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Fraction posted:Should I suck it up and not walk her for a week? Vet time to make sure it's definitely not infected? Dog booties? Neosporin+Pain (cream version, not ointment), as big a piece as possible of nonstick gauze pad between the affected pads, athletic tape (the kind that only sticks to itself). Give it enough slack that her foot can flex a little when she steps on it, but still wrap it fairly firmly. This will stop her from licking it via a barrier, and also soothe the cut and help it heal. I can't tell you how many times I had to do this for Husker. It works really well. Fold the gauze to make a little wedge to keep the cut pad away from the other pad and cushion it from rubbing.
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RazorBunny posted:Neosporin+Pain (cream version, not ointment), as big a piece as possible of nonstick gauze pad between the affected pads, athletic tape (the kind that only sticks to itself). Give it enough slack that her foot can flex a little when she steps on it, but still wrap it fairly firmly. This will stop her from licking it via a barrier, and also soothe the cut and help it heal. Apparently we don't get Neosporin in the UK. Is there a no brand type of cream I can get? At least I know where to get the other stuff. The e-collar won't help too much; she licks it to try and keep it clean when we're out, too. I think if she couldn't lick it because e-collar she'd have a meltdown.
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Dec 11, 2012 22:25
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Not sure what the non-branded name would be, hmm. Maybe just look for an antibiotic cream. If you can find one with a pain relieving ingredient, all the better. I would definitely say go cream over petroleum-based ointment. I never bothered with an e-collar for paw injuries, since the collar basically made him shut down. Just putting the bandage over it will keep her from messing with the wound too much, and athletic tape is difficult for them to remove themselves. Sometimes Husker would lick the bandage, which seemed to make him feel better but didn't disturb the wound.
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Dec 11, 2012 22:47
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Fraction posted:Apparently we don't get Neosporin in the UK. Is there a no brand type of cream I can get? At least I know where to get the other stuff. Look for "triple antibiotic ointment". However I am not really finding anything online and even running into places saying that anything remotely equivalent in the UK is prescription only.
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Dec 11, 2012 22:51
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Weird. Triple antibiotic ointment is usually bacitracin (however you spell it), neomycin, polymycin... something like that... BNP..so maybe you can look for ointment with those ingredients. Why cream over petroleum?
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Dec 11, 2012 23:21
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Petroleum seems to make the bandages more prone to slippage, and I've occasionally seen it create additional irritation in the form of clogged pores. If it's all you can get, it's better than nothing, though. I would let the wound air out a few hours a day if I was going to use ointment rather than cream.
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Dec 11, 2012 23:35
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I'm so sorry to hear about Husker, Razorbunny.  He had a good run, though. He was always one of my favorite PI dogs.We're going out to grab groceries and dinner, and when we get back I'm gonna let Savannah and Poppy open their PISSmas presents. And my PISS package is going out tomorrow! 
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Fraction posted:Apparently we don't get Neosporin in the UK. Is there a no brand type of cream I can get? At least I know where to get the other stuff. My british expat dad swears by Boots Antiseptic Cream but I don't know if they're even still in business.
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Pile of Kittens posted:My british expat dad swears by Boots Antiseptic Cream but I don't know if they're even still in business. Boots? Yeah, my housemate actually works for them  If I can't find the stuff I need in the supermarket tomorrow I'll ask her to get me some cream. Thanks guys 
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Dec 12, 2012 00:16
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So sorry to hear about Husker. I've always enjoyed reading about him. 
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Fraction posted:Boots? Yeah, my housemate actually works for them If they have a pharmacy counter ask them, sometimes they keep some stuff back there which they wouldn't put out on the shelves, but doesn't require a prescription.
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RazorBunny posted:Pretty much. Search the hashtag #pawcircle on Twitter and see how crazy these people are. Why did I do that  Getting weirded at by people on twitter isn't cool.That stinks RazorBunny. Best of luck and your family did a great thing taking him in.
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RazorBunny posted:I don't really appreciate it when strangers try to comfort me. And I mean strangers, as in, I have never had any contact with these people before in my life. You guys know me kinda, and you've been along for the ride with Husker the whole time. It makes sense for you to care. It doesn't make sense for these people to care, and that makes it feel kind of insincere and creepy. I would feel the same way. I'm very sorry, RB. It came sooner than I hoped.  All of my internet hugs to you.
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The cats are doing their best to either cheer me up or drive me batshit by dragging out all their jingliest toys and rampaging around the house with them.
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RazorBunny posted:The cats are doing their best to either cheer me up or drive me batshit by dragging out all their jingliest toys and rampaging around the house with them. Given my understanding of cats, it is likely that both are their intentions.
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Dec 12, 2012 05:21
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 Zoso doesn't appreciate home-made gifts and would rather a real bone.
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I'm genuinely really sad for RB and really happy for Super. Why does the internet make me care about people I have never met and their pets? Man, PI is amazing in a kinda scary weird way.
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Crossposting from the animal nutrion thread because I haven't gotten any input:quote:I've been feeding my GSD puppy Orijen large breed puppy and someone recently mentioned that feeding puppy food might be the reason he's so big. Is there any truth to this? I though the large breed puppy foods were designed specifically to keep them from insane growth spurts but he is really big for his age (4.5 months, 48 lbs, 22" at the withers). I checked the calcium and phosporus levels and they're 1.7% / 1.4%.
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Dec 12, 2012 11:24
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 My dog is hating all of you right now. It's staying on until Friday, and she's on no walks until Friday. This is gonna be fun  At least the makeshift bandage... thing... has upset her enough that she's barely willing to walk around on it.
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Oh god RB I'm late but I'm sorry about Husker too. My offer still stands in about 24 hours or so.
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:Oh god RB I'm late but I'm sorry about Husker too. My offer still stands in about 24 hours or so. Aw, thanks. I'm really okay, not just saying I'm okay. One of my friends took me out to dinner last night and let me drink a giant Hurricane, and then I came home and tipsily murdered Handsome Jack (not a euphemism, a Borderlands reference) and slept for like ten hours. It's weird to look around the house and see all his stuff, and there are so many subtle little things that are different without him here. Mostly I just feel kind of wistful. Each cat took a turn cuddling in bed with me last night, though of course they would never be seen there at the same time. I'm not sure what they're thinking right now, whether they've figured it out or not. I'm glad he got one last party at my house where he was still feeling good. He got lots of pets from everyone and got to mooch some broccoli and see all his favorite people. I can count so many really awesome people as my friends, including all you crazy dogladies
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Fraction posted:
At first I thought her paw was amputated! We had to bandage up Deltas paw too, it's almost better 3 days later and I had the added bonus of calling her Limpy
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/patient-dog-waits-while-his-best-friend-plays-in-a Oh my god this is nauseatingly cute. I don't know if the kid should be walking a big rear end sharpei, but hey.
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Triangulum posted:Crossposting from the animal nutrion thread because I haven't gotten any input: I can't imagine that unless there's doggie growth hormone in the kibble, it can't make your puppy any larger than it already has the genetic capability for. You just got a giant puppy, that's all. Maybe he's getting all his growing over with early?
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adventure in the sandbox posted:At first I thought her paw was amputated! We had to bandage up Deltas paw too, it's almost better 3 days later and I had the added bonus of calling her Limpy Amputee dog. You are not the first person to have said that  It's hilarious watching her move. She'll walk normally and then suddenly realise that there is something on her paw and start limping and staring sadly at me like she can guilt trip me into taking it off. wtftastic posted:http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/patient-dog-waits-while-his-best-friend-plays-in-a Big rear end is right. That's one fat dog. Is it bad that I didn't find it cute, just sort of went 'meh, fat dog, parents are obviously filming and probs told dog to stay'? It's me, I am the dog sperglord Fraction fucked around with this message at 19:33 on Dec 12, 2012 |
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Fraction posted:Amputee dog. You are not the first person to have said that That's pretty much what I thought too, but like, the dog stayed very nicely?
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GUYS today is my last final exam and then I will be FREEEEE FOREVER! No more college! No professors, no masters!
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Pile of Kittens posted:GUYS today is my last final exam and then I will be FREEEEE FOREVER! No more college! No professors, no masters! I'm jealous. Then again I willingly went to grad school soooo....
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Pile of Kittens posted:GUYS today is my last final exam and then I will be FREEEEE FOREVER! No more college! No professors, no masters! Hey congrats! Welcome to the unemployment party! We're all drinking and crying!  So the dog has got a big ole bunch of Giardia again!  I have to give him 2 different powders in his food twice a day AND a squirt of some sort of liquid once a day. This drat dog!  The vet I take him to has an office cat. The cat was hit by a car a couple years ago, and has no tail!  He also has no control of his bladder and is fecally incontinent. But he's a cutie.
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At this point I would just be keeping that drat dog in a bubble, with a second bubble on his rear end. There's some drama going on between my work and the local pit rescue (the one that hates me) because one of their dogs attacked one of their employees (his owner, a volunteer with the pit rescue). It was redirected aggression because he was trying to get to some other dogs but she was in the way. She euthed the dog. The manager there politely told them that since they've had two issues now with their dogs that they would be boarded at my facility instead since it's a better setting. The pit rescue lady replied back and WAY overreacted, bitching about how they're discriminating against pits and basically tried to so hard to blame the resort and not their precious angel furbaby oppressed pitties with issues and their volunteer. Ugh. That woman is a huge child. That dog should not have loving been there in the first place given his issues (which I'm pretty sure had been exacerbated by the balanced training group (yes, the one that hates me) she started taking him to). Just wanted to rant, and say I think it's hilarious their pits will be coming to my facility with me, which I'm sure will delight them if they ever find out. I'M POPULAR~
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Skizzles posted:At this point I would just be keeping that drat dog in a bubble, with a second bubble on his rear end. Ugh, that poor dog. I'd drop that lady so fast from ever being able to do anything with my group or anything. It's obvious she's just a huge crazy person. Why do they put up with her? 
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Because money. Also because my manager and one of my co-workers are fans of the rescue. They don't know all the poo poo I do about them and so they're still ~*a good rescue*~. My manager was really irritated about her screaming THE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PITS card though, because that's bullshit. Maybe if this rescue didn't slap a prong collar on every dog for every little "problem" they wouldn't be constantly winding up as neurotic messes that keep redirecting aggression onto people (why yes it has happened before).
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Good lord Feldman  How many times has he had Giardia now?
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Our cats are going to meet their first dog tonight! We're dogsitting for my husband's aunt for two weeks while she goes to Hawaii and moving our cats to her house tonight. I'm really not sure how they're going to react. The dog's ancient and gives no shits about cats whatsoever. Like, literally won't even be interested enough to smell them. So, really it's all dependent on how our cats react to this dog-shaped and dog-smelling footstool. If it goes well, it'll be really nice for everyone. If our cats decide to turn into dog-attacking hell beasts then they'll have to live separately. Either way, it'll be interesting! I'm kind of guessing that they'll be so involved in destroying Christmas decorations (we're Scrooges who don't even usually do a tree because  ) that they won't have time to terrorize a dog. So many ornaments to break, so little time.I'm just glad it's only for 2 weeks. (God, I really hope the dog doesn't die on me, she's like 15 and half blind and sometimes in the mornings when it's cold her back legs don't work well and she just had a tooth abscess and .....)
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Triangulum posted:Good lord Feldman No kidding. You about need to take him to the vet whenever he has a solid poop because it would be so unusual. Does he still have Pica like he did as a puppy? I bet his farts are room clearing.
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Nione posted:Our cats are going to meet their first dog tonight! We're dogsitting for my husband's aunt for two weeks while she goes to Hawaii and moving our cats to her house tonight. I'm really not sure how they're going to react. The dog's ancient and gives no shits about cats whatsoever. Like, literally won't even be interested enough to smell them. So, really it's all dependent on how our cats react to this dog-shaped and dog-smelling footstool. If it goes well, it'll be really nice for everyone. If our cats decide to turn into dog-attacking hell beasts then they'll have to live separately. Wanna see dis ancient dog! You should keep them separate at first, I think. Like the cats in one room, and the dog in the other, let them just get used to the dog being in the house first. Then maybe slowly introduce them if the cats don't flip out/once they've gotten used to her. Shifty Pony posted:No kidding. You about need to take him to the vet whenever he has a solid poop because it would be so unusual. Does he still have Pica like he did as a puppy? Well, he's 1 year and 2 months now, and I'm pretty sure he's had it for like 8 or 9 months in total. The pica thing is weird. He doesn't eat rocks, but he seems to LOVE flowers, wood and leaves. Oh and poop. edit: his farts are horrible. Absolutely horrible. 
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Skizzles posted:Because money.  We outta open our own place. You're down south, right? It's a lot cheaper down there than up here...
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Bash Ironfist posted:Wanna see dis ancient dog! Yeah, actually they probably won't MEET meet her for a few days. They're always strange in a ~*~new place~*~ so we'll let them get comfortable in the basement (we're staying in her furnished basement, so they'll be with us) and leave the dog upstairs. IF they decide they can leave the dog alone, we'll move the dog into the basement with us. It's a little easier on her because she can go out in the backyard without having to navigate any steps. I'll see if I can get some photos, she's a sweet dog. Black, labby-with-stub-legs, white face.
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Bash Ironfist posted:So the dog has got a big ole bunch of Giardia again! Bash, I want you to know, every time you talk about Feldman, this is what I envision:  The glorious dogoboros. A dog sucking his own rear end forever.
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