S J Jackson

cant get my photo to download - it is too big a file - will try and sort - oops.
how do I make the file smaller in order to upload it?? Anyone??

Picture is of my dog floating around in the pool!!

mumomonty

If you are in Oz now, please start to check your dog. By the time he gets symptoms (wobbly gait, vomiting, acting generally oddly) it could well be too late.
If you do fine one, use a tick hook (purchase from vet) or failing that tweezersand try to get the head out.

Believe me when I say you do not wnat to take any chances on this because it kills so many dogs in Oz throughout the year. I think they say WA doesn't haev those particular paralysis ticks and that I'm not sure of but they have them all the way down the eastern seaboard to Tassie now. Not nice!

I have personally seen 3 dogs of friends go down with the paralysis. yes they were saved but only becaseu these particular owners were on the ball regarding symptoms. One lived in bush, the other two in suburbs north of Sydney. The treatment is awful too. Please check your dog. :-D

Bella Donna

Is there any part of the dog in particular the tics go for? Such as the neck, chest, hind quarters...? I think it may help that he doesn't go walking in long grass - I've heard that this is where many of them get problems from...

Any advice you can give is welcome.

Sue

mumomonty

Not really but I suppose mainly face, ears but you have to check all over. My dog had 6 on his face from sniffing about once.
My mate's heeler had one hidden in his ear and nearly died. Another friend's terrier had one betwen her paws! You just have to check. Both these dogs were in beachside suburbs.

DagBoy

You should definitely keep an eye on the dogs for ticks and be aware of the syptoms of paralysis ticks. Our dog Ebony (German Shepherd) got a tick when she was just a puppy. We were away for Christmas and she nearly died - thankfully we had left here in the care of some friends who are GS breeders and they recognised the symptoms. That one had got her somehwere where she could not easily scratch or anything. Now she always wears a tick collar and we are well aware of the symptoms. I do not check her daily, but I would notice as soon as she was at all off colour. Also, we no longer live next to parkland with Koalas - apparently they carry and spread ticks.

When we moved to our current house, we left our cat at the old place for a couple of weeks while we were busy moving stuff between the two places and when we eventually brought her here she has a bloody great tick that had attached itself to her mouth. It had gorged itself and was pretty big. I searched the Internet for recommended removal methods and ended up making a lassoo out of cotton. Tied a slip knot, tightened it round the tick's body as close to the head as I could get and then slowly teased it out - you have to use steady pressure, not jerk. As you pull, the tick moves its nasty little hook like claw things (that's a technical term) and eventually out it pops.

As for clipping her coat - no, she just moults a lot when the weather warms up.

Cheers,

DagBoy

artep

Donna - Your dog is obviously chuffed to bits he's got rid of all that excess fur.......the expression on his face in the after pic is fab!

madsad

Lol ! he does look happy doesn't he! his tongue always hangs like that,looks a bit like my hubby on a friday headin for the beer fridge !!!!!!!!!

Donna.

Madhouse!

Awww Harley looks adoreable even more so with his new hairdo!!
We have a long haired jack Russle who i clip all the time and everytime after he has been cut he runs around the garden like complete maniac with more energy than u would believe!! That can only express how happy he must be in the heat with a shorter coat!
I gotta clip him this weekend as he looking abit like a patchwork quilt at the moment after haveing an operation to have a lump removed from his chest 2 weeks ago. Thankfully he is well on the mend now

Claire

artep

LOL!!!