just a bit of advice

[woldsman 0]

just taken two dogs off a bloke not in best state wheeton whippet is very thin tip of tail bleeding . am feeding on boiled mince and keep spaying tail with terramycin is this the best way forward . the second dog grayhound x is not to bad just needs a lot of work to build her up a bit short walks first and build on that i think am i doing right thanks

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Why Boiled Mince? Won't boiling it melt away the fat content? That Dog needs stuffing with Everything it can get down it and letting it's system choose. In your position, I'd be feeding it quite disgustingly large bowls of breast of lamb and ox tounges. No mincing. Then letting the Dog just chill out with a bit of gentle excersise each day, before the next feast. It's done the trick for me before Then just throttle gently back to less huge feeds as ye observe the bones dissapearing beneath muscle and, like landing a airliner, bring her in smooth and level her off.

 

It's not actually as quick a process as ye might expect. Depends on the Dogs metabolism. Might take a month or more. But we can't rush nature.

 

That's how I handle it anyway. As for the tail? I've no experience, but that sounds right for an abrasion.

[skycat 6,173]

Bleeding tail tips are a bugger to heal as the dog just keeps knocking it again and opening it up. Get a narrow plastic tube open at both ends: something like a syringe case. It needs to be slightly wider than the tail. Bandage the tail tip fairly loosely: you don't want to cut the circulation off and fix the bandage with Elastoplast strapping over the hair about 4 inches up the tail. Slide the tube over it and fix that with Elastoplast too: sticking it on to the hair so it wont' slide off.

The end needs to be open for the skin to breath, so don't use waterproof bandaging either. I've used this method on several occasions and most dogs don't seem too bothered by it. You should get a healed tail within about a fortnight: but change the dressing etc every few days and check that all is well underneath the bandage. If it gets wet change change dressing imediately and dry it off before re-bandaging.

[woldsman 0]

Why Boiled Mince? Won't boiling it melt away the fat content? That Dog needs stuffing with Everything it can get down it and letting it's system choose. In your position, I'd be feeding it quite disgustingly large bowls of breast of lamb and ox tounges. No mincing. Then letting the Dog just chill out with a bit of gentle excersise each day, before the next feast. It's done the trick for me before Then just throttle gently back to less huge feeds as ye observe the bones dissapearing beneath muscle and, like landing a airliner, bring her in smooth and level her off.

 

It's not actually as quick a process as ye might expect. Depends on the Dogs metabolism. Might take a month or more. But we can't rush nature.

 

That's how I handle it anyway. As for the tail? I've no experience, but that sounds right for an abrasion.

thank you for your advice

[woldsman 0]

Bleeding tail tips are a bugger to heal as the dog just keeps knocking it again and opening it up. Get a narrow plastic tube open at both ends: something like a syringe case. It needs to be slightly wider than the tail. Bandage the tail tip fairly loosely: you don't want to cut the circulation off and fix the bandage with Elastoplast strapping over the hair about 4 inches up the tail. Slide the tube over it and fix that with Elastoplast too: sticking it on to the hair so it wont' slide off.

The end needs to be open for the skin to breath, so don't use waterproof bandaging either. I've used this method on several occasions and most dogs don't seem too bothered by it. You should get a healed tail within about a fortnight: but change the dressing etc every few days and check that all is well underneath the bandage. If it gets wet change change dressing imediately and dry it off before re-bandaging.

thank you for your advice

[woz 260]

if the dogs megga thin id feed it chicken and boiled rice...little and often maybe five meals a day..untill you see some progress..dont just bang huge meals into it as it wont cope and crap it all out... ..

 

with the tail id bath it in boiled water with some salt in it..but it will be a sod to heal up

Edited January 9, 2008 by woz

[sandymere 8,263]

I've used short lenghts of hosepipe taped on to tails to good effect. A good balenced diet, to include good quality meat, fat and carbs, should replace the nutrients that the animals will have lost as well as the body mass. A little exercise will help to ensure that the new weight is in part muscle and not just fat but gently does it.

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

DO NOT GIVE EITHER DOGS BIG MEALS .They may sick the majority up or in the very least ,cause stomach upset .Something you want to avoid at all costs with a malnutritioned animal .Diahrea[spelling ]will see off the dog through dehydration .Feed quality meals little and often ,not something to be taken lightly if no-ones at home all day .Excercise will depend on how fast the animal recovers and if any damage has been avoided .Sorry to post all negative responses but its the way it is .Good luck .

[ghengis 4]

Take it slowly on the grub little often as for the tail i had a few greyhounds do the tips when excited,pen looked like a crime scene..clean it up with some dettol in warm water let it dry naturally then get an old hair roller like your gran used to wear slide it over tail and hold in place with surgical tape or insulation tape,that way it can get plenty of air to it.mix a solution of dettol/water and put in an old spray gun and spray daily..

[woldsman 0]

thanks to all for advice both dogs are looking better after a week of good food and small walks thank you