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Leon is finally home after a day at the vet. He is all patched up AGAIN and also got a manicure.

They said he just lay there and let him do their work on his foot. Here it is like wrestling an alligator. They said they have the fear factor going for them. Gave him antibiotics, anti-inflammatory and calming drugs.

He has to go back on Friday to re-wrap the foot. Oh, he also peed in my car. I used vinegar, buttttttt
 
Poor Leon. Drugged and battered. All for his own good of course. You are lucky he treats the vet and staff well. Crossing my fingers he heals this time! My boy is nice if I leave the room. If I am there he wants to knock them down and bite. The vet made the comment once that nobody better ever come after me with him around.
 
Last night, I went out the back door to go to coop and the new neighbors' dog was there and started growling, barking and bowing up. I went in and called them and asked them to call her so I could go to coop. My dogs were going crazy.

This morning the dog was back and my dogs barked for 25 minutes. I finally had to cover all of the windows on back side of house. I have floor to ceiling, 2 story windows. What a pain. I had to drug Leon and put him in his cage which I covered with a sheet. They have both calmed down since they can't see.

But, last night, after I called them about the dog, their teen sons got on their four wheelers and started vroom, vroom, up and down road. Like they were trying to irritated me.

My neighbors are all elderly and they called me about them and wanted to call police. If the parents don't know that it is rude to have such noise around the elderly after 8 p.m. they are not good parents.

Yeah, I sound like Clint Eastwood "get off my lawn."
 
robinjopo said:
Last night, I went out the back door to go to coop and the new neighbors' dog was there and started growling, barking and bowing up. I went in and called them and asked them to call her so I could go to coop. My dogs were going crazy.

This morning the dog was back and my dogs barked for 25 minutes. I finally had to cover all of the windows on back side of house. I have floor to ceiling, 2 story windows. What a pain. I had to drug Leon and put him in his cage which I covered with a sheet. They have both calmed down since they can't see.

But, last night, after I called them about the dog, their teen sons got on their four wheelers and started vroom, vroom, up and down road. Like they were trying to irritated me.

My neighbors are all elderly and they called me about them and wanted to call police. If the parents don't know that it is rude to have such noise around the elderly after 8 p.m. they are not good parents.

Yeah, I sound like Clint Eastwood "get off my lawn."
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If these new neighbors will not keep track of their dog…and it is a threat to you and yours, you need to call Animal Control on the dog. Don’t even give this dog (if you determine it to me mean) a second chance to bite you!! What if it kills all your chickens? Or comes and fights with Leon when he is out? Any aggressive dog coming after me on my property will get shot.
 
Long story on how I dealt with neighbors dogs on my property. And I was the new neighbor. Sometimes you gotta be really tough to deal with stupid.

Neighbor’s house is on the same hill as my back hillside,They and dogs were always cutting across on their walks, no big deal. One day I was running my girls on my hillside, and they with 4 dogs came out to meet us.

My girls healed as they we told. The neighbors jaws dropped when they saw my hip, but perfectly legal even in a communist state. We exchange pleasantries and one of their dogs started trying to mount one of my girls. I had all I could do to control myself. As they were so proud to announce those 4 were rescues, I told them that these girls were rescues and I had 2 trained retrievers that would be joining us soon.

After a couple more months of their walks, I spotted 2 of their dogs barking at my stallion on my property when I went out to feed. When he got home that day, I went up and had a little chat about livestock and them being harassed. He told me “Do what you gotta do”.

A couple weeks later, I was working on one side of the barn. Their 4 were in a 1000 yard barking match with my 2. I don’t discipline my dogs for barking at other dogs or coyotes.

I saw him arrive home. All of a sudden their dogs got louder as if they were getting closer. As I walked past the barn door, I grabbed the rifle. 4 dogs in pack mentality are 300 ft onto my property running downhill. 100 ft across the canyon, I took aim, moved to the left and fired. Their dogs left.

The next weekend all I heard was T posts being driven. The weekend after that the fence was being put up.

We still stop and chat if we meet on the road. I as the neighbor put the boundary up.

Moral-Sometimes a well placed miss is effective as a well placed shot. But ammo is getting hard to come by.
 
I know the people that lived here before me had many different calibers based on the brass that works it’s way up. Know I have found 2 collars and a dog coat on my back 10A. At least I was upfront and they finally smartened up.
 
Oh goodness robin, that’s so scary. my grandfather used to shoot the dogs that wouldn’t stay off their property with a BB gun and it usually worked.

But I hope your talks of building a fence go well.

i have new neighbors behind me that brought with them a german shepherd, pitbull, and sharpei. The owners look like college kids and their dogs growl at us through the fence and are always fighting with each other. I’m a bit worried how they will react when I am boarding or training new pups in my yard so this week I’ve started spraying the water hose at the fence when they get rowdy and they are starting to stay away from my side.
 
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When Leon was released by vet, I thought it all good. The other day I caught him gnawing the pad on the injured foot. The injury wasn't even on the pad. I treated and wrapped. I have been doing this for days, but he keeps taking the bandage off. I have sprayed bandage with vinegar to make it taste badly, but that didn't work. This morning he stayed upstairs a lot later so I went up and he had removed bandage and was licking almost in a frenzy. I finally got it rewrapped and put a layer of duct tape which can't be good because air can't get to wound.

I have upped his meds to keep him calmer, but I hate doing this.

I'm thinking the last resort will be a cast. Do they even do that for dogs?

Comments and suggestions please. This dog is going to kill me or put me in the poor house.
 
robinjopo said:
I'm thinking the last resort will be a cast. Do they even do that for dogs?

Comments and suggestions please. This dog is going to kill me or put me in the poor house.
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Our boy had the exact thing happen. Hurt paw, kept reopening the wound…removing the bandages…licking like crazy. Here is what we did.

Anyway, I got a pair of children’s heavy cotton socks and covered his paw and leg with it. Used medical tape to secure it at the top well. THEN used Adhesive stretch wrap up the entire sock. Put some more medical tape around that. We waited 3 days and did the same thing (don’t use NuStock more than every 3rd day. Alert, the stuff does smell since it has sulfur in it. We kept a good eye on him for those day and he was almost healed after 3 days, but I still wrapped it again for another 2 days. I also gave him Benadryl every 4 to 6 hours the first few days…then less often. His vet okayed this. It keeps them from going crazy when the wound is healing and therefore itching badly. EDIT: We have boots I used to cover his foot with for outside trips. You could actually just tape a plastic bag around it for those times.


Adhesive Wrap…
https://www.amazon.com/Self-Adhesiv...&pd_rd_wg=k7IKP&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m
Like you, we had him to the vet several times. Used the stuff the vet gave us. NuStock works much faster and better and Benadryl does the trick on keeping them calm.
 
robinjopo said:
When Leon was released by vet, I thought it all good. The other day I caught him gnawing the pad on the injured foot. The injury wasn't even on the pad. I treated and wrapped. I have been doing this for days, but he keeps taking the bandage off. I have sprayed bandage with vinegar to make it taste badly, but that didn't work. This morning he stayed upstairs a lot later so I went up and he had removed bandage and was licking almost in a frenzy. I finally got it rewrapped and put a layer of duct tape which can't be good because air can't get to wound.

I have upped his meds to keep him calmer, but I hate doing this.

I'm thinking the last resort will be a cast. Do they even do that for dogs?

Comments and suggestions please. This dog is going to kill me or put me in the poor house.
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Bitter apple spray and Benadryl
 
Georgia, Clay has a bag of socks without mates and I have been using those for Leon. He has chewed holes in all of them. I've tried every combo of wrapping. Been through 7 large rolls of the vet wrap (the sticky wrap). Tried every type of tape too.

EW, I'm guessing the vinegar does basically the same thing as the bitter apple.

I will try the benedryl but have to wait till the other drugs wear off.
 
robinjopo said:
Georgia, Clay has a bag of socks without mates and I have been using those for Leon. He has chewed holes in all of them. I've tried every combo of wrapping. Been through 7 large rolls of the vet wrap (the sticky wrap). Tried every type of tape too.

EW, I'm guessing the vinegar does basically the same thing as the bitter apple.

I will try the benedryl but have to wait till the other drugs wear off.
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Try the NuStock so it heals faster. Make him stay in the same room with you so he can’t chew on the socks. I know it’s a pain because it takes up so much time and attention. I had to keep getting up and tapping our boys nose and telling him “no”. He even tried going to a different room to do it. But I wouldn’t let him out of my sight. At night I gave him 2 Benadryl for a few nights…

Yes, I know I am a hard disciplinarian! Been called that many times, but some dogs have to be shown they must listen.
 
What is NuStock? If I ever see Leon go into his "jail" I know he's up to no good. He usually stays on the couch and if he gets up, I know it's time to pee or something is not right.
 
robinjopo said:
What is NuStock? If I ever see Leon go into his "jail" I know he's up to no good. He usually stays on the couch and if he gets up, I know it's time to pee or something is not right.
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It’s this…

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  • Non-toxic and safe for all animals
  • For proven relief of red mange, ringworm, ear mites, cuts, scrapes and much more on dogs, cattle, and horses
  • All-purpose topical
  • Heals skin from inside out
  • Helps regrow hair on old wounds
It regrows chicken feathers fast too!
 
@GeorgiaPeachie bought the Nu-Stock today. If it works the way they advertise, every bald man should it spread all over his head.

Also, if you remember, the horse paste type Ivermectin went from $3.99 to $14.99 during the height of Covid. Today the price was back down to $6.99. Guess there isn't an emergency anymore. I bought another tube, just in case we get another wave. Lol
 
When my much loved dog Chance Got old and incontinent the vet said there was no hope. Please let me kill him for a bit over $100. I took him home and murdered him in in his favorite place. Then built a huge funeral fire. It burned for days. That is all I want for me.
 
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