surchinmy
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Sep 30, 2003, 6:36 PM
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Re: [Gwinn, RealityDreamer, minglmy, hunter, cshellz, ai_ney, Amanda85] Garlic Feeding issue
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Hello people ...
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Some info on your friendly neighbourhood blood sucking vampire relative ...
MANUAL REMOVAL OF TICKS:
(a) Using blunt tweezers, grasp the tick as near to its mouthparts/head and as close to the skin as you can. Steadily pull the tick up and out. DO NOT JERK, PULL VIOLENTLY OR TWIST ... Apply firm, steady pulling pressure. The tick injects enzymes and other substances onto the skin of it's host to help liquify the tissue and gain access for feeding. This works to our advantage as this island of tissue will easily break away ... allowing us to remove the complete tick, head & body.
*** Be careful not to break the head off from the body and allow the head to remain embedded in the skin - this can leave a site for future infection.
(b) Clean the area with a cotton ball soaked in alcohol (medicated alcohol will do fine).
(c) The site of the bite can be cleaned with Betadine (povidone iodine) or hydrogen peroxide solution. After cleaning you can apply a light/thin layer of antibiotic ointment.
Some sites on tick control on dog & premises
http://www.tickremover.com/
http://www.pestproducts.net/...m#TICK%20ELIMINATION
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GETTING ACCESS TO DOG'S EARS & NAILS
Most dogs get wary when you try to touch or handle their ears and/or paws ... But that's the same with people too neh? ... I don't think any of us enjoy having foreign implements stuck into our ears ...
The way to overcome this is quite easy, provided the owner is patient & consistent.
Acclimatisation: Whenever you engage in play with the dog - handle the dog's ears and paws. Do this often and regularly. Flip open the ear flaps, examine the folds inside with your fingers, run your fingers along the pinae and into the folds ... Handle the paws - open up the paws, run your fingers through the toes etc etc ... Make like a game of touch and feel ... Everytime the dog allows you to do this - praise & treat ...
If your dog is particularly sensitive - the above stage may take a month or more ... but persevere - because the benefits are great ... Imagine no more struggling to clean ears and cut nails !!! ...
Once the dog is steady & comfortable with your with handling ... then proceed slowly to next step ... Allow the dog to see and smell the cotton buds and the clipper - to play with them even. Operate the clipper so that dog gets used to sound ...
Do all the above before even attempting any actual cleaning of ears ... or cutting of nails ...
As your dog gets desensitised and used to the idea & presence of cotton buds, the clipper (and the sound) ... only then do you actually start clean the ears or clip the nails. To begin with ... please clean ears and trim nails on separate occassions - don't want sensory overload for dog.
A dog that allows you to clean ears will also allow you to pick ticks out.
If you start all the above with a pup from day of arrival ... and you are consistent with handling ears & paws - you will almost invariably have a much easier time cleaning ears, clipping nails and picking ticks.
We did this with all our dogs from day one - and the doggies are so used to it - they actually like their ears cleaned.
Cheers
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