Post photos of your dogs (Vol 5)
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Doofus said:
Has he had a piercing?
He has an auto immune condition, which causes the flesh on the tips of his ears to bleed and become inflamed. It’s a nightmare to deal with and the only real treatment is steroids but the last time he was on them he developed steroid induced Cushings Disease, which was even worse! A plaster stops further damage when he flaps…which he does a lot!tim0409 said:
Doofus said:
Has he had a piercing?
He has an auto immune condition, which causes the flesh on the tips of his ears to bleed and become inflamed. It s a nightmare to deal with and the only real treatment is steroids but the last time he was on them he developed steroid induced Cushings Disease, which was even worse! A plaster stops further damage when he flaps which he does a lot!We couldn't get plasters to stick, so he often had to wear a bandage wrapped round his head like he had a gumboil.
Doofus said:
tim0409 said:
Doofus said:
Has he had a piercing?
He has an auto immune condition, which causes the flesh on the tips of his ears to bleed and become inflamed. It s a nightmare to deal with and the only real treatment is steroids but the last time he was on them he developed steroid induced Cushings Disease, which was even worse! A plaster stops further damage when he flaps which he does a lot!We couldn't get plasters to stick, so he often had to wear a bandage wrapped round his head like he had a gumboil.
tim0409 said:
Yep, our house frequently looked like a crime scene! The only thing we found that would stick was self adhesive moleskin (which was meant for shoe insoles) but it was a nightmare to remove. We are lucky in that our vets is the Edinburgh University veterinary teaching hospital, and the Professor of Dermatology has taken an interest as it s an unusual case. Last year they were trialling experimental cold plasma therapy, which seemed to help the wounds heal. I think Vizslas are quite prone to skin/allergy issues.
Yes Viszlas do suffer, not helped by having no undercoat, for those who don't know their underbodies are almost hairless, so when they go thrashing through the undergrowth they get scratched and stung worse than most breeds.Lovely dogs but i'd be reluctant to have another knowing how vulnerable their skin is.
gr86_driver said:
Heaveho said:
"Never mind the pictures, pick up the ball and throw it!"
He had literally only just, in the 5 mins previous to those pics being taken, started to display an interest in the ball. It wasn't his, it belonged to a dog we were with, typically, seeing another dog enjoying it, he then got interested, to the point where the other owners let him keep it, as they had plenty of spares. So it's at home now, where, again, typically, now there isn't another dog showing interest in it, he hasn't bothered with it all day, the contrary sod!They, and several other owners of our longstanding acquaintance , were almost as distraught as us at the loss of Beth, our previous dog, and were delighted at the appearance of Hunter, to the point where many of them have given us all kinds of presents for him. Really kind. I hadn't been in the park since Beth passed, just couldn't face it, so it's been 6 months since I've seen many of them. It's nice to be back.
Its Just Adz said:
How did she cope on the tube?
She's fine, very chilled, Barry though.....We take them up to London with us every few months, Barry isn't a great traveller whether car or train, he's an anxious boy, but now he's on gaberpentin he's far better, gets a bit scrabbly but so much more settled.
Towards the end of the day in the butchers at Borough market, they were given a very tasty treat:
They get so much attention when up in London, particularly from Americans.
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