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Handling Dog Soreness
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01/15/15 02:51 AM
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shea.mcphail
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What do y'all do for your dogs when they are sore and you are getting them back in to shape? Any medicines or treatments?
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Re: Handling Dog Soreness
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01/15/15 03:06 AM
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bobcat1
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Roading is what I used to do.
Bobby Barnett
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Re: Handling Dog Soreness
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01/15/15 03:19 AM
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My dog started getting sore and worn down after five straight days of hunting recently in Oklahoma. I saw sniper john give his dog an Advil on a hunt before so that's what I did then sent him home to get some rest for and take it easy for a while.
I'm obviously not an expert at all I could just tell he was worn out
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Re: Handling Dog Soreness
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01/15/15 12:03 PM
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maximumintensityretriever
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Enteric coated baby aspirin works well too. The kind that you take every day for cardiac issues.
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Re: Handling Dog Soreness
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01/15/15 01:21 PM
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kindall
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I've had mine soak in bath of real warm water with Epson salt. After they are in the tub, I just put them on down for 15 to 20 minutes. Pointers get pretty beat up in some areas, with briars, wild rose and cactus. They normally go from walking like a old man, to perking back up.
Shopping with your husband is like hunting with the game warden. Experience is what you get, when you didn't get what you wanted.
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Re: Handling Dog Soreness
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01/15/15 01:30 PM
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TDH09
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Rimadyl is what I use. I tried giving them aspirin but it goes through them like a dose of salt and I find myself cleaning out soiled crates.
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Re: Handling Dog Soreness
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01/15/15 07:31 PM
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Sniper John
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My dog started getting sore and worn down after five straight days of hunting recently in Oklahoma. I saw sniper john give his dog an Advil on a hunt before so that's what I did then sent him home to get some rest for and take it easy for a while.
I'm obviously not an expert at all I could just tell he was worn out Do not give a dog advil. Ibuprofen could be harmful to your dog. You would have seen me give my dog aspirin or half a tramedol. Now for me with 30 years of firefighting, almost half as many bullriding, motorcycle crash, flesh eating disease, and lots of stupid hold my beer watch this stuff, I do always have some advil and aleve on hand for me on those trips or I get all stove up. But never give those to a dog.
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Re: Handling Dog Soreness
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01/15/15 07:53 PM
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CCBIRDDOGMAN
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I accidentally dropped an Advil on the floor here in my office one time and the bosslady's little king charles ate it & got real sick. She was fine after a few hours but she did give her peroxide to induce vomiting within 15 minutes of her eating it. But she was already sick from eating the Ibuprofen before she gave her peroxide.
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Re: Handling Dog Soreness
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01/15/15 08:43 PM
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dawaba
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Ibuprophen (advil, motrin) and even aspirin are probably a bad idea. Long-term administration of these drugs are not well tolerated by dogs. A couple prescription drugs, Rimadyl and Metacam, are safer and more effective.
And rest, followed by very light exercise, is never wrong.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple.....and wrong." H. L. Mencken
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Re: Handling Dog Soreness
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01/15/15 09:12 PM
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I wouldn't give it anything to get more work. They get over it in two days.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Handling Dog Soreness
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01/15/15 09:43 PM
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CCBIRDDOGMAN
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Ace's lower leg joint would swell up & be sore for a few days after every hunt last season, I started giving him Glucosamine about mid season last year and he has been much better this season. Every vet I have ever known has told me it's fine to give them a buffered aspirin for pain but like Bill, I wont hardly give them one just to get to hunt em more. They stay back at the truck and take it easy the rest of the trip. (One of the benefits of having multiple dogs).
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Re: Handling Dog Soreness
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01/15/15 09:51 PM
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I got lucky then. He showed no ill effects.
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Re: Handling Dog Soreness
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01/15/15 11:05 PM
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MS1454
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R&R, no need to complicate things.
I'll take a Black Female every time.
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Re: Handling Dog Soreness
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01/19/15 02:17 AM
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thewrap
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Tramadol and rest. Prescribed by our vet.
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Re: Handling Dog Soreness
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01/19/15 02:52 AM
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kbobbjr
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I use Hunt Dog Hunt by Zoom Dog Supplements for all my dogs. Great product that works well.
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Re: Handling Dog Soreness
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01/19/15 03:11 AM
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shea.mcphail
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I use Hunt Dog Hunt by Zoom Dog Supplements for all my dogs. Great product that works well. This looks interesting. Going to check this out.
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