help wanted urgent

[welshhound2 20]

sad news mate hope she dose well

[kaney 9]

had my lab shot a few weeks ago , hit about 25yards away around the neck, muzzle ,ear and belly , took her to the vet he said dont panic its worse than it looks gave her a week long course of antibiotics , she was 100% better the following saturday , he said that the body will work with the lead pellets and she will be ok so hopefuly your dog will come good

Interesting.......

Is it the only veterinary locally if not then why do you use them HOW did the vet believe the pellets would exit in handy shit shaped parcells give your head a shake

[wag 13]

had my lab shot a few weeks ago , hit about 25yards away around the neck, muzzle ,ear and belly , took her to the vet he said dont panic its worse than it looks gave her a week long course of antibiotics , she was 100% better the following saturday , he said that the body will work with the lead pellets and she will be ok so hopefuly your dog will come good

Interesting.......

Is it the only veterinary locally if not then why do you use them HOW did the vet believe the pellets would exit in handy shit shaped parcells give your head a shake

 

 

i dont think thats what he means read the post again carfully and then think, i had my red lab shot about 5 years ago in the front took it to the vets they said that the shot is just underneth the skin and not in the mussle so it MAY work its self out, and guss what some has, and some has not . you can feel some of the shot still in the skin but it does not bother him one bit ,and i dont think he means the dog will SHIT it out if it had gone that far in the dog would probely be dead .

 

 

ps my lab is fox red and some one thought it was a fox coming out the cover ,and yes he did get a smack for it off me and the misses who was in the line with me .

 

regards wag

[skycat 6,173]

We sometimes catch rabbits with pellets embedded in their skin and sometimes muscles: and they are obviously not fresh wounds. The body seals the pellets off and they don't appear to cause any problem provided they are not lodged in an internal organ or near a major blood vessel.

That is one of the reasons I no longer keep red terriers, having seen the same thing happen once to a red/white terrier, and that dog was smooth coated but had just been to ground and was covered with reddish earth. There are only 4 people I would trust to carry a gun when we're out with the dogs as well.

[bolohan 0]

It's true about the lead shotgun pellets. I've been shot by a 12 gauge #6 lead winchester from about 4m away. Some one else shot me while inside a hunt camp by accident. We were moose hunting and had very high powered rifles, so I was lucky, I guess, that I only got a shotgun blast in the foot. Took about 2 hours to get to the hospital because we were so far in the bush. Anyway, that was 14 years ago. I've had over 50 pellets originally and now about 20. The pellets do work their way to the surface of the skin and can be cut out. The only thing the vet will do is prescribe antibiotics. And it's only a short course of them. The body will naturally repell all foreign objects like old war guys that have schrapnel removed 20 years after the war. Anyway, hope your dog is all right mate. Cheers

[Foxtrot 24]

It must have been shot at from a distance, because even with a number 6 cartridge, the amount of shots (6 you say) into a small dog would have killed it stone dead (one to the chest and one to the head!)! One tough dog otherwise to take 6 shots and still be alive!!