whippets

Both of my indoor whippets give me "nose butts" to the leg. Pretty sure the younger one learned it off her mother. It's pretty cute.

I split all my flea/worm stuff among the dogs. I use the advocate on my cats and draw up the dose in the syringe, take off the needle and put it topically on the back of the neck. Maybe they say no because some people may dose incorrectly as well. I suppose you would have to know what you were doing to split doses between dogs.

I tried all the stuff I could think of to get tree sap out of my dogs coat. Tried almost everything that I googled (peanut butter, salad dressing, margarine and every other oil I thought could be safe) and none of it worked so I just scissored the hair to skin level. I grows back in about 4 weeks anyway.

I know a greyhound trainer who killed 3 of his upcoming racers by using an out of date flea bath rinse (by almost 1 year). That stuff is toxic. Be very careful with "use by dates" on flea and worm products. edit typos

ooh I might try it on my Birmans. Rio loves being groomed with "new toys".

I got one for my whippets to help get rid of dead coat mainly around the neck and top of back. I got the smallest one though so as not to hurt them. It's a very bumpy ride for a furminator on a whippet

That will be very pricey here then, especially if breeders can't buy in bulk.

Cavalier I find it quizzical that you base your assumptions on your own experience, with no scientific data, yet demand evidence from another well qualified vet (Dodd's) who has a vast amount of experience in the field of vaccinations.

Jed, yes that's right. I was referring to the USA regulating body. I would have loved to have gone to that seminar in Sydney. I think it would have been great. Vaccinating is a big part of a vets bread and butter but I think it's very irresponsable for some to push that when they can actually go for annual check ups plus titre testing.

Uh huh, right. So when all those veterinary drug companies say the research is "on file", that actually means they've published it? Plus veterinary vaccines don't need to be approved by the FDA, as it doesn't regulate veterinary vaccines. Ah yes my bad, I was thinking humans for a minute. They are regulated by the Department of Agriculture Vet Bio centre. End result is still the same. They have to have the research done or it doesn't get approved. Did I say anything about it being published in a vet journal? nope you did.

My vet is fantastic. Actually I use 2 vets. One specialises in sighthounds and the other in reproduction. Neither believe they are infallible either. I tend to go by their advice and my own experience, not advice from vet nurses or vet students for that matter .

Rubbish. The FDA wouldn't even approve the drug if the research was kept behind closed doors.

I wouldn't even consider research by a drug company that manufactures the product. I would only read independent, unbiased studies.

Do you think most people on here have no education? We have plenty of university educated and life experience people on these forums. I myself have completed a nursing degree, post graduate and now a commerce degree. I am quite capable of analysing, critically evaluate and interpret data. I'm not targeting you personally. I am sure you are a great vet but you can understand that there are vets and there are vets, as with human Dr's. There are some Dr's out there that I wouldn't allow to lance a boil let alone perform surgery. Credability is a huge part of any profession.

You misunderstood me, I probably wasn't very lucid. You weren't a vet 20 years ago, and you seem to believe that vets at that time were not accurately able to detect cancer, or other causes of death. There are certainly results of more study and researh available today, but I can assure you that vets were able to diagnose dogs with most forms of cancer, and differentiate between cancer and other problems. There simply weren't many - and NONE in boxers. I hardly believe that many different vets would ALL be incompetent diagnosticians. I oversaw the vaccination of 500 - 600 pups annually over a 5 year period, and the development and spread or control of parvovirus in vaccinated and unvaccinated pups. What I discovered over that time is what led me to research further into parvo. And believe me, the mortality statistics on manufacturers' websites are vastly understated. Dog breeders do not live in caves surrounded by whelping bitches, you know, carefully sounding out each letter of the alphabet so they can comprehend the show results. Those "breeders" you see being collared by the RSPCA on a regular basis are the underbelly of dog breeding. They do it badly because they never learned, or stopped learning. There are proper breeders out there who understand world events, hold down well paid jobs, talk to leaders of industry, manage banks, own small busnesses, advocate in court, heal the sick both physically and mentally, drive buses, and put as much enthuiasm and study into their hobby as they do into their careers. They read, discuss, keep up with research, so they can breed better dogs. And so they can advise their puppy buyers how best to keep their healthy puppy healthy into old age. You might like to check the references I gave in my earlier post, where I quoted the information I give my puppy buyers. There are reference listed there. Some websites do give references. Like you, I don't believe anything without a link to a published paper. I've been reading Bob Rogers, Catherine O'Driscoll and Jean Dodds for 15 years. There are references for everything, or you can contact them, but a lot of the information has been transferred to other websites, and the references haven't moved with it. You need to search for it. I don't have time to reference it all, and I don't think you would believe it anyhow. But - it doesn't matter. You will do what your course has taught you, and I will do what I have learned is the right thing. If I find I am wrong, I will change. I haven't yet, in 14 years, but who knows? Fantastic post.

I change it everyday mainly because our JRT male tends to pee in it . He is like, ah yeah the whippets like that!!! think I'll stand in the middle and lift my leg now

yeah I've show dogs since 1985 or so. Maybe we had KC once or twice early in the piece, but it's a stretch to remember the time or the dog that got it for that matter.

I havn't had Kennel Cough in my "showies" or race greyhounds for over 10+ years. The kennel cough vaccine is the same strain since vets started using it. Do you think that strain would be the same KC that some people seem to get now? I find that highly unlikely. Being a healthcare worker, I get yearly flu vax because I nurse the vulnerable, we get a different vaccine each year for different strains of flu.

C3 at 8 weeks, 12 weeks and 16 weeks. That's all. No yearly boosters. There is plenty of literature around in regards to over vaccination in dogs.

sorry to hear about your whippy baby ;)

The very dead and decomposed baby might have been that discharge you were talking about weeks ago, whipitgood. gratz on puppy breath. so cute

awww puppy breath. congrats on your 2 babies

It's been done in whippets. I think it's a fantastic idea and something I'll try with my bitches later down the track.

I've tried to contact them on a few occasions - not to ask for money - just to let them know what one of the dog's theyve bred has been through. I got the husband or the daughter and was told the wife/mum would call me back, i've tried 3 times, last time in February... they don't have the internet, i got the point. I saw them at a show last week and really wanted try again, but by the time i worked out what to say (without being angry!) i couldn't find them. Next time, when he's with us supporting his fluffy brother, i will take him over and tell them his story. My issue isn't the money (i mean its ridiculous, and it is an issue, but it's not the main problem here) my issue is just that they are have shown little/no interest in this genetic problem, turning a blind eye, and it's just really upsetting. They told me when i bought him if i ever wanted to show him down the track that he has perfect eyes being 'large and globular' .. you can see in the pics of him at 8 weeks that they were going to be a problem, they don't look right at all (i wish i had have known at the time) I'm so glad that line has since been removed from the Pug standard. While a huge part of me regrets handing my money over to them and wishing i had have done more research before just assuming that all registered breeders were ethical, a huger part of me is glad that my ignorance led me to this boy so that we could give him 100% attention and care and in return we have the greatest little guy in the world. Exposure and irritation. He couldn't close his eyes fully, so he was never able to blink and flush away dirt/wind etc. Thanks so much for your well wishes everyone!! Hugo has bounced back brilliantly today. Fletcher doesn't like the elizabethan collar though and is trying to remove it for him Can't wait for the suture to come out and the swelling to go down to see if this is all going to pay off - looks great so far. It's because of breeders like that, that shows like "pedigree dogs exposed" is so successful . Unfortunetely there are a few around like that which reflects badly on breeders doing the right thing. The people, in NSW, who I bought an American Cocker Spaniel off 6 or so years ago didn't give a rats that my dog was totally blind before his second birthday. They don't breed yankees anymore so that is good for the breed. Hope your little puggy does well. :p