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ElhewPointer · Post by **ElhewPointer** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:06 am

Keep my dog in your thoughts. While running in the Southeastern Championship yesterday, my dog Nella Running Tab was bit by a rattlesnake. Hopefully he can pull through.

myerstenn · Post by **myerstenn** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:13 am

where on the body did he get hit???? Sometimes they are not as big a deal as they may sound. Good luck ned

Karen · Post by **Karen** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:34 am

Will keep you and your pup in my prayers.

ecater2218 · Post by **ecater2218** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:48 am

So sorry.........what does the Vet say??

PntrRookie · Post by **PntrRookie** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:03 am

Thanks for the heads up EP, NRT is in my prayers!

Yawallac · Post by **Yawallac** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:40 am

Things like this remind us of what a dangerous game our dogs play. Prayers for your boy have been sent.

Ron R · Post by **Ron R** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:46 am

So very sorry to hear that, hope he pulls through.

Ron

ElhewPointer · Post by **ElhewPointer** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:10 am

He made it through the night. Ned, he got hit in the face.

vzkennels · Post by **vzkennels** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:13 am

Sorry EP to hear of that hope he makes a full recovery.Prayers sent.

springpoint · Post by **springpoint** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:37 am

sorry to here about your dog, he is in my prayers.

BoJack · Post by **BoJack** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:51 am

"bleep" hate to hear that.We're pulling for your guy for sure.I remeber Strut got bit a couple years ago and was in bad shape,but he pulled through.I'm sure your boy will too.Prayers are with him.

Shadow · Post by **Shadow** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:57 am

hope your boy makes it- best you can do is love him and not feel it was your fault

Ruffshooter · Post by **Ruffshooter** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:40 am

In our thoughts and Prayers. Good luck
Rick and Janet

birdogg42 · Post by **birdogg42** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:45 am

Sorry to hear that EP. Prayers here as well.

Mike

Post by **ezzy333** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:02 am

Hope everything works out well.

Ezzy

RayGubernat · Post by **RayGubernat** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:11 am

Vagas -

The fact that he made it through the night is a good sign. I hope everything turns out for you and your very special boy. I hope to see him run someday.

Fingers crossed.

RayG

Pineywoods · Post by **Pineywoods** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 1:12 pm

Vagas,
Sorry to here about Ben. I was at the Southeastern Championship thursday and man was it cold. I would have never
thought about snakes but I guess it must have warmed up. I had wanted to see Ben run but had trouble on the way home
and did not get home untill 10 pm so 4 am was too early so I did not go Friday.

Hoping and praying for a full recovery,

Benjie Mills

Birddogz · Post by **Birddogz** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:12 pm

I hope your pup is o.k. I hate hearing about things like this. I know hind sight is 20/20, but they now have rattlesnake vaccines for dogs. You may want to give it to your other dogs. "bleep" snakes.

Post by **topher40** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:54 pm

Dang thats too bad, keep us posted on his progress. Good luck!

madonna · Post by **madonna** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 3:11 pm

Hello! i am with you EP and your poor one! I hope so much, he will recover! Madonna

hpvizslas · Post by **hpvizslas** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:42 pm

Vegas,

Hope he is doing OK. Sorry to hear that he got bit.

Good luck
Jeff

Birddog3412 · Post by **Birddog3412** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:00 pm

Thats a bad deal man, hope everything is going ok.

M1Tanker · Post by **M1Tanker** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:22 pm

Sorry to hear about this...hope he pulls through.

Post by **kninebirddog** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:10 am

here to hoping it was justa dry bite and Not a mohave rattler

Hope they get him on antibiotics as most the problems come from secondary infections. Had one of my dogs hit this summer he swoll up pretty bad but never got sick took him to the regular vet for clean up and antibiotics and with in 3 days he was almost back to normal had a small area of some sloughing skin which healed up rpetty quick

but if a mohave those are Nasty

as for the vaccine jusy is still out on the real effectiveness it has as I know dogs that were bit after the second booster in a vital area and still die but it was very evident the dog got juiced up big time as he was sick and down with in minutes after getting bit

and snake avoidance is good but it also will not prevent and accidental run over

prayer and Mojo headed your dogs way no matter what

snips · Post by **snips** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:57 am

Were they able to get anti venom into him? It saved one of my dogs once. Not sure the vaccine is good for eastern rattlers.. Hoping he pulls thru.........

Neil · Post by **Neil** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 12:11 pm

I do hope he fully recovers, he is such a very nice dog, one of the best.

I think I remember that Strut was hit by a snake with no long lasting problems, but boy did he look rough for nearly a year.

Neil

mcbosco · Post by **mcbosco** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 12:21 pm

best wishes

Birddogz · Post by **Birddogz** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 12:29 pm

snips wrote:Were they able to get anti venom into him? It saved one of my dogs once. Not sure the vaccine is good for eastern rattlers.. Hoping he pulls thru.........

They do make vaccines for the Eastern Diamondback.

ElhewPointer · Post by **ElhewPointer** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:45 pm

here's a picture of ben

Yawallac · Post by **Yawallac** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 4:17 pm

Geez Vagas, that's nasty! Where was he running? It's been so cold I can't believe any snakes are out.

Singleshot · Post by **Singleshot** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:01 pm

I agree Ross. I PMed Vagas that I was shocked they were moving as well. We usually encounter them starting around April.

That is Nasty. May be a long recovery but at least he has come this far. Again, Vagas, best wishes.

Elkhunter · Post by **Elkhunter** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:27 am

That is horrible to hear. If he made it this far hopefully he will pull through okay.

BrettBryan · Post by **BrettBryan** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:10 am

Vagas,
That is bad news. Hopefully, Ben will pull through and have a quick speedy recovery!

Keep us updated on his condition.

ElhewPointer · Post by **ElhewPointer** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:25 am

First of all, I just want to thank everyone for there kind words! That is what makes this forum great. Sometimes we disagree with each other about this and that. But the same guy you get in a pissing match with the day before is wishing you luck with your dog today. That is what makes the bird dog world great. Thanks again, it means a ton! This dog means the world to me. Some of you on here know what Ben means to me. It is just great to see all the kind words.

Talked with the Vet this morning. Ben is up and eating, wagging his tail and seems to be in a pretty good mood. They are going to do blood work today to find out what if any damage there is to the lungs, liver and kidneys.

Birddogz · Post by **Birddogz** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:47 am

Sounds like great news. Fingers crossed on the blood work. Hope your buddy is up and running soon.

BoJack · Post by **BoJack** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:51 am

Great news.Hope he comes through with a clean bill of health.

Shadow · Post by **Shadow** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:12 am

sounds like he's making it

I had my female get hit by a bunch of bees- she went into a siezure- had to carry her 1/4 mile- I called my vet who met me at his office- by the time we got there she was ok- we did some blood work just in case

snakes worry me as they are all over the place here- so first thing I'm going to do when they start coming out is to show the Britt's they must stay away

keep us informed- but it looks like he's going to be fine

Yawallac · Post by **Yawallac** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:16 am

Great news Vagas! Hopefully he'll look like this again very soon!!

Post by **Greg Jennings** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:22 am

Watch him close when he gets back to going and cut him some slack. I've always heard that it takes them quite a bit of time to really get to firing on all cylinders again.

I'm not saying this well, but I mean things that don't show up on the vet's scans. Going on inside the dog's head. Could be neurological. Could be something as intangible as confidence. Who knows.

I've been blessed to never have a dog bitten. I know a couple of real old-time bird dog guys that have, though. They both told me the same thing about it.

Hoping for a full and speedy recover,

Greg J.

ElhewPointer · Post by **ElhewPointer** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:30 am

Ross,

Thanks man. "bleep" near started crying when I saw that picture.

lvrgsp · Post by **lvrgsp** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:40 am

ElhewPointer wrote:Ross,

Thanks man. "bleep" near started crying when I saw that picture.

I sure can understand that, made me feel sorry for the ole guy as well...Hoping he gets better for ya Vagas....

madonna · Post by **madonna** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:09 am

Hallo! Be careful with blood tracking - it is much more straining then field search! i would begin with some apport.... only my opinion- my best wishes for your poor one! Madonna

phermes1 · Post by **phermes1** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:47 am

Glad to hear he's doing well.

When Shooter got bitten, he lost several pounds over the first few days until he could start eating and drinking again normally. Once he was back to 100%, his conditioning was pretty much kaput so we had to get him running and back into shape.

I think you'll find your boy will rebound very, very quickly once he's out of the woods.

RayGubernat · Post by **RayGubernat** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:09 pm

Great new Vagas. I am hoping your boy has a complete recovery and is back to his old form by the end of the trial season.

Just a thought...have you collected him yet? If not, this summer, when he is in top shape, it might not be a bad time or a bad idea to get some semen frozen.

RayG

Big Dave · Post by **Big Dave** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:37 pm

Good luck to Vagas and Ben, it sounds like he is getting the best of care. I agree on collecting semen at some point, things like this gets you to thinking.

SubMariner · Post by **SubMariner** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:40 pm

ElhewPointer wrote:First of all, I just want to thank everyone for there kind words! That is what makes this forum great. Sometimes we disagree with each other about this and that. But the same guy you get in a pissing match with the day before is wishing you luck with your dog today. That is what makes the bird dog world great. Thanks again, it means a ton! This dog means the world to me. Some of you on here know what Ben means to me. It is just great to see all the kind words.

Talked with the Vet this morning. Ben is up and eating, wagging his tail and seems to be in a pretty good mood. They are going to do blood work today to find out what if any damage there is to the lungs, liver and kidneys.

Good news!

Here's to a complete & speedy recovery.

ElhewPointer · Post by **ElhewPointer** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:02 am

Well, here's the final report! I should now call this thread good news! Vet told me yesterday morning that he's never seen a dog bounce back as fast as Ben has. His face looks a little funny. Its shaved and still a little puffed up. No liver, kidney or lung damage. He can't have any workouts for a week or two. We are going to run him in the Missouri Championship! I want to thank all of you guys/gals for your kind words and thoughts. I'm blessed to have a special animal like Ben and feel very fortunate to have come through this with a clean bill of health. Thanks again!!!!

Shadow · Post by **Shadow** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:13 am

congrats- very good news- hard on you probably more than your dog

ecater2218 · Post by **ecater2218** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:31 am

That is soo good to hear.

ACooper · Post by **ACooper** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:36 am

ElhewPointer wrote:Well, here's the final report! I should now call this thread good news! Vet told me yesterday morning that he's never seen a dog bounce back as fast as Ben has. His face looks a little funny. Its shaved and still a little puffed up. No liver, kidney or lung damage. He can't have any workouts for a week or two. We are going to run him in the Missouri Championship! I want to thank all of you guys/gals for your kind words and thoughts. I'm blessed to have a special animal like Ben and feel very fortunate to have come through this with a clean bill of health. Thanks again!!!!

Great news, I have seen it a few times, very well conditioned and cared for dogs normally seem to make fast recoveries.