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MzRita
Joined: 26 May 2008
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Location: Oklahoma
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| my vet put the girls on Heartguard plus pills. Should I be using something better? Now you guys have ME worried. |
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akclabs
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Location: Gloucester Ma
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the warm welcome I just discovered this site because I posted an add for the pups I have for sale, kijiji is great I placed an add 3 weeks ago and already sold 7 pups from it, I placed an add in my local paper and I got like 2 calls and nothing came of it |
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MzRita
Joined: 26 May 2008
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Location: Oklahoma
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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if it goes like it did when I sold my macaws, and greys I had no contact , then a few contacts then a buy then a ton of people wanting to buy. It was driving me coo coo.
Black labs are my favorite color then chocolate |
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akclabs
Joined: 22 Jul 2008
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Location: Gloucester Ma
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:58 pm Post subject: labs |
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| This litter I have now had 4 black, 5 white and 1 chocolate if anyone wants to see any pics of the pups check out my add its on kijiji boston and reads akc champion bred black and light cream yellow labs for sale and It has a photo of 1 of the white pups at 9 weeks old, if you click on it you can see a photo of all the pups together and a pic of the mother and the father |
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labrapaws
Joined: 12 Jun 2008
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Location: North West
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:44 pm Post subject: Re: labs |
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| akclabs wrote: |
| This litter I have now had 4 black, 5 white and 1 chocolate if anyone wants to see any pics of the pups check out my add its on kijiji boston and reads akc champion bred black and light cream yellow labs for sale and It has a photo of 1 of the white pups at 9 weeks old, if you click on it you can see a photo of all the pups together and a pic of the mother and the father |
Welcome aboard ! You have me beat on 3 years (I'll be 22 this August) and on litters. I haven't bred my first litter yet. My first was suppose to be this Fall but got pushed back due to the EIC Test not being available. Our Ylw girl would be in season by the time it is, so it's been pushed back. I've been in the Labrador breed for almost 7 years, been around dogs in general, though mostly Chows, my entire life. Blacks I'm drawn too but love all colors. Love the nice deep Chocolates and Fox Red shade of Yellow.
What breeding is your Bitch and Dog from ? If you don't mind me asking. Feel free to E-mail me if you don't want to post - Labradorably@hotmail.com . |
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Mastiff Lover
Joined: 03 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| I think giving vaccinations your self is just fine so long as you have been trained properly |
I've never asked my vet, but where do you get the training to give vaccinations? Also, did you have to pay for the training, and is it easy to learn? I'm not a breeder and don't ever plan on being one. But I figure with the rising gas prices and all that it'd be cheaper in the long run to give even your adult dogs their shots. |
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MzRita
Joined: 26 May 2008
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Location: Oklahoma
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I've seen vets use different areas of the dogs body. Pull up the skin at the neck, in the muscle at the top of the back leg, and if there is alot of meet on the hip itself they received the injection there.
As a nurse I wouldn't have a problem giving them there shots but I always let the vet do it. In nursing school, we practiced on oranges and grapefruit. |
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man best friend
Joined: 16 Jul 2008
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Location: Lebanon Tn
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| Mlynnmich i still like your answer better maybe it because our breeding program seem similar. Not to say that There not been some good answer. But if i need a vet i hire one if i need a lawyer i hire one if i need a doctor i hire one and i could go on & on. My thinking is if your a breeder and your vet is not one of your best friends you could be in trouble. Come on responsible breeder i know there more than these few, LETS TALK CAT GOT YOUR TOUNGE We leave our vet work to A licensed Vet. If I could do some of the things some of these breeders think they can do I would become A licensed vet it pays more money. |
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seibertskennel
Joined: 30 Apr 2008
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Location: Indiana
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| The vet can show you how.You act like giving shots isn't legal it is.When my daughter had cancer I had to give meds clean her port take blood do everything a licensed nurse would do because they make the parents learn it.Thats working on a human person,so I think after all the medical training I've had that giving dog shots is a peice of cake. |
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Riocotesei
Joined: 11 Jul 2008
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| Lol, yeah it really is not a hard thing to do. I give shots to my pups and because vets are charging more and more for things, it's cheaper for me to do it. My friend is a vet tech and going to school to be a vet and she does tons of shots. So she showed me the correct way to do it. If anyone here lives on a farm and has livestock, you will have to know how to give shots and medications through needle. By the by I worm my puppies and the mom cause she could get them too. If for some reason the puppies have it and she eats their poop she could potentially get them. So It's good to do that for her. |
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Mlynnmich98445
Joined: 26 May 2008
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Location: Peirce County
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I was trained when I worked for the Humane Society but you can also ask your vet to show you it is pretty easy but it can be done wrong also you should find out all the signs of an allergic reaction to it. I would still prefer to go to the vet, some are expensive but if you call around you can usually find a great vet for a great price. Mine only charges $34 per pet for full vaccination, nails clipped, worming, and a health check.
With round worms they cause blindness by traveling up to the retnas and destroying them so its very important to have puppies wormed and to wash hands when they are done playing with the puppies.
I keep all my dogs records available for any one who would like to see them as well as copies of their pedigrees etc. I believe the history of the adult dogs are directly related to the quality of your puppies! |
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akclabs
Joined: 22 Jul 2008
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Location: Gloucester Ma
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:34 am Post subject: vaccinations |
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| I learned how to give vaccinations from my uncle he's been breeding for 26 years now, with labs it's really easy because they have so much loose skin |
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Ninjette
Joined: 10 Jun 2008
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Location: Prescott Valley, AZ
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| Mlynnmick I like your answer better you sound more responsible she did not say anything about her adult dog .IN OUR STATE YOUR ADULT DOG CAN NOT GET HEART WORM MED TILL THERE ARE TESTED FROM YEAR TO YEAR. |
As long as the dog is started on heartworm prevention at an early age before any microfilaria have had a chance to mature into adults you should not have to test for heartworms. I am also sure that is a rule that is per your vets request. The heartworm medecine is found in several forms for a variety of species and is available over the counter most of the time. There are a few brands that the manufacturer requires to be sold only through a vet so the purchaser understands the risks involved if the animals heartworm history is unknown. I really do not know of any state that has restrictions on the use of ivermectin. There are a few other drugs that treat heartworms but ivermectin is the most referred to. |
I had to use that stuff to treat mites on my rats a few years back.. It's weird because you wouldn't think a wormer would treat external parasites but it did get of the mites on my rats. It took a treatment once a week for 6 weeks and you can only give them an amount of the size of an uncooked grain of rice. |
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wind.dial
Joined: 19 Feb 2008
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Location: MO
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| I had to use that stuff to treat mites on my rats a few years back.. It's weird because you wouldn't think a wormer would treat external parasites but it did get of the mites on my rats. It took a treatment once a week for 6 weeks and you can only give them an amount of the size of an uncooked grain of rice. |
Ivermectin is a wonder drug, kills all kinds of bugs. It is used for mange mite treatments, eat mites, a ton of different worms in cattle, swine, horses, dogs, and I guess even rats. In cattle they use it as a pour on to help kill ticks. It can kill ticks and lice on a dog but it stops killing after a few days so its not a long lasting tick killer. But a major concern for people with collie type breeds they do have a sensitivity to it. They recently discovered its a gene mutation called MDR1 and not all have it and there is now a test for it which some collie type breeders are testing for now.
A short list of collie types just incase someone doesnt know
collies such as lassie
australian shepard
shetland sheepdog (sheltie)
border collie
there are others as well but those are just off the top of my head. Google MDR1 to see if your breed is an affected breed. |
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Riocotesei
Joined: 11 Jul 2008
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Ivermectin is also a drug used to treat Demodectic mange...very amazing stuff. For those who don't know there are two kinds of mange, demodectic is hereditary and can be passed through genes only it's not contagouse. (i know i spelled that wrong) I also know that it is safe for german shepards. Sarcoptic mange is the dangerous type that can be spread from dog to dog.
Thats the vet lesson for today.  |
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