Taking a working lurcher to the vets...

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

A mate of mine has got a bull cross that has grafted for a good 5/6 seasons now. The dog loves crashing through fences and hedges after rabbits and quite often comes off marked up.

 

He is heavily scarred all over his face. He doesnt walk the dog in the daytime any more because people give him funny looks and ASSUME that he has been doing something illegal, which obviously he has not.

 

He asked me the other day how he could take the dog to the vet if ever it needed treatment, operation etc, which fortunately it hasnt done to date. He is concerned the vets could report him for something he hasnt done. After all, he has only every worked rabbits legally on permission.

 

There must be other lads in this situation, what do you do? Can and do vets make such aquisations? Do you go to a vet you know very well?

 

It just got me thinking.

 

My bitch has only grafted properly (with me anyway) for back end of last season and the first couple of months of this and she has already picked up numerous injuries from barbed wire, fences, hedges, etc, all resulting in scars on her head, face, legs, chest. I imagine in a few seasons she will look like shes lost a fight with a food processor

 

Cheers,

 

Gaz

[paulus 26]

use a propper sporting/running dog vets theres a few around the country, infact theres on about an hour from you

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

PM Sent Paulus

[scothunter 12,609]

let him report you.need to prove it.

[denman 8]

vets must be feeling the pinch just like the rest off us so good chance the,ll listen to your story an do the work an whats best for the dog,,

[graham4877 1,181]

you can work your dog legally on fox anyway, ie you take it with you when you good shooting, just incase you only wound a fox , it's there in black and white in hunting act..

plus you can always hop on ferries over water to run them!

[mattyg 1,862]

my vet is top class and also knows running dogs very well......he is in the midlands aswell! his only focus is getting the dog the treatment needed!

[J.DOG 1,355]

My vet loves the idea if working dogs when I got my pup checked he said bet you can't wait to. Get pup hunting he said he did it when he was younger he said he used to do foxes he said the ban is bullsh*t I took my old lurcher to him who has scares on his legs chest muzzle and he said to me bet this dog could tell afew stories and give me a lol and said the dogs in great health better than the fat dogs he gets in some vets are good however most arnt

Edited December 3, 2012 by J.DOG

[Born Hunter 17,775]

Sad fact is plenty of dogs are shot every year because they aren't fit to go to a vets.

[BIG T 6]

Fix it your self or contact the local greyhound people best thing i ever done helped me out many a time

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

Cheers for replies. And thanks for PMs with info lads

[Westy76 546]

What colour is the dog? If black or dark can't he use a bit of henna dye on the marks if he's that worried or change vet

[stabba 10,745]

What colour is the dog? If black or dark can't he use a bit of henna dye on the marks if he's that worried or change vet

[shinbone90 1]

^{hows it going mate was in this exact situtaion last week when my bitch f**ked off aroud the farm at home, which i am used 2 as she goes off mooching all the time.}

^{only this time she came back in a right state, usually i patch her up my self but this time no chance. i took her straight down the local vets and they didnt ask any questions at all.}

^{the only way i looked at it was if i had sumthing to hide i wuldsnt of taken her there and i had her best interests at heart}

^{ATB SBone90}

[MOUSE TRAP 19]

am the same been with my vet for about 20 years now no all my dogs are working dogs and there is never any questions asked when i need to visit and if needing the likes of medacam i dont even need to take the dog so some vets aint that bad.