German Shepherd Pano
german shepherd pano
Which of my dogs is the dominate one?
I have a medium sized Doberman Pincher girl who is 10 months old and a 2 year old German Shepherd who is huge. My doberman is very bitty and bites on his cheeks all the ime his paws and fights with him alot and he will ignore her or wrestle her to the ground and hold her by the throat for awhile butnot hurting her. He never starts the fights.
Background story of the 2 dogs (if you need more info)
German shepherd was my first dog and was a seeing eye puppy. I had him since a puppy then he had to leave for 6 months to see if he passed the test. He failed due to cronic pano and meanwhile we didnt think we were getting him back to the week before they rejected him we adopted the doberman. So they both think they own the house.
If anymore questions ill add to this question
Oh yes shes just playing she loves my german shepherd. Some lady told me that my doberman is the dominant one cause she bites his cheeks but i find it hard to believe.
It sounds a lot like the doberman is just playing, my aunt has a puggle (2 year old) and a Great Dane and Ridgeback mix. The great dane mix was there first, and then she got the puggle as a puppy. Her puggle does the same thing, she nips at his legs and stuff but she’s just playing, and the great dane gets a little annoyed and grabs her gently by the throat, just hard enough to make her lie down so she’ll stop biting his ankles. And the puggle ALWAYS starts everything.
The doberman doesn’t break skin, right? If she has a bit of a crazy look in her eyes, then you should get worried. Unless you’re willing to separate the dogs if they DO get violent, then okay. But if you’re not, I’m afraid you might have to get rid of one D:
i gave my dog half a tylenol?
my german shepherd has pano, and has been in some intense pain the last 3 or 4 days. my mom gave her an Ibreoprofen 200mg(sp?) a few times, one per day at the most, and it seemed to help.
tonight my dog has been in much pain so the fastest thing i found was extra strength tylenol, but knowing 500mg is a lot, i broken it in half.
ive read just know that tylenol is bad for dogs, well mostly regular people said this, but vets just dont recommend it.
she is 62 lbs, and now im worried that maybe ive done something stupid…i could not take it if she had any damage done to her by the pill…..
she seems a lot calmer now, and since its 3:30 am here, she is sleeping like always. but so far she seems fine
will she be alright?
I had always thought you shouldn’t but I did research and some VETS do use TYLENOL but with a very small dosage. SO TALK TO YOUR VET .From what I read though there are safer medicines for dog..Added;I see some thumbs down so here is some info:
Acetaminophen (Tylenol™) safety in dogs and cats
Question: Hi Dr Mike:
I have a question about Acetaminophen (Tylenol™). The Receptionist at our local veterinarian told us that in case of fever, it was ok to give our dogs a Tylenol™ and NOT to give them ASPIRIN, or IBUPROFEN.
According to the AVMA Pet Poison Guide ratings scale, it appears to me that the Acetaminophen (Tylenol™) is more dangerous then the ASPIRIN, or IBUPROFEN. Is this true or am I misunderstanding what I am reading or was this by chance a misprint?
What would you recommend be given to a dog in case of a fever ASPIRIN, IBUPROFEN, Acetaminophen (Tylenol™) or something else?
Thank you for your time. I hope to hear from you soon, David
Answer: David-
Based on reactions in our canine patients, this is the ranking I would give these medications: safest = acetaminophen (Tylenol tm), also safe = aspirin, less safe = ibuprofen (Advil tm, Motrin Rx). However, this is the ranking that I would give them based on the reports in the literature and factoring in the likelihood of a bad reaction causing death: safest = aspirin, also safe but less so = acetaminophen and less safe = ibuprofen.
The reason for these rankings include these things. Aspirin is reasonably likely to cause gastric ulcers, which can be life threatening if ignored but which respond to withdrawal of the medication. Acetaminophen doesn’t seem to cause ulcers but there are uncommon reactions to it in which liver failure occurs and this may not respond to therapy, so death is a possibility. Ibuprofen is very likely to cause ulcers, with 100% of dogs developing ulcers with the use of ibuprofen in at least one study. On the other hand, lots of my clients come in and tell me “I gave my dog an ibuprofen last night” and I have only had to treat one or two cases of ulcers and I can’t recall a dog dying from this medication, yet.
My personal preference for pain and fever in dogs is aspirin but we do warn our clients to discontinue the medication if the dog stops eating and to call us or come in for a recheck if that happens.
Mike Richards, DVM
3/10/2001
Also: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_you_give_a_dog_Tylenol
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