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[quintessence]

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Poor Woody, I hope he begins to pick up soon.

Jeny

 

[doris]

I have to admit I am reluctant to go to shows when I have pups on the ground, and if there is a show I absolutely cannot miss, I strip on arrival and have a shower, and put on clean clothing before I go to the puppy room. 

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(w00t) :lol: I meant on arrival back home :b

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I did wonder :wacko: :lol:

Gill, hope Woody feels better soon, its so worrying when they don't eat

 

[~JO~]

Woody is still pretty poorly. Although he has stopped vomiting since having a jab at the vets, he is steadfastly refusing to even think of food - not chicken, turkey, fish or eggs (not all at the same time - just trying to tempt him to take at least one bit of food).  Has anyone else any brilliant ideas to try and get at least one small feed into him.  If he carries on refusing anything at all, he will have to go onto a drip by tomorrow.  I am now getting seriously worried - Woods has never had a problem like this before.  Normally if he has eaten something disgusting, he throws up and then immediately demands a "proper" meal.
Had hoped to go to Aylesbury on Saturday but this is now out of the question.  Hope all who go have a really good day.

Gill

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Oh Gill poor Woody

Only thing which Dad has suggested is this Brands chicken Essence. Not sure where you can get it - the last place Dad saw it was at a Chinese wholesalers - perhaps online? Its excellent stuff for very poorly dogs

:huggles: to Woody

 

[Gill Andrew]

Thanks Jo - will go onto Google & have a look to see if they come up with anything.

Gill

 

[wild whippies]

I think it is in extremely poor taste to bring a sick / recently sick dog to an event. Firstly travel for any dog is stressful, the owners anxiety over the event and how their dog will perform is probably contributory too. So primarily I don't think your doing your own dog any favours, secondly it is just a plain selfish thing to do to expose other peoples dogs, they could have pups at home, elderly immuno-comprimised dogs etc.

 

[Joanna]

Keeping your dogs away from others at a show can barely help when the judge puts their fingers in the mouth of every exhibit !

I think this is such a valid point and has been completely glossed over in this discussion. It actually hadn't even occured to me that this could cause enormous problems for show dogs. With the best will in the world, a dog can incubate a virus for variable periods of time depending on the animal/virus, without the knowledge of the owner. Surely, with the advances in knowledge of how infection is spread, it would be a responsible move by show organisers to provide an alcohol hand rub to judges to use between hands on examination of exhibits. These exhibits are much loved pets, and besides the trauma of having to look after a sick animal, and the suffering the poor hound will endure, not to mention the vet bills we can to a degree prevent this from happening.

Also, why assume every-one is responsible, in racing this year, my younger dog has had TWO episodes of kennel cough. I actually observed a woman walking her hacking whippet around the field, oh yes, she tried to cover it up, and I daresay it wasn't terribly poorly with it, I bet she never considered the young, old and frail dogs that were accompanying the fit ones for a day out :rant:

I hope all poorly dogs recover well and that you can put pressure on your show organisers to take steps to reduce infection :thumbsup:

 

[Vanna]

Woody is still pretty poorly. Although he has stopped vomiting since having a jab at the vets, he is steadfastly refusing to even think of food - not chicken, turkey, fish or eggs (not all at the same time - just trying to tempt him to take at least one bit of food).  Has anyone else any brilliant ideas to try and get at least one small feed into him.  If he carries on refusing anything at all, he will have to go onto a drip by tomorrow.  I am now getting seriously worried - Woods has never had a problem like this before.  Normally if he has eaten something disgusting, he throws up and then immediately demands a "proper" meal.
Had hoped to go to Aylesbury on Saturday but this is now out of the question.  Hope all who go have a really good day.

Gill

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Oh poor Woody. I was wondering about a little bit of cooked liver - I know he shouldn't have too much of anything as rich as that, but a little bit might just start him eating again?

 

[Gill Andrew]

Thanks for the suggestion Vanna - so far I have managed to get 1/4 of a Rich Tea biscuit and a microscopic bit of turkey down Woody's throat so hopefully by tomorrow he will decide to eat again. At the moment he is laying on the settee and passing the most foul smelling wind - think I will have to get a stronger air freshener tomorrow or go onto ebay and bid for a gas mask!

Gill

 

[abbey]

The new Special Incentives James Welbeloved treats http://www.petcompany.co.uk/acatalog/Onlin..._Treats_11.html (scroll about half way down page to view) are great for getting dogs back to eating, they are made of either white fish/parsley or lamb/rosemary..they are freeze dried and there are no additives or anything in them..one thing though..dont stick your nose in the pot they stink! :x Hope he feels better soon.

 

[stormydog]

VANNA .

GOOD FOR YOU...NO POINT THINKING IT AND NOT SAYING IT ! :thumbsup:

SOME PEOPLE THINK THE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND THEIR DOG. REALITY CHECK.........IT DOESNT !

J HN

 

[Zephyr]

Thanks for the suggestion Vanna - so far I have managed to get 1/4 of a Rich Tea biscuit and a microscopic bit of turkey down Woody's throat so hopefully by tomorrow he will decide to eat again.  At the moment he is laying on the settee and passing the most foul smelling wind - think I will have to get a stronger air freshener tomorrow or go onto ebay and bid for a gas mask!
Gill

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Pilchards in tomato sauce (if he's allowed) warmed up often does the trick with poorly dogs (and cats!).

Get wel soon Woody :luck: :thumbsup: :luck:

 

[Seraphina]

Keeping your dogs away from others at a show can barely help when the judge puts their fingers in the mouth of every exhibit !

I think this is such a valid point and has been completely glossed over in this discussion. It actually hadn't even occured to me that this could cause enormous problems for show dogs. With the best will in the world, a dog can incubate a virus for variable periods of time depending on the animal/virus, without the knowledge of the owner. Surely, with the advances in knowledge of how infection is spread, it would be a responsible move by show organisers to provide an alcohol hand rub to judges to use between hands on examination of exhibits.

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I cannot recall judge actually putting fingers into dog’s mouth; they usually just gently pull up the lip holding the dog's muzzle from the side.

Now that you mention it there used to be a basin with water available for judges to wash their hands, haven't seen that for a while though. However, I do not think that cleaning hands between each dog is practical. To start with to kill the bad bugs takes more than a quick wipe. Imagine what the judge's hands would look like after going over 200 dogs (w00t) and how much longer would the judging take. And I wonder how would the dogs feel having the judges’ hands smelling of disinfectant.

 

[Joanna]

Keeping your dogs away from others at a show can barely help when the judge puts their fingers in the mouth of every exhibit !

I think this is such a valid point and has been completely glossed over in this discussion. It actually hadn't even occured to me that this could cause enormous problems for show dogs. With the best will in the world, a dog can incubate a virus for variable periods of time depending on the animal/virus, without the knowledge of the owner. Surely, with the advances in knowledge of how infection is spread, it would be a responsible move by show organisers to provide an alcohol hand rub to judges to use between hands on examination of exhibits.

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I cannot recall judge actually putting fingers into dog’s mouth; they usually just gently pull up the lip holding the dog's muzzle from the side.

Now that you mention it there used to be a basin with water available for judges to wash their hands, haven't seen that for a while though. However, I do not think that cleaning hands between each dog is practical. To start with to kill the bad bugs takes more than a quick wipe. Imagine what the judge's hands would look like after going over 200 dogs (w00t) and how much longer would the judging take. And I wonder how would the dogs feel having the judges’ hands smelling of disinfectant.

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http://www.aspli.com/product_list.asp?cat1=14

Not disinfectant, alcohol which is odourless. In hospitals, a pump action bottle is placed at the end of a patient's bed, and all staff are expected to use this between visits.

This is what I was referring to :thumbsup:

 

[Gill Andrew]

VERY relieved to say that Woody is a bit brighter today - still very lethargic but has managed to eat just a small breakfast which has stayed down (and in!!). Am sure he will soon be bouncing about again as normal

Thanks everyone for your tips to try and tempt him to eat.

Gill

 

[doris]

VERY relieved to say that Woody is a bit brighter todayGill

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that's good news :thumbsup:

I'm sure he'll be raiding the cupboards by the morning :lol:

 

[whippetmad]

glad to hear Woody feeling a little bit better :huggles: :huggles:

 

[quintessence]

Pleased to hear Woody is a bit brighter :huggles:

jenny

 

[jools]

:huggles: Well done Woody, keep on chompin!! :huggles:

 

[Vanna]

VERY relieved to say that Woody is a bit brighter today - still very lethargic but has managed to eat just a small breakfast which has stayed down (and in!!).  Am sure he will soon be bouncing about again as normal
Thanks everyone for your tips to try and tempt him to eat.

Gill

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That's great news. Hope he's back to normal soon.

 

[lizzyb]

Glad to hear Harriot and Woody are on the mend.

Back in the summer my dogs had a 24 hr bug that went through all of them

Although the 3 dogs booked for my local show had got over it I didnt take any of them.Why put dogs under presure and others at risk, just for a piece of card .