Poorly Dog

[whitefeet4190 1,728]

Umm hopefully that's it mate but just keep and eye out for any change or looking worse

[Poacherspocket 189]

Yeah fingers crossed a few days rest should shows signs of improvement. If it is this it would explain a lot of things maybe its my fault as she never showed signs of injury in the first instance iv been doing far far too much with her.

[whitefeet4190 1,728]

I am not saying you do poacher , but this is why I can't understand lads that carry on working their dogs all year round maybe they like vets bills lol, o well hopefully she will be fine

Atb

[Poacherspocket 189]

Il be honest I do work mine all year round but im steady through the summer. all I do is use them for picking up and squirelling. but there walked hours everyday and all our walks turn into a hunt. I cant stop them working and id never try. Before anyone picks up on it the run she had the other day was a freak accident it was really hot and I went somewere I thought id avoid anything. Id have to be a moron to slip a dog in this heat. White feet your totally right though thats why I dont ferret or lamp even though I get asked.

[whitefeet4190 1,728]

That's fair enought like I said mate I wasn't aiming that at u but fair play you have come out the closet and admitted ur a summer hunter lol

[skycat 6,173]

You need to get the dog to a GOOD Greyhound vet who will be able to tell you what damage has been done. Often in cases of nerve/muscular/joint damage, a few days rest and painkillers may seem to have done the trick, but the damage is a long way from being healed and the moment the dog runs again it is crippled up. Find a good bone man or Greyhound vet and follow their advice to the letter, even if it means keeping the dog on a lead for months: most skeletal/muscular injuries need a long time to heal, and most owners don't give it nearly long enough.

[Poacherspocket 189]

You need to get the dog to a GOOD Greyhound vet who will be able to tell you what damage has been done. Often in cases of nerve/muscular/joint damage, a few days rest and painkillers may seem to have done the trick, but the damage is a long way from being healed and the moment the dog runs again it is crippled up. Find a good bone man or Greyhound vet and follow their advice to the letter, even if it means keeping the dog on a lead for months: most skeletal/muscular injuries need a long time to heal, and most owners don't give it nearly long enough.

Is there one anywhere im southyorkshire?

[Tiny 7 1,694]

Meeks in Staffordshire, Toors in Shepshed

 

 

I personally rate meek myself. £10 a dog

[the big chief 3,099]

 

You need to get the dog to a GOOD Greyhound vet who will be able to tell you what damage has been done. Often in cases of nerve/muscular/joint damage, a few days rest and painkillers may seem to have done the trick, but the damage is a long way from being healed and the moment the dog runs again it is crippled up. Find a good bone man or Greyhound vet and follow their advice to the letter, even if it means keeping the dog on a lead for months: most skeletal/muscular injuries need a long time to heal, and most owners don't give it nearly long enough.

Is there one anywhere im southyorkshire?

trever w off hear has one pal he lives in s Yorkshire pm him he sent it me but i deleted the msg on my phone

[charlie boy 85]

ran the balls off the dog in tropical weather till it most likely keeled over , and come on thl for advice whilst the dog is crippled in the box.

[THELURCHERANDLONGDOG 91]

It sounds to me that your dog needs a good rest for a week and see how it is then , you soon tell who the inexperienced folk are when they keep shouting vet vet vet !!!!!!! The exhaustion from the accidental run will more than likely have given your dog the squits and the shaky backend etc is most likely from a tumble and swelling you cant see is putting pressure on a nerve possibly even a bruised spine , imagine falling down the stairs it will hurt hurt for a week or more probably but it just takes time to heal. There is probably nothing wrong with your dog that a bit of piece and quiet and a well earned rest wont heal. To be fair your vet didn't treat you too badly for £50 but be wary of giving too many pills as your dog will get a false sense of feeling better with pain killers and anti inflammatory and try to charge around before its ready to , best of luck

[bmull 189]

glad all seems on the up now :yes: :yes:

[squab 2,875]

It sounds to me that your dog needs a good rest for a week and see how it is then , you soon tell who the inexperienced folk are when they keep shouting vet vet vet !!!!!!! The exhaustion from the accidental run will more than likely have given your dog the squits and the shaky backend etc is most likely from a tumble and swelling you cant see is putting pressure on a nerve possibly even a bruised spine , imagine falling down the stairs it will hurt hurt for a week or more probably but it just takes time to heal. There is probably nothing wrong with your dog that a bit of piece and quiet and a well earned rest wont heal. To be fair your vet didn't treat you too badly for £50 but be wary of giving too many pills as your dog will get a false sense of feeling better with pain killers and anti inflammatory and try to charge around before its ready to , best of luck

dont think it shows any inexpierience to offer the advice of seeing a good vet and you may well be right in your prognosis but hey we all differ cheers

[will.f11 24]

 

amazes me dude is on here looking for a diagnosis , the dog should of gone to out of hour emergency vet joke some folk shoulnt have dogs -FACT

your comment is either because you didnt read my post properly misunderstood it or are just a bit premature.

or immature and looking for an argument haha

[skycat 6,173]

Let's just use the case of a torn muscle, or a damaged tendon: most owners wouldn't know how to diagnose this. Still less would they be able to diagnose nerve damage if the dog had fallen or run into something and damaged a joint: a sideways crash into a fence or tree whilst out of sight may result in spinal damage, of which one of the signs is a weak rear end, just as an example. Whilst rest may indeed solve the problem, how is the owner, who hasn't been able to diagnose exactly what damage has occurred, then be able to decide when the dog is fit to run again? Just because it walks or trots on the lead doesn't mean it is capable of running without sustaining further damage, or putting the dog back into the initial damaged state.

 

This is why, in any case of trembling limbs, weakness, it is important to see someone who actually knows exactly what they are looking at: and Greyhound vets are the best animal athlete people to see as they routinely see Greyhounds which have been injured. Greyhound vets are a world away from ordinary pet animal vets, and the only ones to see if you have a canine athlete, which is what lurchers are. By the very nature of their speed, lurchers and Greyhounds are far more likely to sustain joint, muscle, tendon, nerve damage than the average pet which toddles round the local park.