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| Never in All my Years; Cat Attack | |
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| Topic Started: Oct 4 2013, 03:00 AM (1,033 Views) | |
| FuzzyO | Oct 4 2013, 07:40 AM Post #16 |
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Good lord! What an ordeal. I remember calling the Humane Society years ago because a skunk was behaving strangely, staggering around on my meighbour's front lawn. They came and shot it in the head, which I thought was pretty stupid because then there was no way of determining whether or not it had rabies. |
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| Kahu | Oct 4 2013, 09:15 AM Post #17 |
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Good Lord, what's the world coming to??!! Hope you're both ok now. I can empathise with DT ... having had a dog that loved to turn hedgehogs inside out, that resented me from taking them off him, ... while we had a 3 yr old and an 18 mo old at the time. He normally was a good dog, and it was the hardest thing I had to do in taking him to the vet to be put down. |
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| angora | Oct 4 2013, 09:49 AM Post #18 |
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Sounds similar (although worse than) the ordeal my mother went through. I know it is to keep us safe but the second scratch accidental and from a cat that had been in our family for 15 years. It was not necessary and my mother was tiptoeing into dementia and didn't understand what was going on. Glad to hear you didn't need tetanus shot but so sorry about the dog. |
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| Dialtone | Oct 4 2013, 09:50 AM Post #19 |
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Exactly, I've had to put down 4 dogs over the years, and it doesn't get any easier with experience. When you have a dog that bites or attacks once, it can't be trusted anymore, especially if there are children around that might pull their tails or play with their food. As the vet told us " it's a hard thing to do, but it's the right thing to do" . Also, keeping an animal that has a history of biting or attacks, puts you at risk for a law suit or medical costs if the animal caused harm to anyone else. |
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| friendshipgal | Oct 4 2013, 10:16 AM Post #20 |
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Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians
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That's a shame DT... We haven't had another dog since my wee Pomeranian of nearly 14 years. Hubby was used to larger dogs, springer spaniels, but even he became attached to him. |
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| Darcie | Oct 4 2013, 10:23 AM Post #21 |
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Fuzzy, I sure hope your heal OK. DT, think you took the right decision. |
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| goldengal | Oct 4 2013, 10:27 AM Post #22 |
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FuzzyO that had to be scary that Bertie reacted as he did. Hope the marks disappear soon. So sorry to read about this very unfortunate experience DT. Just yesterday I was wondering how Brodie (think that was his name) was doing. The year before my husband's demise, we took in a rehomed 2 year old Golden Retriever who became such a good friend when I was left on my own. He loved travelling in the van and went everywhere with me. However, he came to us with a problem. The guy who owned him was best friends with a chap who owned a Doberman, and he tried to train Duke to be an aggressive dog much like his friend's dog. . It was only after we had him a few days we discovered we could NOT go near him when he was eating as he was extremely protective of his food. When I called his former owner, I learned he would give him his food and then take it away .... really teasing him. Lots of small kids visited, and I made sure they knew better than to go near Duke when his food was down. Fortunately, much like every dog we ever had, the food was devoured quickly. Just a year before he died, one day I reached down to pat him while he was eating, and he was quick to growl and let me know to back off. Take care, Pat |
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| angora | Oct 4 2013, 11:34 AM Post #23 |
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I'm not an expert on dogs. They scare me and I don't own one. My family members do, though. One of the first parts of the training they give their dogs is teaching them to give up their toys, their bones, their food so that the dog realises that he/she must submit. It is solid pack mentality and should be taught to every new member of the 'pack'. |
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| goldengal | Oct 4 2013, 12:56 PM Post #24 |
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I wrote a long reply Angora, and unfortunately lost it. While I am in favour of rescue, so many dogs come with problems unfortunately. Not all, of course, but we have a couple here in the subdivision who were rescued and have major problems with interacting with other dogs. Not all rescue dogs have been taught to 'leave it, drop it, give it." When Montana was 14 months old, and we had just picked up Savannah (the Leonberger) in Vancouver and brought her home, there was a bone in Savannah's crate and Montana spied it and went after it as did Savanah. Montana drew blood from Savannah's nose, and my SIL freaked and insisted I take Montana for an appointment with our vet who, at the time, was one of the few applied animal behavourists in Ontario .... or so they said. She proceeded to tell me how Montana would likely bite someone and I would be sued. I was in tears and my egotistical SIL walked out. This cost me close to $400 and nothing could have been farther from the truth. She often says now how calm Montana is in the waiting room, and I so want to say "But remember what you said ........" Montana is our dog (typical Golden) who when someone rings the doorbell, rushes to retrieve a plush toy and carry it to the door to greet the visitor. I love dogs, but am apprehensive until I know they have accepted me rather than forcing myself on a dog. Usually, I find talking to a strange dog (with its owner that is) in a happy voice wins them over. Some dogs are just wired wrong. My daughter Dana had a Golden that came from poor breeding, bit and just could not be trusted around my grandchildren. It is so very difficult to love a dog and have to have it put down or give it up due to extreme misbehaviour. Take care, Pat |
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| FuzzyO | Oct 4 2013, 01:27 PM Post #25 |
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Pat I suspect your vet was just covering her butt. If anything ever did happen you would not be able to claim that the vet said the dog was safe. |
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| goldengal | Oct 4 2013, 02:25 PM Post #26 |
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I think you are right Fuzzy. You always see both sides. Thank you. Our vet really did like my SIL too. I think she has come to respect my thinking inasmuch as I do not agree with her protocol when it comes to vaccinations. On Market Place tomorrow evening at 8, if the people on the Leonberger board are right, some of it at least addresses vet fees. I hope I remember to watch it. They are becoming beyond what many can afford to pay. Take care, Pat |
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| Dialtone | Oct 4 2013, 02:56 PM Post #27 |
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IMO, Vets are right up there with Dentists when it comes to trying to con their customers with unnecessary procedures, exorbitant prices, and fictitious maladies, maybe even more so. When we had to put Toby down, we phoned a few vets in the area, they ranged from $85 to over $200. The same was true for having the dog fixed, prices for identical procedures ranged from $225 to over $400. In 2007 our son's Shitzu had a growth on it's eye lid, and a few small skin lumps on it's body. Their Calgary vet wanted $1200, plus an overnight stay to remove them. He brought the dog out to our place and our country vet clinic removed everything.. even a couple spots that the Calgary vet missed, all for $270, and home the same day. It pays to shop around, IMO most veterinarians are there for the money, the patients never complain and they don't have to worry about malpractice lawsuits. Don't get me started on Dentists, they can charge anything they want ( and do ), most have a 2 tiered price system depending on if you have insurance, and I expect the cleaning hygienists (I use the term loosely) are on commission. |
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| wildie | Oct 4 2013, 03:41 PM Post #28 |
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My daughter is a pet groomer! I call her the 'dog whisperer'! From time to time, I watched at work and she chats away with the dogs, as if they were her best friend. To be on the safe side, she won't do a dog unless its had all its shots. However, one dog bit her on the back of her hand. Opened the skin down to tendons. She went to the local emergency department for attention. Never the less, the injuries were slow to heal, as if the dogs saliva inhibited healing. It was well over a month before it finally healed! |
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| Kahu | Oct 4 2013, 03:55 PM Post #29 |
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City vets who cater for small animals here do charge quite highly too. Vets out in the country dealing with large numbers of sheep, cattle, pigs and deer are quite a different matter again. |
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| heatseeker | Oct 4 2013, 08:22 PM Post #30 |
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Wildie, I had always understood that dog saliva actually helped to heal wounds. Don't know how authoritative this is, but this article tends to confirm: http://www.allpetnews.com/dog-saliva-has-healing-properties |
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