep aggression, space aggression and now this. Why would they attack each other so mercilessly? I don't mean to sound critical but just trying to find out all I can. anne

     

    Usually they are not "attacking" each other. All dogs like to nip when they play. Combine nipping with a 40mph run and thin skin and you end up with a huge tear in the dog's skin.

     

    Otherwise, yes, greyhounds are dogs and they behave like dogs. Like any other breed dog, the pack mentality can kick in and you get a fight. Greyhounds are NOT unique in this. If you go to a dog park and there's a tussel, other dogs will come streaming in to check it out. I would say that by and large, greyhounds get on together BETTER than most non-greyhounds because they have been raised around other greyhounds (not taken from their dams at a young age and raised solely by humans) and understand dog language much better than non-greyhounds (or rather, dogs taken from their dams at a young age). I've been to probably hundreds of greyhound only playgroups and have never seen anything get out of control (tussels, yes, outright viciously attacking eachother? Absolutely not.)

     

    Sleep/space aggression: US greyhounds are used to being crated and not used to sharing space/toys/beds, etc. Most greyhounds are NOT sleep/space aggressive, but it does exist due to their unique upbringing. Most of this type of "aggression" can be trained out with patience and desensitization.

     

    Also, folks post in training and behavior when they are having problems with their dogs. Certainly not every member of this board posts here, so what you're looking at is ONLY problem behavior. I'll go out on a limb here and say that most folks have no aggression problems with their greyhounds at all.

     

    Greyhounds are a gentle breed of dog, but they are dogs, and all that comes with that :)

    Regularly Scheduled Greyhound Get Togethers

    in 2021 Archive

    Posted

    DC/MD/NOVA

     

     

     

    Weekly fun run in indoor riding arena in Gaithersburg, MD. The run is on Sundays from 6pm - 6:30pm at the Potomac Horse Center. If interested, please PM me, and I'll give you the phone number to call to make sure the run is on (it's a private residence, so I don't want to post here).

     

     

     

    MUZZLES REQUIRED - GREYHOUNDS ONLY

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