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Cocker Specific Discussion => Health => Topic started by: scooby's mum on July 10, 2005, 11:06:32 PM
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I took Scooby up to the local reservoir on Thursday with my friend and her two cockers and Scooby just had a great time, although he insists on swimming in horrid, green stagnant water each time we go :o
Anyway, he'd just finished swimming in the reservoir (the clean bit) when he came out crying and holding his head to the side and I just knew he had something stuck in his ear. I brought him home and had a look and could see the tip of some grass (the very fine yellow type with seeds on the end). I immediately rang the vet and they couldn't fit us in until 4.00pm (this was at 11.00am) :( I hung up, looked in his ear again and the grass had disappeared, obviously further down the ear canal.
Anyway, poor Scoobs spent the next 5 hours feeling sorry for himself and would only come out of his bed for a cuddle on my knee - I felt so helpless :(
Anyway, when the vet eventually examined him, she removed this horrendously large piece of grass - it wasn't particularly long but had about 5 grasses sticking out of the main stem, no wonder he was in agony :rolleyes: The vet also said that the inside of his ear was really inflamed, so he's on antibiotic drops twice a day in his ear.
I'm just annoyed with myself for not just driving him down there - I bet they would have removed it straight away if I had just turned up with him in pain, never mind, you live and learn :)
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Just now seen Jilly's post about the same thing - this is obviously extremely common :(
It's worse than having kids :lol:
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Poor Scooby and poor you :(
Trouble is vets dont often class grass seeds as an emergency. I remember with Gunnar, taking him for his morning walk and his falling down like he was drunk - grass seed in the ear :( Rushed his off to the only vet that was open that time of day - the RSPCA animal hospital - and they refused to see him making me walk him two miles to the nearest private vets :(
Needless to sat the RSPCA are no longer on my charity donations list.
Hope Scoobys ear clears up soon. And dont be blaming yourself, its a rare cocker who doesnt get at least one grass seed in his ear
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Hope Scooby is feeling better and not in too much discomfort. Following a recent thread on grass seeds I now check both dogs every night and can guarantee that I pull out at least 3-5 seeds per dog, whether it be in their body fur or in their paws :o. Joey's fur is like teddy bear fur so spotting seeds is quiet hard but I've found that wetting their paws helps pull the fur apart and you can spot them better.
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Awww poor Scooby - hope he is ok now. ;)
Both of my girls had one last year and Georgie had one this year, because I hadnt put their hoods on :rolleyes:
This is what they now wear - not very attractive but do the trick ;) You still have to check their body and feet though. ;)
Made out of tracky bottoms with elastic each end
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/sueflet/hoods.jpg)
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:( Poor Scooby, Shiloh had exactly the same last Thursday luckily I managed to get him straight down the vets, because he was in agony but only because it happened at a time they were open. He had one in his paw 2 days earlier Im sick of the horrible things It now spoils our walks the constant worry that its going to happen again :( Shiloh is also on antibiotics and sends lots of cocker hugs to scooby :(
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God, I didn't realise they can get them stuck in their paws as well - my goodness, I'll be a nervous wreck now :lol:
And Sue, those hoods look really cute :P but then again, cockers luck cute doing or wearing anything don't they :D
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I on't want to jinx anything but my two have never had a grass seed in there ears, only Lottie had one which I've mentioned before, it went in her cheek without us seeing and her cheek went up like baloon :( , the vet cut her cheek open and removed it, there is no scar from it.