A Journey Through a Different Way - Funny Story Pg. 69

[beefy]

how are the bulbs?

 

[swampwander]

Ruth - my little dog was neutered 15 years when a family member brought a GS in heat to our house and his age and neutering didn't stop him. By removing the testicles, the vets remove the sperm portion, but other glands such as prostate are still there and still pump the hormones up to make a dog try. It's probably a good thing Rex is around and interested in trying. He will keep any stray mutts from getting near Scarlett.

 

[ruth]

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That's too funny. My vet said it wasn't supposed to be able to happen but I was the second call that week from someone who saw their neutered male mate with a female in heat. I was starting to think it was the moon or something in the water.

He did grab and hold down a male black lab that showed up in front yard. He didn't hurt it but had it down and held it by the neck till we got there and chased it off. Good thing in more than one way because the Lab could have gotten the free ranging chickens, ducks, peacocks had it gotten all the way to the back yard area. It was a pretty Lab and had a orange glow collar so I know it belongs to someone around here but it's really weird because we don't have any neighbors for miles other than the hunting camp across the woods - most likely one of theirs. I originally saw the same dog when Prissy first showed up as a stray and it was chasing her across our front pasture. Rex is a blessing in many, many ways and truly earns his keep around here. Thankfully Scarlett is out of heat and will go in for her spaying soon.

We just took Butler, the stray beagle, in to vet yesterday. Per vet, he's about 5-6 years old and had a severe yeast infection in both ears (I've never heard of such a thing). We didn't have a lot of tests run but started him on heart worm, flea treatment, and worm medicine. He's now a member of the family and he too will go in for neutering soon. The vet comes to town to do spaying/neutering once a week on Tuesday's. He's remarkably laid back and takes his place at bottom of dog pack totem pole. He comes and goes amongst the chickens, ducks, peacocks and goats without an issue so I guess he's a keeper.

 

[Zookeeper9000]

Monique those long eared dogs get yeast in the ears alot and the cleaners can run you bankrupt. Here is a ear cleaner recipe to help you wilth that and if you catch it early enough you won't need the vet. Me I just use it once a week to clean the ears. Keeps the infection away

Dog Ear Cleaner

1 regular sized bottle of rubbing alcohal
4 tablespoons Boric Acid Powder
16 drops of Gentian Violet

Pour a little bit of the alcohal out of the bottle, add the rest of the ingrediants and Shake well. Shake well before every use. And yes it will stain anything you spill it on.

You can order the Boric Acid Powder and the Gentian Violet from any pharmacy, if they don't carry it. Hope this helps.

Thanks for the update

 

[ruth]

Wow, thanks Jean. Also glad you said where to order the products because I've never heard of Gentian Violet. We're quickly building up the best in-home pharmacy, emergency animal clinc around right here in our own kitchen. My vet has even started asking me "how to" questions.

 

[Zookeeper9000]

Your welcome and I know what you mean about the vet's. It is great when you find one that is not only a good vet but a great person.

Thanks again for the update.

 

[Southernbelle]

Gentian Violet is wonderful stuff - but PURPLE to the extreme! It will stain your clothes, so be careful. The pediatrician recommended Gentian Violet to me when my babies would get thrush (a yeast infection in the mouth) because it would also spread to me, as a nursing mother. It worked really really well to clear it up, but it will stain your skin and clothes, just to warn you!

I'm really glad the beagle is fitting in well. I worried adding a hunting dog to your menagerie would surely spell doom, but I'm glad it's working out!

 

[basicliving]

Monique - so glad everyone is doing well. I wanted to mention that we had a similar incident with a neutered male Springer Spaniel, Beau. He was about 8 years old and we brought a rescue Springer into the house - she was in heat, and we assumed since Beau was neutered, there would be no issue until we could get her spayed. Well, not only did he manage to fully engage contact with her, they got stuck! And I mean S-T-U-C-K. Cold water didn't help. Screaming, yelling, and begging didn't help. I immediately called the vet - and it was after hours at about 10PM so I had him paged. I told him what was going on and asked how it was possible. After he calmed me down he told me that this is only possible in about 10% of neutered males. He said it is some what unusual, but it does happen. And they are indeed shooting blanks.

Needless to say, we had our new girl spayed as quickly as the vet could do it!

 

[ruth]

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Yeah, these two got "stuck" also for several minutes. Both were yelping and acting panicky trying to get apart. Afterwards, Rex limped around for the rest of the day and Scarlett kept licking herself. Both acted like "we're never gonna do that again"

So, like I said, Rex is really the Wonder Dog - Top 10% of his class.

 

[ruth]

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Yeah, I too was worried especially after he went in the coop and caught himself a baby chick the first time he was here and allowed off leash. He got chased by us and fussed at and he hasn't bothered one since. Ever since he's been back he's stayed loose and he's often laying amongst the chickens and not once has he even looked at them strangely. In fact, he's proving to be quite the protector because when he scents something he takes off through the woods and you hear him baying way off in the distance. The rest of the dogs will only chase something a short distance into the edge of the woods. You can hear Butler out there at night hot on the trail of something. He really is a blessing.

BUT....the peacocks are very wary of him. If he gets near one of them, or the chickens they are free ranging with, they start stalking him. The other day, the whole flock of peacocks were following him and chasing him off. It was quite funny. Poor dog had 6 peafowl on his tail telling him to "move on". I guess the peafowl are proving themselves to be quite the "watch dogs" I had read they were.

Tonight I had a lady come and pick up a dozen Barred Rock baby chicks to buy and she had to go in the coop with me to get them. I think at least the 4 big dogs followed us in there. It was just at dusk so all the chickens and roosters and peacocks and baby chicks were returning to coop. She looked around and said "I can't believe these dogs are in here and not bothering the chickens and the chickens don't even seem to notice them either." I told her, "Yeah, they are all just so used to one another".