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No argument at all EZZY! Blood plays a big roll for sure but it is just part of the finished dog. I would bet even a Pit bull could be a good dog in the right hands for what ever it is they are good at! I think what I am trying to say is good people have alot more to do with making a dog great then ...

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Nice Pony Andy, looking great. Vintage audio to me is LPs and Altec lansing speakers that were great 40 years ago and can still be great with better designed and built cabinets. Photography is another field that has made leaps and bounds in technology. I just love watching a great handeler take a pu...

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I know what you mean Moose and what your looking for but just don't know if the pedigree amounts to much more then "Possible Ability". I guess I will always believe a dog is most generally a reflection of his owner. Think we have all seen dogs from great lines turn out to be duds and dogs from unspe...

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TUFF LIFE HERE!

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Excellent Knine!

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Watching him grow up is a pleasure! I too wondered about the tail docking but have to admit his is precious! My first GSP never got her tail docked and could clear a coffee table in a flash. She could also swim circles around her offspring because she had quite a rudder! Good luck with cuttie! gary

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It just slapped me right between the eyes! Not being a horse lover I guess my tunnel vision took over and I passed that gorgeous photo right by. Kind of like the folks around here who can't seem to see the forest through the dam trees! What strikes any of us as beauty is certainly in the eye of the ...

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WOW, someone went back quite a ways to find this OLD thread! Nice to see all the commeraderie here and I do hope Duke and his family are all doing great! I am sure I would never have such a problem even if I was gone forever because our pup is the apple of both of our eyes. I can only hope if we bot...

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Hi Moose! My respect to you for the rescue work! Papers are a plus but certainly not the end all to a good dog. In my humble opinion, having the heritage lines is a very good thing for the adoptive parents but the key is to place a particular dog with the right family who will see through and bring ...

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Great story Andy and I hope it has the happiest of endings! The biggest problems with photos is they are there just once! If you happen to capture it then fine. Art, or the ability to reproduce an un recorded moment is a special talent. I think we all have a bunch of pictures in our heads of some ve...

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I very much envy those of you with the talent to do such gorgeous work! I am a carpenter and this is the best photo I think I ever took! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v722/Gamalot/Goldy/Goldy-2.jpg If I had your talents I would deffinately put it on a canvas because there is nothing nicer then a...

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My Brit will be 8 months old this winter. She is pretty much missing this years hunting season here in NY due to young age and illness. After hunting season I spend alot of time ice fishing with my buddy here. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v722/Gamalot/Fishing/P1010010.jpg He has gone to Florida...

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Ct. is deffinately too far to travel for a Vet. I have no problem with the show folks, its all about the dogs and doing right by them. It appears my proximity to the highly populated area of NYC is partially to blame for Boutique Vetteries and exhorbitant prices they charge. I think at this point I ...

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Thats my plan Knine but so far I am getting a similar sounding story, "If absolutely necessary, I use so and so"! Seems not too many here are happy and I am yet to hear anyone say they like or trust their Vet. More often then not I get the resounding complaints about how expensive they have all beco...

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Yep, Ct. is a short hope on Rt. 84 from here! I hate to think that age plays a part with my Vets attitude about this stuff but I guess it probably does. He is 70 and seems to feel he has seen it all and these young whipper snappers have alot to learn. What really floored me was the young guys at the...

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I can't disagree with you at all Pam. What has to be understood here is most of us just don't know these things and rely on our Vets to do the right things! I will never know this but highly suspect the Strangles was brought on by the vaccines and an overload on her immune system! I am in a very hig...

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"I am curious. What vaccine schedule is she on? When was her first vaccine administered? I've started using Dr. Schultz's vaccine protocol". Born on 5/29/07. First shot at breeders vet on 7/12 - 6 Weeks. Distemper-Adenovirus Type 2 Parainfluenza and Parvo. I bought her on 8/11 - 10 weeks old 8/24- f...

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QUOTE BY GSPLVR ("You all need to be very careful with sharing information on Ivermectin. It is a good drug is some instances, but can be a very bad drug is used by novices listening to internet advice"). I can't say that I disagree in part! No matter what drug or treatment we are discussing here it...

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Thanks for asking Knine! Goldy is doing well! All the lymph swelling is gone as are all the sores and inner ear and eye problems. No real scaring that I can see so I guess I caught this right on time, thanks to you. I began reducing the prednison dosage yesterday after 12 days on the full dose. She ...

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Good info Knine and I have done little else but read these last few days while playing doctor/nurse and it appears the Golden Retreiver is most suseptible but I have also read of just about every breed from tiny poodles and Dauchounds to the Mastiff being affected. Some suggest that vaccinations con...

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I have a Brittany Pup going thru it right now. Rather then to be redundant with postings here, check out my thread with pics from the onset titled EYE GOOBERS, Alergy or infection? in Health and Nutrition. Strangles is a very nasty and debilitating disease that can easily lead to death. Vets don't s...

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Thanks Zodiak. Not so funny story but just got off the phone with an old friend who had a Golden we called scar face. He confirmed the dog had Puppy Strangles when young. It left the dog scared and down right ugly because of all the blisters around his mouth and eyes that would never grow hair. He w...

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This Morning! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v722/Gamalot/Goldy/DSCN1874.jpg I think she is doing much better! Swelling is greatly reduced after 15 hours on the prednisone and clindamycin. Sores are drying up around her eyes and I just finished cleaning her ears with Oticalm and medicating them w...

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Goldy
Britt
4 months
Blue Seal Natural 26

She likes it, gets as much as she wants and is doing fine on it!

Previous food was Eukanuba Puppy and she was a maniac on it!

Gary

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I don't have experience with the one you mention but I have been feeding Blue Seal Natural 26 to my Britt pup. She likes it and is doing just fine on it! I believe Blue Seal is one of those "Off Brands" that is a very good food but not overly hyped or advertised. It is very reasonably priced so many...

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Got it K-9! I do find it pretty strange how many Vets sit back waiting for their approach to work while the first 20 or more articles in a google search all say that "Corticosticoid" or Prednisone steroids is the drug of choice and should be administered immediately and agressively. Goldy went on go...

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Regarding ultimate adult size, that's what our Lab's breeder said too. Size is predetermined by genetics. She just didn't want them to be adult size at five months of age. However, I always wondered how it was that our girl's father was 90 lbs. and her mother was 70 lbs. but Jet topped out at 56 lb...

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Think you are 100% correct but my thought of benedryl came from the itching from the sores around her mouth and ears! This is a particularly nasty disease and I am a bit POed it took so long to diagnose. All the info you have provided makes it pretty clear that "Early and Agressive" treatment is key...

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BTW, I have Benedryl Allergy capsules and she weighs 20 pounds, any idea how much to give with this and with the aspirin? Gary You may want to consult your own vet for benadry dosage, but I was told by mine that I could use up to 50mg (2 capsules) for my 62 pound GSP. 1 25mg capsule for dogs in the...

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As for cheap food I also question this. Inexpensive does not necessarily mean not nutritional. On the flip side expensive does not mean better or best. Cheaper food usually contains more fillers than higher priced feed. Fillers don't digest well. It really doesn't matter if a food is more nutrition...

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A person who has a dam and knows where he can put her with a sire does not make that person a breeder in my book! Goldy has a nice heritage but I am pretty sure she is the result of a money making plan and this has little to do with what you and I feel is honest and well planned breeding. I suppose ...

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I'm with Ezzy here as size is pretty much predetermined by genes. Sure health and overall weight has alot to do with nutrition but you are what you are right out of the box! As for cheap food I also question this. Inexpensive does not necessarily mean not nutritional. On the flip side expensive does...

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Yea K-9, she has sores all over and the swelling everywhere is very scarry! Vet hasn't seen this in quite a while but is well aquainted from the past. His suspicion is because we live in wild woods she probably rolled in something nasty or ate it. Our back yard typically sees Bear, deer, fox, coyote...

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Good Call K-9! Strangles is the diagnosis and a particularly severe case that was not responding to the Doxycycline. She got another injection and new pills, Clindamycin plus a bunch of ear cleaner and meds. Pills don't work too well if they can't keep them down! Hope she responds to the new treatme...

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Thanks K-9. She is worse this morning so back to the vet we go. What ever this is is now affecting her genitalia and it too is swollen. I was using the R 7 ear cleaner but the emergency vet said no good on that and to have her regular vet give me the propper ear drops and cleaning solution. Strangle...

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Thanks Z! I sat here looking like a real druggie and cutting up a 25 MG capsule of benedryl into five even lines. I figured if a 100 pound kid could take one cap then a 20 pound dog could do 1/5th. I also cut the 81 MG Aspirin into 4 pieces and gave her one. She is sleeping peacfully now and I am ke...

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I am of a mind to believe that all this hype about the nutritional benefits in puppy chow are little more then hype. I have always believed finding a food that is the right size for the dog and one the dog likes is much more important. All we need to do is look at many of the foods they market direc...

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As Usual EZZY, you're on the money! No JD here but Jose Cuervo seems to be working! This little girl came in here and climbed right in to both of our hearts. I probably am being overly anxious for an immediate cure and should just chill a bit. One of our previous GSPs had a battle with a porcupine, ...

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Thank you Wild Rose. Speaking of keeping a chin up, I added a pic of hers and it sure looks painful! You probably are right because thru all of this she is still eating and every time I get up to go anywhere she is right there by my side. Stools are solid and nothing else seems to be out of the ordi...

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I want to scream at the top of my lungs or maybe just strangle the Vet. The saga continues and I have been giving her the Doxicycline as prescribed. Woke up this morning and she is much worse with her lymph glads swollen and vomiting. Her ears are a complete mess and under the front of her snout the...

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The moral of the story is! Since she can't tell us she is sick, its a good idea to pay attention to the way she looks. Just got back from my Vet and Goldy has a pretty nasty bacterial infection. No idea from where it came but she should be on the mend in a day or so from the injection and the antibi...

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Had her at the Vet on thursday for boosters and on friday began to see some goobers at the corners of her eyes. Figured she might be having a reaction to the vaccines or alergy or some stress from the teething. Last night she was fine but still with the runny eyes. Now I notice she is swelling up on...

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My Britt is now nearing 4 months and having problems with runny eyes. Crusty stuff and goobers on the side of her face. Not sure if this has anything to do with teething or alergies or if this is an infection of some sort. At present I am washing her face to keep the crust off and have a tube of tri...

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My dog gets one food and she likes it just fine! She also gets the occassional scraps from my plate, in her dish, and that is about all the variety she will ever need to know. I think if your dog likes the new food and does fine on it then you are a winner. Just watch her close durring the change ov...

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Mine is a complete knucklehead with bees! She chases them down and messes with them until she gets stung. She is quite an acrobat when the white faced hornets get her but right back after them the very next one that comes along. I guess she figures them little sucker just can't win and I am very gla...

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I just got another eyefull up top so I guess it is back again.

Too bad this gets past for a short while before others with authority squash it.

These people are complete freaks and seem to have nothing better to do then to invade every forum I visit.

Gary

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I'm just a pup here myself but hunted over some very nice German Shorthairs in the past. We just got our Brittany pup and she is already displaying all the attributes you seem to like. Here in NY all we have is the Ruffed Grouse and very few natural birds. At 14 weeks she is already very keen on poi...

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What causes this thread to be blown out so wide I have to scroll back and forth to read what is written? I see it once in a while and want to know so I don't do it. Is it in a setting or something to do with the addition of photos too large to fit the standard screen size? I don't know about the res...

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Good point K9! Change the game so the game is no longer fun! Ever notice that when a pup does something that causes pain to themselves, they usually learn that quick and don't do it again? Odd how it took our cat just one well placed smack to drive home the lesson "don't bite kitty"! I don't advocat...

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Ours learned pretty quick about nipping us. Puppy teeth are especially sharp and neither of us are as tough as we or she think! It took a couple of times of drawn blood in that playful mood and she got the message SPECIAL DELIVERY! I also believe puppies have but one outward emotion and defense, the...

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