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Dogs and snakes.

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

The case which has happened on hunting, has forced me to mention this complex theme. My husband with my younger son went on a bog. Came back from hunting. With them was Lada. Suddenly the husband has felt, that has come a leg on something alive. Having translated a sight at legs, it has seen a viper. A viper in attack. The leg of the husband stood on a tail of the snake. The length of a body allowed snake will rush to attack even from such inconvenient position. The husband skills and knowledge got during serve in army have rescued him. These special trainings remain with the person for all remained life. He has jumped aside an inconceivable jump. The snake has rushed to a grass. And Lada has rushed for the snake. Business of a dog to protect the person. Especially the owner. The favourite owner. My son did not see the snake. For it all event was unclear pantomime. It did not understand, why the father such terrible voice orders Lada to return. And why he began to examine Lada very quickly and carefully. When the father has explained to the son that has happened, they once again have closely examined a dog. Lada has executed a command and has returned earlier, than has found the snake. They have not found traces of a sting.
Snakes represent greater danger to dogs. In all wild animals there lives fear before snakes. They avoid any contacts to them. So the instinct orders it. Only threat to posterity can force to attack a wild animal the snake. And here at the majority of our dogs this instinct has already disappeared. They are not afraid of snakes. And many consider as their toy. It happened to you to see in shops for dogs of a toy in the form of snakes? I never buy such toys. Also I do not advise it to do by what dogs happen on the nature. The dog that was bitten by the snake is in very big danger. At it it is a lot of chances to be lost. And business not only that at a sting at a dog often there comes a paralysis of the respiratory center. There are still more many very important reasons. More often snakes I bite dogs in a head, a stomach and paws. Poison of the snake causes not only extensive hypostases, morbidity and reddening. Poison of the snake still change quality of blood. And it in turn can cause an internal bleeding. And with it practically nothing can be made in field conditions. And if the sting has had in a neck the hypostasis can simply strangle your dog. Not speaking already about allergic reactions. At stings impacts of pulse become frequent, appear the complicated breath, vomiting and a paralysis. The dog perishes in some hours. Sometimes in addition lives during one-two day. Certainly, is better to have to hunters spcial whey. That approaches, that is applied to people. At a sting it is entered to dogs under leather in quantity of 30-50 ml. But not always probably to have such whey. Well helps solution novocaini 0,5 %. It enter in several places above a place of a sting. Thus it is necessary for dog to give the preparations protecting from an allergy. At stings at a dog there comes strong weakness. The ancient way of struggle against such weakness is known. Dog force to drink a small amount spirit means cognac, vodka, rum to which adds 5-7 drops of liquid ammonia. To a dog do not allow to go most. It bear. Protect forces of a dog for struggle against poison. As you can be helped by preparations of homeopathy. They are convenient at transportation and do not occupy a lot of place. At stings use arnica Montana and nux vomica 200 potentialities. First three hours after a sting give a dog on three peas each fifteen minutes. The following three hours of a medicine give each half an hour. Then each hour. After times at three hours. The following three days give a medicine three times a day. Also reduce a potentiality with 200 up to 30. Two years back this recipe have been checked up in practice by our friends. By the end of the second day at a dog attributes of an indisposition were gone all. To the doctor they could allocate a dog only for the third day after a sting. By then the dog was absolutely healthy. In parallel they gave homeopathy of a dog preparations hearts supporting work and reducing allergic reactions.
By the way, these homoeopathist means can help and to the hunter. At any trauma use arnica Montana 200 potentialities. At bullet wounds, at cuts, bruises. And nux vomica 200 it is used at any poisonings. At food, alcoholic and chemical. And to whom done not happen after unsuccessful hunting to drink pair-other a wine-glass of vodka and to have a snack their mushrooms?…
But is better to avoid to you a meeting with the snake. And it is possible to learn a dog are afraid of snakes. Here for these purposes the toy snake will approach. I shall do it. I never was afraid of snakes. Here already it is a lot of years to us carried. At anybody from our family and our close friends done not happen terrible histories with snakes. I not seriously enough concerned to this problem. Yes, I heard stories of hunters about the dogs bitten by snakes. Remembered, that it is necessary to do thus. I trust these people. At them very much a wide experience. And only now, when my close people and a dog managed to avoid the big trouble, I have very seriously thought of this problem. Also has solved, that it is better to not treat dogs. It is better to teach them to rules of a survival in the nature.

One more reason

Monday, July 24th, 2006

Now Dan has a problem with his weight more truly, with loss of his weight. The analysis of his blood was good. I have started to make to Dan a rate of injections of vitamin B. This method has helped Grey. But to Dan is not. I thought a long time what can I do. That happens. Then I have seen that Dan painfully reacts to touches in the field of kidneys. Then it became clear, where a source of a problem. If kidneys the organism does not acquire a protein inflame. The protein is removed with urine from an organism. And the animal starts to grow thin quickly and strongly. I began to give Dan broths of diuretic grasses and homeopathist means (cantharides, silicea and arnica Montana), necessary at problems with kidneys… I have entered into a diet products with a large content of a protein. All yielded excellent results. Dan began to come to norm. I want to make even better. I have bought dry forage with the raised contents of a protein. And it was a mistake. The dry forage at all does not suit for a dog, at which problem with kidneys. Even forage of the best mark. Even in a small amount. It is good, that I attentively watched Dan. At the slightest deterioration of a condition of Dan I have cleaned dry forage from the menu. And Dan began to recover again. Its states of health began to improve. It began to collect weight. It has not recovered yet, but his health improves every day.

That is good for the girl, is not suitable for Gray.

Monday, July 10th, 2006

And again about Gray. He has puzzled us with a new problem now. He began to grow thin sharply. Structure of forage was improved for him. He refused to eat at all. All necessary analyses were made. All analyses are satisfactory. Time of walks was increased for him. We thought that so his appetite will increase. Grey has grown thin even more. Special cocktails with the increased contents of a protein have been bought for Grey. There was at him an allergy on this cocktail. All have tried to make to cure Grey. The decision has come absolutely casually. And not from that side from which it was waited. It has appeared, that Grey there are no vitamins of group “B”. Especially B1, B6, B12. Grey recently was ill. His liver has suffered. And the dog in such situation requires the increased quantity of vitamins of group “B”. As these vitamins do not collect in an organism, they should be absorbed constantly with food. It is a lot of them in a crude liver, the eggs, progrown grains of wheat, cod-liver oil. It is possible to use medicines and medicamentous vitamins. These preparations are on sale in a drugstore.
So, if your dog has lost appetite, do not hurry to feed it with delicacies. Probably rate of injections of vitamins of group “B” will help your dog? Anyway they will not bring harm. Surplus of vitamins is washed away from an organism by water. You do not risk.

Allergy.

Friday, June 30th, 2006

You never suffered an allergy? What’s a pity. You would not understand, what this torture for whole organism. All body is scratched, and simultaneously in several places. And what pleasure to be scratched! BUT, it will be bad after. To the person it is possible to tell strictly: “Not scratched! It will be worse!” And to a dog? Well you will shout at it: “Stop!” And it will climb under a table and continue to scratch itself! And the irritation increases next day. It is possible to give tablets, certainly. But it is not the best decision. Before treating, it is necessary to find out, that causes an allergy in your pet. Someone cannot eat a chicken, someone milk or a fish. And somebody can eat nothing. Though, as practice has shown, dogs do not have almost an allergy on a potato, and at cats on fig. At revealing allergen the sequence is important. It is necessary to exclude consistently products from a diet of your pet one by one. The product which causes an allergy will not be found yet. It is necessary to remember, that there can be many allergens. It is desirable to check up the whole list of products. And already if to you has not carried also your pupil suffers a food allergy, you should show backbone. Any product in the menu of your pet is entered very cautiously. In the beginning in a very small amount. And only if you are sure, that it approaches your pet, only then it can be used constantly and to try new.
My experience helps me to find quickly enough improper products for my dogs. And I have noticed some interesting things. If a new product into a diet of puppies to enter together with a pumpkin or vegetable marrows practically there is no allergy and problems a stomach. If I plan to have puppies in the winter or in the spring, I always prepare a plenty of vegetable marrows and pumpkins. For these purposes completely ripened vegetables, with a firm crust approach only. And one more supervision. If at your dog a healthy stomach and at it insignificant attributes of an allergy have appeared, instead of a tablet it is possible to use juice of a lemon (8-10 drops) together with calcium.

Correct care.

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

Well, with whom there was no such case: you walk - and suddenly your eye “falls” on plaintively mewing or whining fluffy lump. Forty times you passed by homeless kids, repeating yourself, that it is impossible to regret everything, on forty first - have not sustained. And now you go with the find, having bought a pack of milk and a package of forage for it. The first reaction is to feed a hungry animal. Wait! What are you going to give him? This forage? It is impossible. You think, the kid could find in street “Pedygre” or “Wiskas”? Start better with finely cut boiled meat, a boiled rice on the diluted milk (the pack was useful!). You can give a little bit cottage cheese or kefir. Also observe reaction of an animal to each item of the menu! Absence of appetite during the first moment can be caused by nervous stress. But if appetite is not present and after a pair of hours of stay of an animal in the house, there is an occasion to reflect on, whether the animal is healthy. Take it temperature, glance in ears - whether there is no there an inflammation, observe its behavior. Slackness and absence of reaction to an event around should become an occasion for immediate visit in hospital! And if with it everything is normal, give it medicines against intestinal worms and banish fleas.

First – tablets.

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

It’s necessary for dogs and cats to give them medicines against intestinal worms ten days before inoculations. Generally these medicines are recommended four times a year, but before an inoculation it is absolutely necessary. And with approach of heat season animals are in need of protection from attacks of fleas and ticks.
All chronic illnesses become aggravated at animals in the spring. So preventive course of treatment in the spring, quite probably, will prolong and will improve a life to an old dog or a cat. Also will help you not to spoil holiday by sad cares.

SPRING PROBLEM

Monday, June 5th, 2006

The struggle with intestinal worms is actual problem for pet’s owners in summer. It is necessary to do it in time and to not delay problem until pet will be seriously ill. Make a complex of preventive actions regularly. Consult to the doctor when you choose a medicine. Traditional medicines: garlic and seeds of a pumpkin.

DAIRY FEVER

Sunday, June 4th, 2006

Everyone knows that the cat has nine lives. It does not mean that it is possible to rely to a cat scornfully. The cat needs attention in nine times more. If your cat is pregnant, observe of it not only up to and during childbirth. Do not disregard her and after childbirth. “Mum” can have dairy fever (Eclampsia) during several weeks after childbirth. If it has been borne a lot of kittens, the risk of occurrence of disease raises. Silent and even loud groans, fast breath, restless behavior - attributes of illness. Cat can recover and without help of a doctor. It happens also such. But it is better to show it to a doctor, in order to prevent complication of illness. Before arrival of the doctor, give her preparations of calcium.

Don’t panic.

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

There have been already some cases in my practice. And they have been very similar. Before going on holiday, my friends had noticed small wounds on the dog’s paws. They processed the wounds, brought the dog to the hotel for dogs and left him for the holiday. When they returned they saw that the inflammation had spread to the body too. In hospital for animals the preliminary diagnosis was made - skin cancer. The doctors advised to put the dog down. My experience tells me that very often it is the incorrect diagnosis. The skin cancer meets very seldom at dogs. Such wounds (which consist of set of fine abscesses) are frequently an effect of a usual illness (staphylococcus). Skin inflammation can be cured simply. The course of antibiotics injections against the illness (staphylococcus) is necessary. It is also necessary to process the wounds with the eucolipt tincture (solutio chlorophylylipti). The improvement can be noticed on the 7-10 day. The dog recovers slowly. But good results are very steady.

RED MIRACLE

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

Six years ago in our house French mastiff has appeared. Once phone has called and our friends have asked to rescue the puppy that eats nothing. It was examined by the doctor and he has found at puppy no illness. But the puppy eats nothing. In the age of two months the puppy of French mastiff weighed 2,7kg. This weight is considered low even for the monthly puppy of this breed. The puppy did not grow, did not develop and did not die. Nobody understood, what happened with it. We doubted for a long time, but eventually have agreed to try to correct position. Our friends should bring the puppy next day. To tell you the truth, we fairly worried expecting this puppy. We have not experience of the decision of such problems too. But there was nothing to lose and we have decided to try. We have fallen in love in her at once as soon as have seen. She has come not in our home. She has come in our hearts. We have named her Lada in honor of east Slavs goddess of love. Goddess Lada was considered as the promother of a life. Gods help was obviously necessary for us. We could make nothing some days. We simply helplessly observed of the baby. Most of all Lada liked to sleep on a palm of a hand. And Lada was not necessary for it more place. She held on a palm of the adult person. It was hard for her to go. Her head was too heavy for her body. Only eyes shined a life on her charming muzzle. We were close to despair. Lada seldom agreed to eat a small slice of cheese. She did not want anything more is. We tried to tempt her with meal. We fed of other dogs at her presence. Lada did not pay attention. Made other dogs elicit a meal. It did not make any impression on Lada. Put Lada on a lunch table and offered her delicacies during a dinner. Lada fell asleep among plates. I have decided to give her to drink a tincture of medicine plant (Artemisia) for fear and despair. I have made her drink fifteen drops of tincture. It was very hard to look at the puppy during this moment. She badly felt herself and tested awful bitterness in a mouth. And we did not allow her to drink. Lada was in desperate position. She has begun to eat dairy porridge. With huge effort, without any desire, but she began to eat. In the evening after five drops of tincture she already knew how to rescue herself - by meal. And Lada began to eat next day. Simply to eat. We were very helped by the following diet: a crude beef, a boiled rice and eggs of a small hens (coturnix). This mix has made a miracle. Lada has strongly changed in a week. It was a fountain of a life, the ordinary puppy who wanted to be simultaneously in several places. That she could learn more, and try, and eat. We had to watch, that Lada did not elicit a meal at adult dogs. Our adult dogs will always share meal with the puppy. And Lada used it with the great pleasure. We have understood, that Lada is our dog. When a month later there have arrived former owners, we have agreed, that Lada will live with us. So in our house began on one dog more. And our hearts began more for one more life.

Comments of Kira: it is necessary to remember: a crude beef, a boiled rice and eggs! And I shall demand it!!!