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Post by FrostyTurnip on Jun 9, 2023 20:37:38 GMT -6
Thanks! Especially for the dosage. We’ll order some and give it to him. Order a lot to stock up with so we can have it on hand.
The nurse asked us about his food bowl and its makeup. She seemed satisfied that we use a metal bowl instead of plastic, but mentioned that sometimes a dirty bowl has bacteria build up and the dogs end up shoving it up their sinuses. His bowl doesn’t get cleaned often enough and we do feed scraps.
We just checked. The tick is still hanging on, but it looks dead.
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Jun 11, 2023 19:49:22 GMT -6
We started him on some mox last night. Goober just tried to jump scare me. He’s def feeling beddah. Poor guy.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Jul 2, 2023 12:50:27 GMT -6
Bon, I'm sure glad to hear Goober is doing better. It always amazes me how quickly dogs react to a dose of antibiotics. They must be right on the verge of self-healing or something, because one dose usually gets quick results, healing a myriad of problems.
I may have told this story before, so if I did, I apologize for the redundant post.
We had a stray dog show up here some years ago, (Peppy) who looked half starved to death, backbone and ribs protruding, and no luster left in his coat. He also had a length of broken ski rope tied around his neck. From his size, I'd guess Peppy is probably a half bulldog, half Labrador retriever mix. He looks scary and is a formidable size, so being how he was a stray dog, it took most of a day for me to work up enough courage to attempt to catch him to get the rope off his neck.
It turned out that he was way more scared of me than I was of him, so he took off into the woods. That helped me to catch him, as I was able to wrap the length of ski rope around a tree to 'reel' him in.
Once I got my hands on him, I found the rope to be tied so tightly around his neck that I was not able to slip a finger under it to try and work it loose. Because it was so tight, I had to turn him loose and go get some wire cutters out of my toolbox, then catch him all over again.
Once I caught him the second time, I cut the rope loose, but it didn't fall ... Thinking the rope was just too stiff with age to fall away freely, I gave it a tug ... Poor peppy!
The rope had grown into his throat on the underside and had to be surgically removed. I'm not much of a surgeon, and as such have a poor set of tools for that job, but I was able to clean the area and cut him free. You would not believe the great gobs of nasty, yellow puss that oozed out and just kept oozing out of the wound, or the awful smell that lingered. Peppy was really in bad shape. I think he had just come there to call it quits and die but was thwarted by my curiosity.
After swabbing the wound with lots of peroxide, I gave him a 500 mg dose of fish antibiotics and put him in the barn to rest with plenty of food and water. The next day, to my great surprise, he had made an amazing recovery. Though he was still very shy, he was clearly glad to see me again. Within 3 days, he was well-rested, fairly well-healed, and seemed to be as good as new.
I never could have done that job without the fish-biotics.
Don't even get me started on the road runner that had been hit by a car and left on the road for dead, the Canadian goose that I found swimming tight circles in the lake, after someone had shot it clean through with a high-powered rifle, or the dog that we rescued with an arrow protruding from his back. (All three were saved without the care of a Vet by a little TLC and the same sort of antibiotics).
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Jul 2, 2023 20:59:47 GMT -6
Can cnfm that Peppy is a happy healthy dog. He’s a sweetly tho a tad shy.
I recall when Goober got hit by a truck. It had to have been a tractor or one of the emergency vehicles nearby because hydraulic brakes scared the watoozies outta him for quite some time after. At least I know the truck tried to stop.
It’s hard for me to cry, but Goober was still young and I had a young little girl that was very emotionally entangled. I stayed up all night that night crying, begging God to let him live even if he was permanently injured cuz my daughter would have been heartbroken. He spent a great deal of time beneath our bed and it took him a good while to recover. Everything was mobile, so we had to conclude that there were no serious breaks in his bones, but he was in serious pain. I was devastated. At the time there was no way to get him to a vet. If it had come down to it, I probably would have found a way, pick up the phone and beg for help or something.
But he made it through it and everything works fine. Sometimes, when he’s lying down and it’s not hot I see him panting from pain. He’s going to need well deserved elder care in the future.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Oct 17, 2023 23:28:49 GMT -6
Way back in May, I wrote briefly about a little mixed-breed Chihuahua , Scotty, Yorkie, Terrier shelter dog that my wife took into our home as a foster pet for a while and ended up keeping her. (She is a little sweetheart of a doggie).
The last time I wrote about this same little shelter dog, she was begging for a bite of my stewed tomatoes. (No one in our family except for myself will even think about touching a stewed tomato). They all say they're gross! I'm not even sure I like them myself. I just cooked up a batch of them because they remind me of old times while my Grandma Fannie was still living.
It was not long after I served up a bowl for myself that Porsche was in there begging for a taste of some too. Not really thinking she would actually eat any stewed tomatoes, I only gave her a spoonful to quiet her down, but lo and behold, that little shelter doggie loved them! Not only did she like them, she lapped them up so enthusiastcally that she barely came up for air between gulps! I ended up giving her her own bowl in the end and she ate every bite!
Tonight, five months later, I was too lazy to cook any dinner for myself after picking seed okra all day long, so I just flopped myself on the couch and popped open a cold can of pinto beans.
I was too tired to even warm them up in the microwave, so there I was, all by myself, eating cold beans straight out of the can, when little Porsche came trotting along to see if I'd give her a bite too.
Once again, not thinking a dog would actually touch an old, cold, pinto bean, straight out of a can, I spooned one out for her on a dish and watched in surprise as she lapped it up and begged for more.
I ended up giving her her own little bowl and then smiled while watching her lapping them all up. She's a special little doggie. After the beans and the stewed tomatoes, I'm leaning toward some kind of 'Chow-Hound' as part of her genetic makeup ... Yep, though, she only weighs 4 pounds, she's gotta be some variety of chowhound for sure. She cracks me up with the things she gladly eats. She reminds me of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo, always eating, and never gaining an ounce.
Her name is, "Porsche" but I call her "Porkchop". That seems a better fit to me She's a little cutie! You wouldn't believe the show she put on for me tonight, just for a taste of a cold bean! She's a Snuggly, spoiled rotten, little bean-eating sweetie!
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Oct 19, 2023 7:13:56 GMT -6
She’s a keeper! Cutie patootey!
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Oct 28, 2023 11:17:00 GMT -6
I was wondering if anyone can tell me how much bone is too much?
Cannot afford the expensive dog food, like some of this is pricier than steaks. Downgraded him from Purina to that Ranch Hound or whatever the name of that cheap stuff is at Atwood’s.
Based upon his behavior, I figure that stuff is not good or at the very minimum nutrient deficient. So, I started serving up bun bun and cooking in other ways.
I’m on a carnovore diet right now and have gobs of fat and tallow to offer up in addition to the lean bun bun meat, but I also put the family’s fried chicken scraps in there as they often contain good portions of meat for him.
I think the fat is mitigating the bones because his poo seems good?
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He’s doing better and his attitude is good now. He almost bit me one night over food (it was a mutual fight, to be real so it’s all good). He avoids the dog pellets unless his stomach is empty and waits until supper time. He’s protective so we put him and the bowl in the kennel and shut the door so he doesn’t think we’re trying to take his food. This behavior isn’t severe as his mother was. I had to put her down, lest she harm the kids. That still smarts. Goes with alpha dog territory, tho.
He always goes for the fat in the bowl, first.
I also began making him som offal muffins. Dice up liver and whatnot and bake them into cornmeal. He doesn’t particularly care for the cornmeal, but he’ll scarf it down to get to the offal.
His demeanor seems much better and he really doesn’t seem hungry all day long (very often) until supper time.
But I worry about too much bone, yet he’s not a pig. He’ll pick out what he’s not ready to eat. Loves having food to go back to later in the evening.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Oct 29, 2023 14:22:22 GMT -6
Frosty,
I have no idea how much bone meal is too much bone? My great-granddad always kept his pack of hunting dogs fed by cooking up his own feed for them. He was born in 1896, so there was probably no such thing as bagged or canned dog food when he was a kid. I guess he was just brought up knowing how to cook for his dogs.
He used cornmeal mostly. He'd pour a big portion of corn meal into a two-gallon pot with boiling water in it, then, he'd pour out a smaller portion for himself. He'd mix up a pan of cornbread for himself and put it in the oven while he was busy stirring the bigger meal pot for his dogs. He'd dump in any meat scraps he had (which wasn't much) and then he'd dump in any leftovers from his dinner plate, along with any bones they had leftover after that week's cooking. If there was any hamburger grease or anything like that, he'd pour that in there too. Basically, the dogs ate what he ate, but way more cornmeal. They all got along just fine.
I know his dogs all loved him. If ever one got separated while hunting, he'd take off his overcoat and leave it lying on the ground before he loaded the rest of the dogs up. He always blew a cow horn before he left, so the missing dog might hear it and come in that direction. The next morning, he'd drive back to that spot and find his missing dog lying on his coat. Very seldom did we have to go knocking door to door, asking people if they'd seen a dog.
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Oct 30, 2023 6:52:14 GMT -6
Thank you for that perspective, heavyhitterokra. So good. I worry too much.
Pretty much what I’m doing and from the sounds of it, my dog is pretty spoiled now. Brisket provides a tremendous amount of tallow to add to his dish.
I suspect what your grandpa cooked is pretty much all dog food contained for the longest of time, until people became more nutritionally aware. Now, I think dog food manufacturers are intentionally gouging this new “gotta have real food for muh dog” when they could save big and just cook for their dog.
Pretty sharp, what your grandpa did with his overcoat. When little Miss was into fancy rats, we’d buy babies from a good breeder. I’d ask her to toss a small old rag into their cage 3 days prior to pick up and to be certain to include that rag when we pick up the rats. So if they missed her and their old home, a piece of it was there to help give them comfort as they transition. Otherwise, they might die in mourning her or their siblings.
Home away from home.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Nov 3, 2023 10:20:20 GMT -6
Very Important Information Just this summer we were having a conversation about how many animal lives have been saved by 'Fish-Biotics' which are affordable, over-the-counter, 500 mg capsules of Amoxicillin or Penicillin antibiotics meant for animals.I just came from the Farmer's Co-op where I was told, "Once this shipment of Fishbiotics is sold, we'll not be able to get anymore, because they're being taken off the market."
The reason I was buying them was because someone shot our dog, Sunny, and I was down to only one capsule of Fishbiotics. Sunny would be dead by now if it weren't for fishbiotics. He came here a few years ago with four broken metatarsals on his back foot and severe road rash from being dragged down the highway by a ski rope. The broken ski rope and choke collar were still attached.
When we found him, we took the choke collar off and took him to the Vet. The Vet recommended amputating the foot. I said, "I'm not cutting the foot off of someone else's dog. What if they came back and found they had a 3-legged dog?"
The Vet sold me some pain killers and I already had salve and Fishbiotics at the house. So I took Sunny home and applied a splint, rubbed his road rash with triple antibiotic ointment and baby oil, then nursed him back to health with the pain pills and antibiotics.
This time, Sunny came dragging home on a Sunday afternoon with a bullet wound clear through his brisket and clean through his front leg. His eyes were matted almost shut and gobs of puss were leaking from his wounds. My wife was gone to Arkansas, so I was home alone. The Vet's office was closed.
I would have had to take him to Tulsa or Muskogee, about an hour's drive either way. Trying to lift and load a full-grown, wounded, German Shepherd into the front of a truck by yourself is a good way to loose your face. He had already jumped out of the back of somebody's truck once before, hence the previously broken bones and road rash. So taking him to the Vet was out of the question. If I hadn't had Fishbiotics, he'd be a goner right now.
I gave him 10 mg of my own Oxycodone.
How many milligrams of oxycodone can you give a dog?
Oral oxycodone is an effective drug for severe pain in dogs, and it may be less likely than oral morphine to produce dysphoria. Oxycodone is effective in dogs at 0.3 mg/kg PO BID-TID. Sunny weighs 34 kilograms. .3 mg x 34 kilos = 10.1mg. So it was a good fit.
I also gave him 500 mg of Amoxicillin, via one capsule of Fishbiotics. After the pain killer had a few minutes to take effect, I swabbed his wounds with peroxide and iodine. Then, I applied triple antibiotic ointment and gauze.
Sunny was a good patient; he growled at me and half-heartedly snapped a few times, but he never bit me. He would just put my whole hand in his mouth and let me know he was not at all happy with what I was trying to do.
I gave him pain killers every 6 hours and Fishbiotics every 12 hours, and cooked for him for three days because he wouldn't eat dried dog food. Now, it's 6 days later and Sunny is back on his feet and recovering very well.
None of that would have been possible without Fishbiotics. Why would anyone take those off the market?
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Nov 3, 2023 12:54:26 GMT -6
Thanks for the heads up. Off the market because people are taking them instead of seeing doctors.
I did that for my daughter’s UTI, once. I don’t hide it. Even my dog, recently, when the vet failed and you suggested its use. Saved his life.
When I took my daughter to that doctor, I discovered that the prior clinic did not report twelve years worth of immunizations. When they pulled up her records, they could not contain themselves. I told them she was up to date.
THEY DIDN”T CARE. “Oh, we’ll take care of that!”
The nurse mentioned it 4 times. The doctor mentioned her needed her shots 3 times, the receptionist mentioned it 2 times.
I told them she was up to date. They didn’t care. They didn’t care that there were no clinical trials on the results of double shooting a child for immunizations. They didn’t care, they just wanted the money.
This doctor is one that never looks up from the clipboard. Speaks volumes.
In revelations where Yeshua is speaking to the 7 churches, he called Pergamos the seat of Satan.
Whoa. Yeshua had the ability to condemn people on the spot for all eternity, so he played it nice except in the case of severe and heinous crimes against the most high - notably the Pharisees whom he knew would murder Him.
I spent weeks studying about Pergamos on a historical basis. What exactly was going on that cause Him to condemn them for all eternity?
I could find nothing, no sins that they were doing (even heinous ones) that He did not forgive others for.
Short story, the original healing clinic was the culprit. He could see into the future and knew that this healing clinic would form the basis of our routine doctor’s clinics today and from it would stem all forms of heinous crimes against human kind. I speculate other things, but it is only speculation and I will omit it.
it is not condemnable pursuant to the character of Yeshua, but that healing center they had would require the patients to pay homage to the false god or they didn’t get healed.
“There’s nothing new under the sun.”
Yeshua Bless the Reader
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Nov 3, 2023 12:58:10 GMT -6
Turmeric is good, btw. Add pepper.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Nov 3, 2023 17:52:38 GMT -6
Frosty,
I had forgotten about treating open wounds with black pepper. We used to use that on our cattle when I was a kid. We had a head gate for the cattle. I don't think Sunny would have let me use pepper on him. He barely tolerated the peroxide and iodine.
Your vaccination story reminds me of all the years I worked in prison. (Before the advent of the Internet). If you did a lateral transfer from one state prison to another, they'd made you take all of your shots over again, hepatitis, tuberculosis, measles, mumps, tetanus, flu, etc. They didn't care if you had them already or not. If they had no record of it, then it did not exist. If you didn't like it you could go home and start looking for another job. I worked in 3 different prisons between New York State and Oklahoma; actually 6 different prisons, but 3 of them were just temporary transfers. Who knows how many T.B. tests and tetanus shots I've had in my life? Every time an inmate would show up with T.B. they'd retest everyone on the compound.
That used to really bother me. Who knows what all that does to your body over the years? Now that I'm in my 60s and am still around I suppose it didn't hurt me, but when I was in my early 30s I worried about that a lot.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Jan 3, 2024 18:52:51 GMT -6
Walking the Plank Ranger Style! I've got a beagle pup named, "Ranger". He was born November 4th, 2022, so he's just a little over a year old and really likes to explore everything he sees. I see him climbing leaning trees, looking for squirrels all the time. Lately, he's been on a kick of jumping into the back of our truck and walking on top of the bed rails just for fun.
I've never seen a beagle do things like that before. Actually, I've never seen a beagle that could jump in the back of a truck by himself before. I've been seeing him doing that time and time again for the last few days, but every time I get a camera and step outside, Ranger jumps down to see what I'm doing.
Knowing how curious he is by nature, I laid a few boards out across an old pallet and across the back of an old folding chair, stacking them so they lead to the back of the truck, sort of like a winding ramp. Then I just stood back to see what Ranger would do. It didn't take long for him to start climbing on everything, just to see where he might be able to go.
Finally, I got some pictures of him doing what he likes to do while no one is looking.
Here he goes, casually hopping from one plank to another as he starts his assent.
Dead end, time to turn back.
Another dead end.
I really need more boards, this is getting old fast.
Wow, if only there was one more board ... I could probably reach the back of the truck if there was one more board here.
Well, what are you waiting for? Go fetch me another board. (I know you know how to play 'fetch').
That's more like it, now get out of my way, I've got a job to do here!
Hey! What's going on? Put that board back!
That's what I'm talking about!
Almost done!
Okay, mission accomplished. Time to go chase a rabbit!
Where did you go, you rascally rabbit?
Whose idea was it to put this 30' foot long, 5" inch square tubing here? How's a dog ever gonna catch a rabbit like this?... Now you know why I chew up your slippers!
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Post by woodeye on Jan 3, 2024 19:27:22 GMT -6
Enjoyed the pictures. Ranger rocks!👏
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