jasons gold Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 not having much luck with both of my dogs, one keeps fitting on a shoot day in the afternoon so now can only do half days . And just come back from the vets due to the other having a enlarged prostate meaning it cant poo. And they dont know why his prostate is big. So he's staying there today for chemical castration ,antibiotics and an enema. anybody know what could have caused it. ?Both dogs are about 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/topic/297999-collapsed-cocker/ Have you read this thread, some cockers are prone to running out of energy and collapsing or fitting. If it is that easily cured by food. Hope this is the case for yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasons gold Posted December 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/topic/297999-collapsed-cocker/ Have you read this thread, some cockers are prone to running out of energy and collapsing or fitting. If it is that easily cured by food. Hope this is the case for yours. yes i had worked that out but ,she wont eat on a shoot day so cant do anything else other than use her for half a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 Find something the dog will eat on a shoot day - human food is fine. The other dog needs castration. There you go, both cured. For about £150...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasons gold Posted December 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 thats what they have advised and the route we will have to take providing the chemical castration works. we have tried human food on her but she still wont take it even cheese which she loves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 Try cat foood. Feed the dog before it knows it is going shooting, not when wound up because you are in your breeks with the gun out etc. I fail to see the point in chemical castration. A dog with an enlarged prostate NEEDS surgical castration. Usually they are hormone responsive (something called benign prostatic hypertrophy) but even the nasty cysts or tumours are helped by castration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasons gold Posted December 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 they have told me if it is a cyst or tumour the survival rate is poor and will need specialist surgery. and that castration wont help . only is its an infection will it help. i have no problem with him beig castrated i might add Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeredup Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 give a chunk of raw black pudding a try i've yet to find a dog that don't like it must be why me and dogs get on so well our common love of black pudding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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