Marcus Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Hi before I go off to the vets I thought I would ask on here first. My dog (not a gun dog) was out with me tonight for a walk in a field. When we come out of the field he could not put weight on his rear left leg, so got the Mrs to pick us up. When I got home I checked him over and could not find anything, leg/paw etc all looked and felt OK, no real reaction from the dog (he is a tough nut though) After a very short period he did start to put weight on this leg, stand and walk almost like normal. However, he is now being very strange, he is moving about between each sofa, very quickly and then laying for a short period, then off he goes again to another chair. He is panting a lot and his heart rate is quite quick. (I guess this could be from moving about like he is at the moment, but cant be sure) Very out of character for him. I have given him a very thourough check again, all over but cant find anything. Im hoping its a sprain or something, I thought he may have been bitten by a snake, but it was 10pm at night. Any thoughts?............thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Posted May 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 After a bit of digging I think its nettle stings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greymaster Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 After a bit of digging I think its nettle stings. I think you are on the right track. Some aloe vera gel applied to the pads may sort it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popgun Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 If it was a snake it would swell up about twice the normall size mabe nettles, hope all works out ok . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 If your dog was bitten by an Adder there would be obvious swelling, very quick heart rate and a lot of drooling. Also might sound daft but their coat i my expeirance goes very dull. I have a caravan and camping park next to about 1000 acres of sand dunes and there quite a few Adders around. My Lab was bitten about 6 years ago and maybe 3 other bites on guests dogs in a 10 year period. My dogs are on the dunes everyday twice a day (good place for steadyness training as lots of rabbits as well), we have a lot of people who stay here because of the dunes so its not so easy to get bitten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Posted May 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 He's fine this morning. Last night, after doing some research on the net, I gave him an anti histamine, and washed his legs/paws down with vinegar (didnt have any aloe v) After about 30 mins he started to settle down. I dont normally walk into the last field, but last night something caught his eye and off he went like a rocket. I will have to keep him out of there in future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Posted May 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Here is a picture of my two furry friends (no giggling at the back) Chili, the dog in question, is in the front Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune82 Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Nice collar! Makes him look real hard! Ive heard that surgical spirit on their paws hardens them up and reduces nettle stings. My dog doesnt seem to bother with them, he even puts his face right into nettle patches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 plenty of road work helps as well though generally the older they get the less they get affected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Harry Posted May 22, 2010 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 My GWP got really bad nettle stings to his feet when he was a pup. He was running around the house like a cat on a hot tin roof for hours. Now he can go over the same ground without any problem as his pads are nice and hard. I have a black and a pepper and salt mini and they are fantastic dogs. Noisy little **** but full of character and the black one is a really grumpy old man. Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codling99 Posted May 22, 2010 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 my jack russel used to do eactly same thing,visit to vets confirmed that she was allergic to some types of grass,quite common he reckon,some piriton or other anti histimine should do the job. :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsdad Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 My border seems immune to nettles...he regularly sticks his face in them to retrieve his ball...but then borders are supposed to have very high pain thresholds I believe. Anthony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC45 Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 My dog won't go near nettles anymore... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 Here is a picture of my two furry friends (no giggling at the back) Chili, the dog in question, is in the front bugga me marcus what the hell are those? and get rid of that pink dog bowl jees!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC45 Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 The wife must have chose those dogs, surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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