My apologies for the assumption. I was assuming that Wayne's dog was fully insured for this proceedure. An assumption I tend to make as my own personal experience is such that if I couldn't do this, I would not own an animal. This again is MY opinion. This is not a criticism of anybody but my own ethic. Very best wishes .by Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
I would certainly push for more x rays and possibly an MRI scan on the entire back end. Your vet might even recommend a myelogram but I this is a highly considered decision. I would go for a MRI as it might give you more of a clue. Best of luck.by Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
Thank you Mrs Foster. With the Synoquin it really needs to be a loading dose at first for around 6 weeks then a maintainence dose that can be tweaked until the right dose is reached. It can take up to 6 months before a real benefit is seen. Hazard, our dog had OCD as a 10 month old pup which was operated on and that was what the Synoquin was for. He had extremely high mileage as was a hunting andby Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
As a sub note we had our Wolfhound on Cartrophen when he was 3 years old as he had arthritis and later spondylosis of the spine. The cartrophen course worked well and best results seemed to be at the 6-8 week point. He also had acupuncture coupled with a loading dose for life of Synoquin which proved excellent. He died a month ago (aged 5) due to osteosarcoma but the arthritis, spondylosis was beby Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
Sad to say that we lost our beloved wolfhound today aged 5 to Osteosarcoma. Just to say a massive thank you to this site and Walter in particular for the 5 years fielding our neurotic questions. It has been an invaluble source of reassurance.by Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
A blood test can be carried out to ascertain wether your horse is a rig or not. Then the vet can decide to castrate again if one testicle remains.This requires them to locate the 'missing' testicle first. Alternatively the horse may be a true gelding that displays male dominance-type behaviour, despite having both testicles removed. This can be controlled by management. Best see an vby Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
Might be a bog spavin. Have you tried to cold hose the area? Can be helpful and must be done for around 10 mins. as often as 3 times a day with a gentle jet of cold water. If you push the swelling does it 'appear' on the other side...Could be a thoroughpin if it is. I am not a vet. Best of luck with it anyway but cold hosing and gentle massage could help.by Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
Hibi scrub solution!!!!! Worked wonders for our boy after neutering! Wash the area (as it seems to taste fairly foul if they lick it) Lead walk for 10 days only and do not let him pull at the stitches. Ours never had a collar as he would never have tolerated this and logistically our house doorways are not wide enough for a Wolfie plus e-collar! The hibi worked well ( you can get this from the veby Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
The vet can do several things from prescribing Progesterone (only really problematic as banned for racing) To suppress signs of heat effectively. This will take the form of something like Regumate. They can surgically fit a glass marble into the mare's uterus to suppress oestrous and I know of a mare that has had this done with a good level of success. First point of call is the vet howeveby Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
Our Wolfhound was diagnosed with OCD of the shoulder at 10 months old. He was operated on and we started him on a loading nutraceutical (Synoquin) that he is on fdaily for life. He is a big dog that has an incredibly active lifestyle. He hunts at least 2/3 times a day, tears across the countryside, jumps and leaps and is now 5 years old. When you consider the life expectancy of a Wolfhound is aroby Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
Thanks for the update! I am slowly educating myself through forums as to dog husbandry! Hope your dog continues to get stronger.by Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
well so sorry to hear that but it's a little out of my league to say the least. Some form of autoimmune thing...I am fascinated and hope a vet can help you out on here.Meanwhile my very best wishes to you and your dog and fingers crossed.by Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
Maybe ask the vet for some more information. I would be inclined to go back but if it is season specific it might be something to do with a type of parasite. That is just a guess as I am not a vet, just curious. Maybe protozoan.Either way hope your dog gets well soon.by Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
Wow great Info fiona thank you... we have Haz on mackerel once a week and I have seen the bald thigh syndrome. Hazzie's is totally on the flanks and is in areas of no rubs. If I could post pictures you would see. His is not the alopecia you described as his occurs as the hair follicles literally 'go to sleep' for the Summer then come back around October for winters growth. Ours isby Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
Thanks for all that info. We last year, when our dog was at his baldest had the thyroid test done and all came back as normal. We 'invested' a huuuuuuuuuge amount of money seeing a top dermatologist who was brilliant and confirmed it as idiopathic flank alopecia. It has since grown back fully (by October he had full fur) but with colour dilution as is blacker than before.....This year aby Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
The only think I could suggest is to remove the pony from lessons for now and find a good confident extremely light weight adult/older child to start reschooling this pony. It will be time consuming and difficult as I think your evaluation as to why he does this is correct. I would have a few piles of poo around the menage and then ride him in there alone. Ride as normal and if he goes to eat theby Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
This site has been a fantastic source of info. for us. Long may it continue!by Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
We had this with our Irish wolfhound when he was a pup up to the age of 2 years. We used to call it his 'this way that way walk' as exactly the same would happen but he was fine away from the immediate house (i.e/ in the car)otherwise he would want to walk one way then sit down and then the other way and then the original way. We studied, consulted etc. and have now come to the conclusby Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
Last update: A suggestion that in some areas of the United States and Canada, Melatonin has been used with some success for Idiopathic flank alopecia. However it is not licensed in the U.k. Our Wolfhound having a phenomenal sense of humour has decided after settlement of nearly £300 vet's fees....to grow back all his hair! The vets have been spot on with all their diagnosis and it was onlyby Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
If it helps my own dog has had the Cartrophen injections. I am slightly confused but my dog had a one off set of these injections (one very week for 4 weeks) after about 8 weeks the results were good (Cartrophen has a web site) He had these when he was 3 years old and now at 4 we might consider them again. However we went down the acupuncture route and that worked very well. We keep a stock of Riby Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
to update for anyone interested. Our dog has now seen a PHD dermatologist consultant and he is 99.9% sure it is recurrent cyclical seasonal alopecia. Some further hair samples were taken and we await the reply.by Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
Sorry Tianini...Have just read your original post...My wolfhound does not know he is balding and has no discomfort ot itching whatsoever so don't think it is the same but thanks anyway.by Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
Could be Tianini!!!!! I have also written a bit in the Cushing's post....So far though all seems normal with our dog and it is quite common apparently. I googled it and got a fair bit of info. there. If you haven't had a vet check out your poodle though, I would strongly recommend a complete vet examination.by Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
Sandra....I would just like to say that apart from the lethargy, This is very similar to our Wolfhound and we are scratching our heads. (There is a post on this forum about hair loss in our Wolfhound and I got some great starter pointers from the vet's on this site) There is something called recurrent cyclical flank alopecia and there is a great deal of mystery surrounding it. Our Wolfhoundby Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
O.k then vet results...Just spoken to the vet and his thyroid count was 20 which was not too low to indicate abnormality. Result after further consultation with a specialist dermatologist was recurrent cyclical allopecia. The hair will be lost for around 6 months then grow again for 6 months sound a little strange but it really is not effecting him at all and he is blissfully unaware that he is aby Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
Right...update to follow as we had vet do blood test this afternoon for thyroid imbalance. Will keep you informed!by Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
That's great Walter!I suppose in a round about way that's what I wanted to know whether a routine blood test would show anything up. I shall see my vet A.S.A.P Many thanks. Ironically the boy has never been ill! Just bangs, bumps and conformational problems!He is worth every penny though!by Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
Wolfhound again!!!!! Prior to Christmas our Wolfie had a small patch of fur missing bilaterally on the same place on his flank about 3 inches by 2 where the fur was not down to the skin but very short (he had this for around 3 months unchanging). We saw our vet who told us not to worry and to monitor it. As with most animals our Wolfie finds the vets (who are excellent) very distressing and he wby Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
This is so amusing!!! a vet who hates needles.....I actually am the same....but not a vet so that's o.k...unfortunately I am Armed forces and have to go to places in the world that require injections. I have to have half a day off work as I too pass out. However I have drained horses wounds and injected a horse in the past with no ill effect. My wife cuts herself and I have to leave the roomby Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
That made me smile! Our own (previous to moving) excellent vet had the same problem and although happy to administer to animals...had to during his acupuncture course insert needles in himself which had a very undesired effect as he too is 'allergic' to needles!by Ken Evans - Ask The Vet
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