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Category: Advice
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Living with a Deaf Dog
Some white podecos are born deaf. Other dogs go deaf with age. Here are some tips on living with a deaf dog.
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Treating eye infection in your dog
The third eye of my Podenca Andaluz Rosie came up at the beginning of last week. She lost her appetite and was quite depressed. The third eyelid covered half of her right eye, so I took her off to see my lovely Dutch vet Hetty. After checking for grass seed or rose thorn, neither of which she found, she prescribed eye ointment Chloramphenicol 1.0%. Researching it on the Internet, as one does, it is described as an ointment for treating conjunctivitis in humans. However, on some veterinary websites, it is the recommended treatment.
I trust Hetty implicitly so followed her advice to clean round Rosie’s eye and apply the ointment 4x/day and to get back in touch with her in 2 weeks if there was still a problem. I have followed instructions religiously and have to say that Rosie is the perfect patient. She sits quietly, as though she knows I am trying to help her.
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EU votes for animals (some animals) – report from Eurogroup for Animals
On 19th June at 12:30, the European Parliament adopted its position on the proposal on cats and dogs with 457 votes in favor, 17 against and 86 abstentions.
Hounds aren’t excluded.
The outcome is generally excellent for our pets.
Despite months of ups and downs and an endless list of exemptions, a sufficient majority of European Parliament MPs fulfilled their promises and ambitions, and continues the fight against the illegal trade of animals for their protection.
Key results include:
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RSPCA – Keeping your dog cool in hot weather
Plenty of tips to keep your dog cool in hot weather, from the RSPCA -
Heatstroke in Dogs
HEATSTROKE is a MEDICAL EMERGENCY! Fortunately, now more and more professionals are communicating the same message!
Whilst the need for rapid cooling with COLD water (1-15°C) has been recognised for decades in equestrian and human medicine, the dog world has lagged behind, and very poor information still circulates. e.g. “cool the paws”, “cover with wet towels”, “avoid cold water as it will cause shock”
THE KEY MESSAGES ARE…………
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Canine lipomas – is there any treatment?
As already mentioned we recently lost our blind podenco Bocelli to inoperable stomach tumour. A couple of years ago he had a small lump removed from his chest and the vet said the problem could reoccur, which it did.
This is a weblink to an article on Canine Lipomas.
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Laser Therapy for dogs
My galgo Polar had adamagedhine knee, an accident when he was 2 months old. Not recommended for an operation by 4 vets but I did find a young woman qualified to do laser treatment on animals, especially dogs. Polar had a few treatments and walked much easier after each one, but it was not something I could afford forever.
This weblink is to an article on laser treatment for dogs.
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RIP Bocelli – the blind podenco
The reason for a lack of news in the past few days is that our blind Podenco has crossed the rainbow bridge to join the rest of our enormous pack of deceased hounds and his passing has left a huge hole in our lives because he was a particularly special dog.Bo as he was known came to us in November 2021, rescued from a starved chained life in Lorca by Ibizan Hound Rescue. Blind Dog Rescue UK took on the task of finding him a forever home, which was us. He was special because he was blind, could only differentiate between shadow and black. He never ceased to amaze us how he confidently found his way around using his ears and nose. Walked outside of our enclosed garden, he was always on a Blind Dog harness. He learned to walk up a ramp into the back of the car because he was too heavy for us to lift. People always wanted to know about him and how he coped – he was a wonderful advertisement for adopting a blind dog.
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Coping with a dog with disabilities
We adopted a blind dog. He is amazing. He uses his nose and ears to find his way around, uses a ramp to get into the car (he’s a bit heavy to lift). During my years with a French rescue association, we brought back to France for homing several tripod galgos and podencos. They never ceased to surprise me how they coped with three legs.
So this weblink takes you to an article about coping with a dog with disabilities.