Possible Puppy Dawg on the Cards! YAY! - Page 11

Blackstar · 16-02-2008, 23:37

When Coal thinks he is going for a walk he goes and gets it and walks about with it. He does the same as Sally, SO excited, even when there is no ball in it *munch*.

Matblack · 16-02-2008, 23:41

I'd say lay off the sticks too tbh, its safer not to give them things that splinter.

This week Oscar my parent's apricot poodle almost died because he got a needle stuck into the base of his tongue, he was off his food about a week ago and the local vet diagnosed tonsillitis and gave him antibiotics. He was OK for a while but still in discomfort when eating and as soon as he was off the anti-b's he got ill again refusing to eat or drink. This time the vet x-rayed him and found a needle in the base of his tongue, as you know a dog tongue is a long muscle and it goes a long way down the back of the throat. The local vet tried to get it out but failed and they thought they would have to let him go, in a last ditch attempt to save him the vet suggested the animal hospital in bristol and yesterday he was operated on by a professor no less!

He seems to be OK now but its cost a fortune and a lot of grief so I would recommend trying to minimise risky situations. Desmo is right you can't wrap them up in cotton wool but I'd avoid giving a dog anything which might splinter and I'd also keep small sharp objects out of the way as much as possible

MB

Blackstar · 16-02-2008, 23:45

Glad he is ok MB, he was a really character that summer

Hopefully pet insurance should cover it? Which is a thought Pheebs and Pickers, if you haven't already pet insurance is a must. Even small problems can end up costing the earth.

Haly · 17-02-2008, 00:55

Hope Oscar gets better asap

vix · 17-02-2008, 06:15

Poor Oscar! Hope he feels better soon.

I do know someone who's dog died in a similar way to what happened to Trio, when the stick got lodged in the mouth and hit the ground, it hit an artery. Not good!

Glad Trio is ok though

PvtPyle · 17-02-2008, 20:52

My hound.

PvtPyle · 17-02-2008, 21:02

In my opinion, she is a modern miracle. The first example of a supposedly advanced life form that doesn't have a brain..! She's getting on a bit now, 10 people years, and yet she still barks at the rain. She was the runt of the litter and has never really grown, she's still tiny, so much so that last summer next door's cat beat her up!

Blackstar · 17-02-2008, 21:16

This is why i love Coal and Mia, they are just odd.

PvtPyle · 17-02-2008, 21:21

Great photo.

Blackstar · 17-02-2008, 21:27

I especially like my arm and leg being in it. Petemc took it for my sister (who the dogs belong to) he took more including this one of Mia

Sticky out tongue.

16-02-2008, 23:37	#101
Blackstar Ambassador of Awesome Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Edinburger Posts: 3,676	When Coal thinks he is going for a walk he goes and gets it and walks about with it. He does the same as Sally, SO excited, even when there is no ball in it munch. __________________ Jim Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen

16-02-2008, 23:41	#102
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	I'd say lay off the sticks too tbh, its safer not to give them things that splinter. This week Oscar my parent's apricot poodle almost died because he got a needle stuck into the base of his tongue, he was off his food about a week ago and the local vet diagnosed tonsillitis and gave him antibiotics. He was OK for a while but still in discomfort when eating and as soon as he was off the anti-b's he got ill again refusing to eat or drink. This time the vet x-rayed him and found a needle in the base of his tongue, as you know a dog tongue is a long muscle and it goes a long way down the back of the throat. The local vet tried to get it out but failed and they thought they would have to let him go, in a last ditch attempt to save him the vet suggested the animal hospital in bristol and yesterday he was operated on by a professor no less! He seems to be OK now but its cost a fortune and a lot of grief so I would recommend trying to minimise risky situations. Desmo is right you can't wrap them up in cotton wool but I'd avoid giving a dog anything which might splinter and I'd also keep small sharp objects out of the way as much as possible MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

16-02-2008, 23:45	#103
Blackstar Ambassador of Awesome Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Edinburger Posts: 3,676	Glad he is ok MB, he was a really character that summer Hopefully pet insurance should cover it? Which is a thought Pheebs and Pickers, if you haven't already pet insurance is a must. Even small problems can end up costing the earth. __________________ Jim Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen

17-02-2008, 00:55	#104
Haly Do you want to hide in my box? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 14,941	Hope Oscar gets better asap __________________ Halycopter

17-02-2008, 06:15	#105
vix Penelope Pitstop Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,426	Poor Oscar! Hope he feels better soon. I do know someone who's dog died in a similar way to what happened to Trio, when the stick got lodged in the mouth and hit the ground, it hit an artery. Not good! Glad Trio is ok though __________________

17-02-2008, 20:52	#106
PvtPyle Sofa Boy Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wield of the Shire Posts: 701	My hound.

17-02-2008, 21:02	#107
PvtPyle Sofa Boy Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wield of the Shire Posts: 701	In my opinion, she is a modern miracle. The first example of a supposedly advanced life form that doesn't have a brain..! She's getting on a bit now, 10 people years, and yet she still barks at the rain. She was the runt of the litter and has never really grown, she's still tiny, so much so that last summer next door's cat beat her up!

17-02-2008, 21:16	#108
Blackstar Ambassador of Awesome Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Edinburger Posts: 3,676	This is why i love Coal and Mia, they are just odd. __________________ Jim Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen

17-02-2008, 21:21	#109
PvtPyle Sofa Boy Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wield of the Shire Posts: 701	Great photo.

17-02-2008, 21:27	#110
Blackstar Ambassador of Awesome Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Edinburger Posts: 3,676	I especially like my arm and leg being in it. Petemc took it for my sister (who the dogs belong to) he took more including this one of Mia Sticky out tongue. __________________ Jim Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen