Sorry I wasn't there - ran my two on the lure here on Thursday and Frosty was lame that night - sesamoiditis :( - and I didn't want to risk Amber on hard ground as she is entered elsewhere next week. I was really looking forward to going but 4 hours each way and a very expensive dog sitter...
It could be oesophagitis - a lesion or something similar stops the food going down to the stomach. Treatment usually involves dilating the oesophagus and is quite often successful (although it was not for my greyhound). If he is running a temperature, it is usually an infection. Pancreatitis...
No they don't but it is only one thing to take into consideration. I can take on board a whippet that is a bit tall for the standard (20" dogs, 18.5" bitches) if it has breed type and quality. Far worse IMO is coarse bone and untypical conformation like flat topline, straight shoulders, thin...
Swedish judges are trained to measure the croup (hips to tail) as quite a few dogs are short there. Bringing the tail through is probably more reliable for length than just to the hock because you then have to consider how hihg/low the hocks are.
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Vets are supposed to inform the Kennel Club if they perform any operation that alters a dog and so are the owners, who may or may not be allowed to show it afterwards. I don't think it happens as often as people make out, it's usually malicious gossip. I see nothing wrong in showing a veteran...
Oh dear, I have only just caught up with this thread and I am so sorry you and Moonpig/Zoe are having such a rough time. When 13y-o Fidget was diagnosed with idiopathic liver disease, she was so ill I actually rang the vet to help her on her way because he had said it could be a matter of days...
Just be careful that you do not take a dog that is in any way under the weather because they are probably not doing health checks at that price and the vaccine manufacturers state that they should only be given to healthy dogs which means NOT dogs that are on any kind of medication.
Personally...
Try not to worry too much (easier said than done, I know). It's really good that it has been picked up so early. I have just had an older dog diagnosed with a murmur by a cardiologist who told me that if it is mitral valve disease, it probably won't give him any trouble for some time but if...
If you do decide to go the steroids route (typically prednisolone) make sure that you are also giving something like Zantac to protect the stomach lining as pred can cause ulcers - best discuss this with your vet. There is a very good support group for autoimmune diseases...
I can tell you from experience that a 5 month old greyhound puppy can jump a 6' fence so if you are planning to leave the dog outside on its own, don't get a greyhound. Also, please don't get a greyhound if you cannot give it a suitable sighthound life. A growing greyhound needs a lot of...
I may be out of step but I would go for two days. Six rounds in one day is just going to turn into a "last man standing" event and is going to be equally hard on the people doing the work.
Gay
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Not from a blue mated to a fawn. Quote from the Keeper of the Australian Greyhound Stud Book:
"Mr. Roy ROBINSON, a renowned canine geneticist in England has advised that there will be some brindles , including blue brindles, so devoid of striping as to appear either Fawn or Blue, but these...
No - they are not racing lines. Fast Lad Bill has a couple of show dogs in the fifth line and Redshanks Dragen blade in the fourth. In between it is pet breeding from show lines. Have no idea what kind of lives the parents/grandparents lived.
Gay
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Oh Tracy, what bad luck. It's worth trying the old fashioned remedy I'm currently using on Farthing in preference to Metacam - 6 teaspoons of Epsom Salts (magnesium sulphate) in a pint of warm water. It's really good at reducing swellings. If you don't have any, best place to look for it is...
What a scrumptious puppy, Karen. We are all getting so international, reading whippet pedigrees is going to take an immense amount of knowledge - maybe a Masters Degree??
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They could be black, blue, brindle or fawn - but not both. If there are brindles, it means she cannot produce fawn. Most likely are blue or fawn. Don't be in too much of a hurry to register them because puppies change colour dramatically as they get older - best leave it until they are at...
More than well done - mega thanks to everyone who worked so hard to give us a fantastic day, especially the key "workers" - Mark a very skilful lure driver, Arron who had no probs with even my super-hyped Favour, getting dogs away in their stride, judge Shona who stood in the field for hours and...
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