weiles disease

[Attack Fell Terrier 864]

If you get them jabbed properly then they're covered for Weil's Disease.

 

Cow's and rats carry the disease.

[Wild_and_Irish 11]

There are a lot of diseases dogs can get, most of them we know nothing about and can't protect against, sometimes we just put them down as something else, so don't go blaming the lad who owned the dog.

[POG 17]

slightly off topic but i have a nuttal dog that when has been to ground the last 2 times (after taking quite a bit of punishment )has been cleaned up and put on antibiotics has started healing nicely ,but after about a week ltr has turned white like aneamic with a blue tongue and gums ,still eating plenty and drinking .eyes are still sparking and is not dehidrated but is not good in his self after about 2 days he starts pinking back up and is now back to is normall health after a week or solid rest . thought it was shock after first time but when it happened again and after a week of being worked has got me baffelled any one else had this experiance ,he works his game hard and doe,s give it his all so wondered if it could be down to bruising or internal bleeding .he having a good long rest now before he goe,s back to work probs leave him now to next season to be on safe side .apart from that he,s back to his normal health and full of himself again ......any advice would be appreciated ...

, when they working under ground they will av good deal of adrenalin an stress as well as there own antibodys that they will pass thru there kidneys aswell ,a dont start um on antibiotics 4 the 1st 3days after a do, jus saltwater and powder and let there own antibody work 4 a few days after c how it affects him could be too much to deal with in his system try it an c if that sort it mate

Edited January 16, 2010 by POG

[higgins 75]

Weil's disease is always a risk,if not to the vaccinated dog then certaily it's possible for it to be passed on to it's owner,best to take precautions,

Higgins.

[dog fox 16]

slightly off topic but i have a nuttal dog that when has been to ground the last 2 times (after taking quite a bit of punishment )has been cleaned up and put on antibiotics has started healing nicely ,but after about a week ltr has turned white like aneamic with a blue tongue and gums ,still eating plenty and drinking .eyes are still sparking and is not dehidrated but is not good in his self after about 2 days he starts pinking back up and is now back to is normall health after a week or solid rest . thought it was shock after first time but when it happened again and after a week of being worked has got me baffelled any one else had this experiance ,he works his game hard and doe,s give it his all so wondered if it could be down to bruising or internal bleeding .he having a good long rest now before he goe,s back to work probs leave him now to next season to be on safe side .apart from that he,s back to his normal health and full of himself again ......any advice would be appreciated ...

, when they working under ground they will av good deal of adrenalin an stress as well as there own antibodys that they will pass thru there kidneys aswell ,a dont start um on antibiotics 4 the 1st 3days after a do, jus saltwater and powder and let there own antibody work 4 a few days after c how it affects him could be too much to deal with in his system try it an c if that sort it mate

 

cheers lads some positive answers ,just for the record i only use the anti,s when nessercery otherwise its salt water ,but both times its when he,s had the anti,s tried 2 different sorts synolux and some yellow one,s same shape as nurophen . i,ll try him with out the anti,s next time and see how he goe,s . ive never had a dog do it before but i do know its to do with the red blood cells

 

sorry for high jacking the thread a bit

Edited January 16, 2010 by dog fox

[trojan. 1]

not good for a dog to dieing on the job but it happens ur dogs medi care is inportant

[Waz 4,265]

the organism, that causes the disease leptospirea, has about 7 or 8 varients of the disease, and although there are vacines available for one or two of the most common strains, just because the dog is vacinated against these does not gaurentee immunity to the other strains. so the guy could have in theory been up to date with his dogs jabs

 

Ditto, the vaccines dont cover all the strains of weils. & it is due to the vaccine being dodgy (for weils) that the pups are jabbed twice at the vets.

[Coyotehunter 689]

slightly off topic but i have a nuttal dog that when has been to ground the last 2 times (after taking quite a bit of punishment )has been cleaned up and put on antibiotics has started healing nicely ,but after about a week ltr has turned white like aneamic with a blue tongue and gums ,still eating plenty and drinking .eyes are still sparking and is not dehidrated but is not good in his self after about 2 days he starts pinking back up and is now back to is normall health after a week or solid rest . thought it was shock after first time but when it happened again and after a week of being worked has got me baffelled any one else had this experiance ,he works his game hard and doe,s give it his all so wondered if it could be down to bruising or internal bleeding .he having a good long rest now before he goe,s back to work probs leave him now to next season to be on safe side .apart from that he,s back to his normal health and full of himself again ......any advice would be appreciated ...

Hey DF, If your dog is sensitive to penicillin try using cotrimoxazole, a combination of sulphamethoxazole (a sulphur compound) and trimethoprim (which is not sulphur based). it works on both Gram negative and gram positive infections, it might work for your dog , also if he's chewed up and exhausted instead of giving him water straight off give him some water soluble Electrolytes, and also have water available once you've given him the Electrolytes( the minerals and salts make them thirsty ) this will dramatically improve his recovery, the farm shops sell Electrolytes its used for calves scouring and its pretty cheap , hope this helps

[dog fox 16]

cheers CH will give it a go .