Lulach, I had not realized that you were the one who had Pal!! (ollie) I hope you'll bring him to Rendevous, anyway. I'd love to see him again. I did see him at Simple Day, but not long enough to really *look* at him.
Samira > OK, decided I would send an update on what we have found. As is > always the case, I am the most informed after just seeing the vet. We > had our first appointment with our "new" vet yesterday. Countess > Kenna and Baron Caelan recommended the clinic. We were really > impressed. The vet had a wonderful manner with Ollie, and she loves > the breed. Is well informed about Greyhounds as well. > > On a side note, I wanted to mention our "other" vet. We had a cat > before Ollie (still have him actually) so we made the mistake of > taking our new Greyhound to our then "regular" vet. He had stated > that he currently had 6 other Greyhounds as patients (thought this > means he would be relatively informed about the breed). Now, Ollie > had some abuse issues in his history before we got him, as I am sure > others have dealt with as well. When talking about separation > anxiety, our vet actually started to talk about dogs with "issues" > and stated that people need to be careful as to what dogs are > rescued. He actually asked, "Now, speaking hypothetically, would you > say that your dog was a good candidate for rescue?" I said YES (of > course) and was thinking, "That's the question that just got you > fired". So, no surprise, we switched vets. > > Our new vet had quite a few suggestions for Ollie. Basically, at his > previous foster home, he was crated for like 16-18 hours a day. I > imagine he was also exercised very infrequently as well. So, the vet > figures that the increase in activity is what is causing the feet > problems (it is a slight tendon issue on his 2 inside toes). Like > walking too much in a new pair of shoes. She had also stated that > once we get this healed, we should callous over, and not have too > many problems in the future. > > Her advice was 3 fold. First, get the foot healed. This means keeping > it clean and dry. She stated that Hydrogen Peroxide was a bad thing > now, as we are trying to heal (since H2O2 is a Hyper-oxidizer, it > actually removes new cells, i.e. can retard healing). She also stated > that we should avoid Petroleum Products as Petroleum can affect the > epithelial cells, and can retard healing as well. > > So, we have a prescription for a medicated powder (essentially > Neosporin in a powder, cool stuff actually) and instructions for how > to hopefully get this turned around. I'll keep you all updated as we > know more. > > Lulach ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/PJ_qlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_Coursing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
