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My boy has something similar at the moment. It's not KC though. His tonsils are red and slightly inflamed and it sounds more like he's got something irritating his throat than coughing. He has actually had it before, as did our other dog at the same time and it went away after a week or so on it's own.

I second that! Andrew is a fantastic surgeon and a really great guy. Their new place is amazing and their surgical nurses are incredibly good at what they do.

If your pet has fleas, then when you put the top spot on, or give them a capstar, there is often a time when the fleas go into excitment before they die, which causes them to bite like mad etc. So it's quite common to see dogs and cats get quite itchy within about 24-48 hours of a treatment. Best thing you can do if fleas are bad is use a combination of products - one that kills adults and one that effects the growth cycles, eg. sentinal/revolution with capstar/advantage.

Great post, Jed!

Agree 100%. The drug is an immune suppressant and not something I would use unless as a last resort.

I agree raw is best, but I have to comment on this, what bonuses?? In all the years I have worked in and around Vet Surgerys we have never received any kickbacks for selling food. Maybe the odd bunus buy of bigger bag for same price, or a storage bin which are passed on to the customers. It is a fallacy that Vets sell the food because the receive kickbacks for doing so, it is stocked by the major Vet Wholesalers, and it is easy to sell food to the customer than to try and deal with constant questions on feeding, or dealing with malnourished pets and yes that still happens today, but kickbacks, sorry I know of none. Seems to be a common misconception that vets get bonuses/money from food companies for selling their food. Not sure where people are getting this info from, I'd really love to know. No company gives us bonuses for selling/using their products. We might get a couple of dollars off if we buy a certain amount of stock, but same thing happens with buying shampoos and drugs. I don't agree with vets telling people not to feed raw food. But there are some dodgy people out there, and I can guarantee that if vets told owners to feed bones, there'd be a few who'd feed the wrong type, end up with intestinal obstructions, and try and sue the pants of the vet that told them to feed bones. Dry food might not be everyone's first choice, and I agree a raw diet, or diet with raw in it is much better, but at the end of the day, the dry food sold at clinics meets a dogs nutritional requirements and is an acceptable and 'safe' diet to feed.

I'd probably biopsy if they can, just to rule out things like cutaneous lymphoma. Have they done x-rays? Some dogs develop lick granulomas on areas where are sore. Is it possible the dog has some sort of deeper injury/arthritis which the dog has subsequently started licking at? Hope she is ok

I think we are seeing distemper levels (and hep also) lower than parvo because it's just not around in the environment as much as what it used to be, and as much as what parvo is, so the dogs aren't being 'challenged' with it, so to speak, and thus producing more antibodies against it. I'm not 100% on that though, but just my understanding of how it works.

Orbit gets foul runny green/dark poo from eating ox heart. He also had it once when he found some possum intestines and decided to try them as a meal. If it's not a regular occurance and the dog is otherwise well, I wouldn't be too concerned at this stage. Do the usual 24 hour fast and then introduce something bland. If its not clearing up after this then off to the vet.

Yep, I agree with cockerlover. No food for 24 hours but keep the fluids up. Make the first meal something bland like boiled chicken breast and if you have some probiotics the give that too.

I have a stinky arse dog too! Doesn't matter what he eats, he farts. He's fed only a raw diet. He farts after meat and he farts after meaty bones. He gets probiotics and enzymes but that doesn't really help. Lamb is worse. I've just accepted that he's a typical male - farts, burps and gets 'excited' at the drop of a hat

Samador, I just have a genuine honest question for you. What happens if your next samoyed pup does the same thing that Miss Daisy did? Or it doesn't mesh with J.P? I'm not at all trying to have a go at you. I'm glad your previous dogs have found great homes. But you have rehomed two dogs now; one for behavioural issues with your other dog, and the other for behavioural issues with people, because these were too much for your family to deal with. It's quite possible your next pup will mouth, or that it may not grow up being best friends with your current dog... Maybe just as a suggestion, you could look at working out ways you could deal with and solve these issues before you bring your new pup home...

Yeah we only do our cats under iv's, but never with Domitor and I've never seen it used just on its own for surgeries either, or with bunnies. Maybe I've just been lucky and been sheltered

Nek - when you talk about cat and rabbit castrates and kitten speys on Domitor, do you mean as a premed, or just with Domitor?

Sounds like a drug reaction. Skin rashes are a known side effect of Tribrissen, though could just as easily be an allergic reaction to the amoxil too... also agree - strange choice of drugs. wonder why did not just use flagyl, or even clav or baytril if it was bad gastro.. Tribrissen is quite an 'old fashion' drug to use.

My apologies. I am well aware of what Domitor is and how it works. Perhaps I should have stated that Domitor is not a widely or commonly used premedicant. I certainly don't know of any vets who use it for anything other than sedation. But once again - I apologise - my statement, such as it was, was incorrect. No need to apologise. Funnily though, I have my notes here from a recent anaesthetic workshop with Colin Dunlop - the surgery its from was a couple of years ago but he used it as a premed on a hock repair on a healthy 1yo. Might mention it to him next time I see him and see what his current opinion on it is!

nope. If the vet or nurse (if one is even present) is not paying attention it is easy for a young dog to slip away. Dormitor - cat castrations, rabbit castrations I've even seen kitten speys on dormitor It works by constricting the blood vessels, raising the blood pressure hence lowering heart rate. It can also cause an irregular heartbeat and in susceptible animals the heart can stop from the strain. Thats why I dont like Dormitor, never have never will. Well, I guess different vets use different drugs, but domitor is a perfectly acceptable premed. I'm not a fan of it either, I hate how it slows the heart, but to say it is not a premed is incorrect. It's not something we use on cat or rabbit castrations, in fact we rarely use it at all these days, but like I said, different vets use different drugs. And like I said, the heart could stop if the gas was left up high, but generally only after breathing has stopped first. And it would be a pretty incompetent vet and nurse combination to not notice any of the warning . But I guess some clinics don't have basic monitoring and alert machines...

Domitor is not a premedicant. Medetomodine can be and is used as a premed. It is generally a safe drug to use in young, healthy animals and has the advantage of having a reversing agent, as well providing analgesia. Obviously there are better alternatives, but it is no less a premed than ACP or valium. It's about 1 in 10,000 that die during routine surgery. Animals hearts can just stop if there is an underlying condition. I would be surprised if an animal's heart suddenly stopped because the gas was left up too high. It would likely stop breathing before it's heart stopped in which case someone should/would have checked the basics to make sure everything was ok. It's possible the soda lime in the anaesthetic machine had expired, but again, you would likely see other warning signs before the heart eventually stopped. If the owners are concerned, then they should request a copy of the anaesthetic record and also request an autopsy, baring in mind it may show nothing.

They say the best thing you can do is to combine one product that kills the adults, with another that interferes with the growth/development of the flea 'babies'. So for example using Sentinal with Advantage or Capstar, or Program with Advantage... Using two different methods helps to combat resistance. And then you just gotta go nuts vacuuming your house and washing bedding etc etc

I have been googling that but could not come up with actual proper info on it - just prices and the feline one kept coming up! THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Will look into this as well! Do you know how much for a bag, how many kgs in a bag and how much do you need to feed? Be careful with this one. Someone on here had their dog tested via intra dermal testing and turns out their dog was allergic to marigolds I think, which is actually in this food... After we did our elimination diet, I stayed feeding raw. FTPO - have you seen a Dermatologist yet? We've gone through all the elimination procedures too and looks like we're definately atopic too. Next stage is the testing. I believe the best person to do the intra dermal is a dermatologist. There are several blood tests available however the older ones are not very reliable. The latest one is called the Heska Allercept test and is considered almost on par with the intra dermal skin tests. But definately consult a dermatologist before you go ahead with any of these as there is a drug with holding time that you need to follow before you do the test to ensure accurate results.

So if there was no change on elimination and probably not food allergies then maybe the salmon wasn't the cause of his hives, but just a coincidence... Yeah I guess that's true, and could also have been any number of things that were in the food. Was just strange how his skin flared right up a day after starting the food and went down a day or so after getting him off it. Have just started on Phenergan and so far it looks to be having a good effect! Plus we're going to pay our Derm a visit when we can get an appointment just to make sure we're still on the right track.

Generally when dogs have an upset tummy it's best to with hold food from them for 24 hours, to give their gut a time to recover, and then feed the first meal something bland like boiled chicken. If the problem continues, then a visit to the vet is in order. Sounds like Sam also has some discomfort if he is grizzling. I personally wouldn't feed dinner tonight, and see how he is in the morning, and probably book in an appointment with the vet. Hope he feels better soon!

I'd have taken my dog to the vet at the first sight of something wrong. Poisons can cause permanent damage. Poor dog - hope he is ok

That's ok, I was probably confused too . When we put him on the novel diet, there was zero change in his pruritis. That's what I mean about knowing his chronic scratching is not food related.

Not the Vet-a-slim multivitamin?