Grass seeds

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I thought I had got lucky last week as Molly had a grass seed in her ear which the vet got out with no sedation :D

But pride comes before a fall and yesterday I noticed Archie had developed a cheek like a hamster so off we went to the vet :( The vet choose to sedated him as he was quite distressed and found that he has a perforated eardrum on the swollen side and a seed sitting next to the drum on the other....both carefully removed at the cost of £300 :eek:

Am feeling pretty guilty as I know dogs can get seeds but i hadn't realised how serious it can be - are there any ways to avoid it other than avoiding long grass? we live in arable country and whilst i keep them off crops they do run on set aside - is the only solution to keep them on lead walks?

Fresh baked cookies for reading :)
 
The only solution is to keep them out the grass. It's not just their ears that are the problem, they can get everywhere, in between the toes is a favourite! Once they get in they just work their way around.
We had a dog die whilst it was in the kennels, after a post mortum it turned out a grass seed had made it's way into it's heart :(
Otto is kept out of long grass and has every crevice checked for seeds as soon as we get home.

Now about these cookies... :p
 
Hi,

Whilst keeping them out of long grass is the safest bet (but not always practical!!), if you keep the hair between their toes clipped to a short length, their 'knickers' trimmed and give them a thorough look over / groom when you get them home you should be ok.

I have 11 dogs, and train 300-400 at least a year, this has worked so far. (Now I'm going to keep my fingers crossed for a very long time...!!)

Grass seeds are a dog owners nightmare, I have known them go in through the toe and work their way up and out through the shoulder. In the ear is a difficult one, also watch for nose and eyes.

Hope this helps?!

Now I'm off to make a coffee to go with those cookies...
 
I shall give myself a stern talking ;)

The next problem is going to be....where on earth do i walk them off lead. Flipping arable country with stooopid long grass :rolleyes:
 
We have a fairly curly coated Goldie and a fluffy GSD - we still walk them off lead around our area, and yes they do go a-mooching in long grass :)
don't worry about them going into long grass just bear in mind that grass seeds will be there and to check them out when you get home. Give them a good thorough brushing and check toes, ears, eyes and nose and you should be fine!
:)
 
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