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« Reply #15 on: August 12, 2003, 08:00: PM » |
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Hi, I am a very good freind of JoJo's.
I am in S East as well, what I don't know about the algea is when the spores have gone for another year, they come in the first warm weather and used to see notices up in Richmond untill Autumn and as far as I know it hangs around till then.
I will never let my dog play with dogs which have been in infected water and if owners allow there dogs to come close after I ask them not to and say why, most take notice and keep their own dogs out.
There is a big lack of notices in most places, as far as going to parks withouyt water it depends on the control you have over your own dog.
I am not sure if DEFRA can help you with anymore info on this thing but I am sure they will put you in the right direction, in the meantime take it very seriouse especialy with this heatwave.
DEFRA 0845 933 5577
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« Reply #16 on: August 12, 2003, 08:24: PM » |
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Don't you mean contaminated, rather than infected? Infected would mean it carried a disease, whereas contamination means to spoil the purity of something or make it poisonous  Thanks for the info though, someone on another board had a dog poisonned by this, and it took him a while to recover  |
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« Reply #17 on: August 12, 2003, 08:28: PM » |
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LisaQ
Don't you mean contaminated, rather than infected?
Denis
Metaphoricaly they are the same thing in the context they were written.
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« Reply #18 on: August 12, 2003, 09:50: PM » |
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thanks for your advice, i understood what u ment  |
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« Reply #19 on: January 15, 2004, 04:45: PM » |
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As far as I am aware there is absolutely no connection between drinking sea water and gastric torsion.Gastric Torsion can not be caught as it is not an infection,nor my vet says has he ever heard of a dog getting bloat through drinking sea water.
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« Reply #20 on: February 05, 2004, 05:01: PM » |
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What about garden ponds?I live in the South East and I have a large garden pond. It is filtered and aeriated but algae does form in it. mostly filamentous algae but I see it floating free in the water too. Im worried about my dog now because she plays near it and I have seen her drink from it. Thank you for the advice about gastric torsion. I sadly have seen the suffering this causes and lost my best childhood friend to this  but was never told how to avoid it or what caused it. I shall change my dogs feeding habits from now on. Thank you all so very much. |
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« Reply #21 on: February 05, 2004, 05:11: PM » |
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I don't th ink you need to worry too much about garden ponds, especially at this time of year. Blue Green Algae is a very particular beastie and very distinctive in appearence. I've tried to find some photos on the net, but none seem to show the real difference between a normal pond and the one with the algae - probably because of the polarising effect of sunlight/reflection It normally only blooms in the UK after several weeks of no rain and very warm temps (and I don't think we're in that situation at the moment ) |
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« Reply #22 on: February 07, 2005, 06:13: PM » |
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What does this algae look like? I'm worried because there are a lot of ponds with algae in them which my dogs have been in. Rachel |
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« Reply #23 on: December 23, 2006, 06:57: PM » |
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On bloat: the veterinary dept. of Purdue University in the US has done a five-year study with over 1600 dogs and comes to these conclusions: - risk increases with age: 20% increase in risk for each year - risk is greater for dogs with deep narrow chests (chest depth/width ratio) - raising the food bowl increases the risk: 110% increase - risk is greater for dogs with a first-degree relative that has had bloat: 63% increase in risk - fast eaters are at greater risk if they're large dogs - large meals increase the risk - dry food with fat listed as one of the first four ingredients increases the risk (as I understand it, this has to do with whether large amounts of fat are added as a separate component; it doesn't directly have to do with the fat content of the food) Website: http://www.vet.purdue.edu/epi/bloat.htmCheers, Sal |
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« Reply #24 on: March 04, 2007, 01:25: AM » |
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This has got me worried now.
One of my dog's puppies once died of gastric tortion. She'd gone happily off to her new home but a few days later the new owners was back on the doorstep. She'd died and could he have his money back, please? The thought of little "no name" (she never was given a proper name) suffering like that made me physically sick and all he was worried about was his money! Oh, and the fact that she'd pee-ed in his friend's shoe! Obviously I'd misjudged him!
Funnily enough (although it wasn't funny) my son also had gastric tortion when he was three and nearly died. The pain he was in was horrendous so I can well imagine the kind of agony a dog goes through.
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« Reply #25 on: March 04, 2007, 10:26: AM » |
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We in Edinburgh have already had warnings not to let our dogs play/swim in a river that contains this alga....
also friends GSD had severe gastroenteritis a couple weeks back, something he picked up off the beach... won't be taking him back there again...
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« Reply #26 on: March 04, 2007, 10:30: AM » |
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I'd better be careful along the tow path then. Luckily Poppy doesn't like water but she could fall in. It's been known to happen!
I'm not going to have anywhere to exercise her soon though, what with the blanket ban that our borough council are talking about putting in place!
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