I am wondering where the nearest referral centre is round there if you don’t mind me asking, Lév. Ross is very dog friendly, everywhere says dogs welcome, found 3 vets quickly, one on Waldron (sp?) Street, another called something Barn? We’ve been lucky to have the RVC nearby for the horse, not so useful for the dogs. Don’t blame you moving practices, we did the same when they told us Bear had terminal cancer right after we’d had Zak pts for it. Turned out he had a blocked salivary gland. Don’t mind people making mistakes, but that was hard to take.Ah I haven’t seen Steff - I moved away from them after the debacle with Ace, my greyhound - but I know overall they are a great and very well respected practice
Not so many boar in that area then, but I understand why they suggested it as an option for sure.
Fingers are crossed for a quick recovery for Mitch
£5K estimate (complications excluded!) He’s insured, just hope they don’t say it’s pre-existing given he has a previous referral that found nothing. We’ll have to pay regardless. He’s been taken to a different referral centre as the RVC were frankly not co-operative, so fleeting visit to our normal vet so he could be referred/get pain relief then straight to Davies up near Hitchin. Longer journey but very state of the art.
Yeah, shame they were frankly painful this morning, saying they had to talk to the Ross vet even though she spoke to them yesterday.
Vine Tree’s phone message was just ‘We can’t transfer your call right now’ despite the press 1 for emergencies. I was not thrilled, obviously up a bit of a height given the circs! Bristol is quite far! Saying that, Hitchin is 40 minutes from us, so not close either.
That’s encouraging!
That fissure is the IOHC (incomplete ossification of the humeral condyle), part of ED that I mentioned above. It's a very repairable fracture usually with a good outcome. Start the arthritis supplements as soon as he's recovered!
Which ones do you recommend?
Sorry to read your news. Totally agree that you should notify the breeder, but do it when you are feeling 'strong' and be prepared for a possible hostile reception. No idea of your breeder, but just to say that years ago I had a pup that developed some issues. The breeder, although well established in another HPR breed, was a first timer in this one. I rang her, informed her and she was open to discussion but obviously not informed on this particular issue. I said that I was going to call the owner of the very prolific stud dog, which she supported. This individual at the time was someone well up in one of the breed clubs and successful in the show world. Let's just say that I received verbal death threats and assurances that I would never own another dog of that breed again! A lot of hot air, but not nice, none the less. I hope that things have moved on in the interim.
Goose is having exploration of a persistent issue on Monday, the hole in between toes reappeared-like a foreign body trying to come out, Druid mentioned AMS when he was constantly chewing the pads, but both parents are screened clear, I have the vet report, but there may be something in there irritating him.Sorry if I’ve missed it but is he having surgery today? Or is he having his paw looked at today?
Or both!
Thanks, I’ll get both.
sorry, I get my own dogs names mixed up, let alone other peoples! Good luck with it all.
