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Post by Tigger's Mommy on Aug 7, 2006 13:02:05 GMT -5
I'm just wondering, has anyone experienced an injury or bad illness since getting their greys? Our worst one was about two weeks ago, in our appartment we have sliding closet doors in our front entry way. Tigger always lays there all day waiting for one of us to come home. I guess his ear was under the door and he got up too quick when he heard my keys down the halls because when I got in the appartment, my hallway was covered in blood and tigger was missing a chunk out of his ear. We got him fixed up and then last weekend my mom had her pug puppy over and tigger came after it (guess he has a high prey drive ) and pulled it open again. It finally has healed up now and he can't hold his ear straight in the air anymore. Anyways, anyone experienced anything like this?
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Post by stylishhound on Aug 7, 2006 13:28:42 GMT -5
Ouch! Poor guy!
Well, the worst for me was we were on a walk and Kiki loves to scarf up anything and everything he sees on the sidewalk so he was making his move on a tossed away sparerib and I yanked the leash to stop him. At the time we were walking underneath a bridge so it was all concrete and there was a ridge along where he was walking. When I yanked the leash he popped his head up and yelped. I took a look at him to see the sharp ridge had sliced his head open and I could see "the meat". I got him home and cleaned it up and because my vet is on speed dial, I spoke to them. I've had to deal with slices and wounds before and even knocked out teeth (Taylor is a brute!). I just kept it clean and had stuff from the vet to put on it and wash it and it healed up nicely.
Now Taylor and her knocked out tooth....she was running and playing at the park, it was winter, the snow was firmly packed and she went down and into a slide to catch her ball. When she came up I noticed some blood on the ball and the snow but thought it was coming from the pads on her feet (and yet another story). Turns out it was a tooth she knocked out when she hit the ground. The vet said she was fine and that it must have already been loose because it was a clean break. Sigh...never a dull moment!
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Post by GreyPoopon on Aug 7, 2006 16:10:56 GMT -5
because my vet is on speed dial What? You don't know it? Hah! So far (and I hope I'm not setting us up here), there have been relatively few cuts. Betsy's paws do tend to bleed if she plays on cold winter days, and she was laid off for 3 1/2 months due to a flareup of the tendinitis in her shoulders. Edie has hit trees a couple of times (once because she and Minnie collided, once because she turned too quickly while chasing her ball), but seems to have survived with just some bruising. She also has had a swollen wrist from overdoing it at a WAGG run. Now if you want to talk about gastrointestinal adventures...
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Post by ocydroma on Aug 7, 2006 16:50:02 GMT -5
My one brindle, Dayna, got her long beautiful tail caught in the L part of the door of a small dogs kennel then made a sudden turn and snapped it. It was hanging with the bone sticking out, so up to the vet we went and they tried to fix it but said there was no meat there to hold it to heal so they had to amputate it. Her nickname now is Stumpy.
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Post by jiffer on Aug 7, 2006 19:56:48 GMT -5
Hmm, lets see.
Icarus is pretty much a walking hazard! LOL He's been to the vet more times in the last three years than I've been to the doctor my whole life! He's had: ACL injury (the worst one), allergies to food, contact allergies, corns, stomach issues, anal gland issues, and an unexplained left front leg injury, not to mention, he cuts himself all the time (on what, I've no idea).
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Post by rprovost on Aug 7, 2006 20:02:47 GMT -5
Zooks raced out of his crate one day shortly after we brought him home and cut his leg up pretty badly. The crate was by no means unsafe, and I still cannot figure out how it cut his leg so badly. It was on a bad part of his leg that was stretched when he walked, so I didnt think it could be stitched up. We bought gauze, wraps, polysporin, the works and I kept it clean for nearly 10 days, then he got to it, licked it, and we came home to a very swollen foot and leg. We brought him to the EVet and paid a fortune for them to clean it, wrap it, and put a cone on him and give him antibiotics. it took a long time to heal, but its great now and he hasn't had any problems since. The vet said it should have been stitched . Nina had a problem with her leg when we got her, she would just wimper and hold it up, but it hasn't bothered her lately. I also noticed that once we started giving her attention about it, it randomly started switching legs, once the back right, next the back left... sooo I think she was taking advantage of us! She also gets random cuts on her legs, just small ones, and I have no idea where they come from!
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cojoeman
Grey Puppy
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Post by cojoeman on Aug 8, 2006 11:38:28 GMT -5
My brindle boy Galt twice severely ripped his dew claw while rough-housing in our backyard with Dagny, who is without dew-claws. After the second incident, and the long and painful healing process required, I had his dew claws removed while Dr. Tom put him under for a scheduled tooth extraction. Best move I have made in years! Now Galt can rough-house in the backyard all he wants without fear of those dew claws being torn! There is nothing worse than seeing these beautiful creatures in pain.
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Post by greytfriend on Aug 10, 2006 13:07:16 GMT -5
Wow! So sorry to hear of all the injuries! Ouch! We've only been owned by Dotty for one month now (actually one month tomorrow!! Celebration time!! ) so we haven't experienced anything serious -- yet. But I thought I'd tell you about our false alarm with our drama queen! We had take-out Chinese food, including chicken wings, and my hubby was not careful when he disposed of the carcasses. (Okay, so he didn't dispose of them at all. He left them on the table. So now our previously never-table-surfed-perfect-hound is no longer a table-virgin!) So sure enough I find Dotty chewing, hacking and gagging on a bone. I reach down into her throat and (gently) pull the thing out. She has a (small) drink of water, and then I take her outside for a short walk so we can both calm down (!). She does her business and has a snack of grass. We go back in the house and collapse in front of the TV. A couple of minutes later, I notice Dotty has this look of abject terror and utter panic on her face, and she begins pawing frantically at her muzzle. I spring into action, thinking that she has a bone stuck in her gum or the roof of her mouth or her throat. All the while I'm shooting lazer death-ray eyes at my DH and instructing him to CALL THE VET, tell them we're on our way!! I pry open her jaws, make an exhaustive search, and discover -- A TINY PIECE OF GRASS STUCK BETWEEN HER TWO FRONT (BOTTOM) TEETH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I expertly remove the offending item, and voila!!!!!! The lame are healed! The blind can see!! The deaf can hear!! Dotty, once in the agonizing death throes of strangulation, etc., is ALL BETTER!! Man, I love this dog!!!!!!!! Anna
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Post by jiffer on Aug 10, 2006 13:12:01 GMT -5
Wow! So sorry to hear of all the injuries! Ouch! We've only been owned by Dotty for one month now (actually one month tomorrow!! Celebration time!! ) so we haven't experienced anything serious -- yet. But I thought I'd tell you about our false alarm with our drama queen! We had take-out Chinese food, including chicken wings, and my hubby was not careful when he disposed of the carcasses. (Okay, so he didn't dispose of them at all. He left them on the table. So now our previously never-table-surfed-perfect-hound is no longer a table-virgin!) So sure enough I find Dotty chewing, hacking and gagging on a bone. I reach down into her throat and (gently) pull the thing out. She has a (small) drink of water, and then I take her outside for a small walk so we can both calm down (!). She does her business and has a snack of grass. We go back in the house and collapse in front of the TV. A couple of minutes later, I notice Dotty has this look of panic on her face, and she begins pawing frantically at her muzzle. I spring into action, thinking that she has a bone stuck in her gum or the roof of her mouth or her throat. All the while I'm shooting lazer death-ray eyes at my DH and instructing him to CALL THE VET, tell them we're on our way!! I pry open her jaws,make an exhaustive search, and discover -- A TINY PIECE OF GRASS STUCK BETWEEN HER TWO FRONT (BOTTOM) TEETH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I expertly remove the offending item, and voila!!!!!! The lame are healed! The blind can see!! The deaf can hear!! Dotty, once in the agonizing death throes of strangulation, etc., is ALL BETTER!! Man, I love this dog!!!!!!!! Anna ;D YOU NEED TO TELL US MORE STORIES!!! ROFL!!!
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Post by GreyPoopon on Aug 10, 2006 14:25:26 GMT -5
A TINY PIECE OF GRASS STUCK BETWEEN HER TWO FRONT (BOTTOM) TEETH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey, if you didn't have opposable thumbs, that would be a major trauma for you too. ;D ;D
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Post by Gigi on Aug 11, 2006 7:45:07 GMT -5
Wow! So sorry to hear of all the injuries! Ouch! We've only been owned by Dotty for one month now (actually one month tomorrow!! Celebration time!! ) so we haven't experienced anything serious -- yet. But I thought I'd tell you about our false alarm with our drama queen! We had take-out Chinese food, including chicken wings, and my hubby was not careful when he disposed of the carcasses. (Okay, so he didn't dispose of them at all. He left them on the table. So now our previously never-table-surfed-perfect-hound is no longer a table-virgin!) So sure enough I find Dotty chewing, hacking and gagging on a bone. I reach down into her throat and (gently) pull the thing out. She has a (small) drink of water, and then I take her outside for a short walk so we can both calm down (!). She does her business and has a snack of grass. We go back in the house and collapse in front of the TV. A couple of minutes later, I notice Dotty has this look of abject terror and utter panic on her face, and she begins pawing frantically at her muzzle. I spring into action, thinking that she has a bone stuck in her gum or the roof of her mouth or her throat. All the while I'm shooting lazer death-ray eyes at my DH and instructing him to CALL THE VET, tell them we're on our way!! I pry open her jaws, make an exhaustive search, and discover -- A TINY PIECE OF GRASS STUCK BETWEEN HER TWO FRONT (BOTTOM) TEETH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I expertly remove the offending item, and voila!!!!!! The lame are healed! The blind can see!! The deaf can hear!! Dotty, once in the agonizing death throes of strangulation, etc., is ALL BETTER!! Man, I love this dog!!!!!!!! Anna What a great, funny story! Well told! I think we can all relate to it. Alice
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Post by Tigger's Mommy on Aug 14, 2006 12:28:41 GMT -5
I have a funny little story about Tigger, the grass story reminded me.
You know those little liquour chocolates you can buy around christmas time? Well, we had about 12 of them in a container sitting on our kitchen table. Keep in mind that we have had Tigger since April, and this happened the end of July. Tigger had never made any want or reaction to these candies, and had never taken anything off the table, except a hot crossant that burnt his mouth and taught a lession. I came home from work one night, my husband was at my grandmother's place, and Tigger was staggering around the living room like a drunk man. He had that big grin my greys get when they did something bad but completly enjoyed themselves. I walked into my bedroom and there on my bed was the empty container and no chocolates. He ate 12 liquour chocolates, foil wrappers and all. We ran his excess energy off. Next morning, out came the foil all over my brand new bed. Its funny, in my veterenarian assistant training, they say the smallest amount of chocolate is deadly... Tigger can't get enough... If there's chocolate somewhere that dog finds it. We've had to lock our sweets up in the cupbourd now.
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Post by greytfriend on Aug 15, 2006 14:40:04 GMT -5
You're sure it's the chocolate that he's after?!? Sounds to me like you might literally have a "boozehound" on your hands!!
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