Old Heeler....Rear Leg Help
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Originally Posted by DmaxEter
A Heeler has to have his tail to be an efficient herder. Docking of tales is purely for asthetics for the owner. If you want an Australian Cattle Dog to do his job, hes got to have a tail.
http://www.cattledog.com/misc/faq.html#tail
http://www.akc.org/breeds/australian..._dog/index.cfm
http://www.cattledog.com/misc/faq.html#tail
http://www.akc.org/breeds/australian..._dog/index.cfm
Cool...you learn something everyday.
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Originally Posted by Lrdchaos
Cool...you learn something everyday.
Ralphs a little under the weather right now, he got the big snip snip today and is still drugged up pretty good. I hated to do it to him, but I dont plan on breeding and my neighbors probably dont want him breeding their dogs for them so I decided to go ahead and have it done. Vet says it wont effect his energy any if he is a working dog. Just got to keep him working.
Hey Crobtex, did you get that walker ordered? Hows she doing today??
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Yeah...heelers are good dogs. My wife and I looked into buying one when we bought our 2 Corgi's we have now. I like the dispostition of the herding dogs. And like you said they are smart.
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My floks' dog Casey is 14. She's arthritic. The folks give her fractions of motrin pills that help her. My grandpa's dog, Cody, had to be put down at about 12-13. He was mine before I left for the service. Motrin helped him too. I've never seen a heeler with specific hip problems other than age? We leave our tails on too.
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My oldest pitbull ( 16) is on deramaxx. She's a new dog with that stuff. She was laying around all the time and not very active. The deramaxx takes the edge off of her arthritis pain and she runs around like a pup sometimes. I have her on a low dosage because of the kidney failure that can occur. I give her half of a 100 mg tab twice a day. I have bloodwork done on her every 2-3 months to keep an eye on the kidneys. It costs about $40-$60 per month but it's well worth it.
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