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<br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.600000381469727px; background-color: rgb(238, 242, 247); ">..It sure has been an expensive time Nail doesn't 'heal ' ..it has no blood supply . A split /broken nail will stay that way ..and should be removed asap, to stop bacteria getting inside .

What lines are in her pedigree? perhaps go back over a few generations , and see what her forbears looked like ..are there any which have the appearance you want?

yes :) I did watch that ..the wolf man intervened on a few occasions ! I guess when you are a bit crazy (in a good way) , fluent in the language , eat with them, smell like them, and respect their manners ..well, it obviously works! Do NOT try this at home !!!

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The poaching evidence was just shocking ....so many snares & things ....

i enjoyed tonight's show :) yes, it's overkill, and 'makes good TV' ... but I find it interesting , and like watching the changes in the young people as they share real life :) The different dogs are interesting as well :)

OK.. I'll be thinking of you all tomorrow :)

..and she may well have one blue eye forever....... :)

Beagle pups are just way too cute :) Welcome, melody !

poor Milo . What if he does get stressed, and hurt ..growls & nips at the pup? What will pup do ? Will he act like a Tonka Truck and barge in ..or will he back off? if you aren't around , you won't know until it's too late ..and one of them is hurt. You're doing a sensible thing in asking for help :) Now is the time to learn how to communicate with Tonka..and show him discipline and rules . What you see as 'cute' now ..and what he enjoys , will NOT be cute when he's 40 kgs.

*looks at scars on hand and arm from being careless and getting in the way of a fight , with two dogs who went on to be guide dogs.*

He wasnt bitten? What ripped his ear off then - a faery wand?

..In retrospect , perhaps the vet should have just pulled the split nail off ..leaving a nice clean smooth open quick to heal properly , instead of setting up a 'bacteria sandwich' ? Hope now she stays well :)

:) Ok... have her feet dry ..let her run a minute or two on the sand ..and quickly check that toe. IF there is an amount of sand coating the quick..then there is still blood enriched spongy tissue exposed.... If there are only a couple of grains ..and no blood .. then I would venture a guess that it is well on the way to healing! disclaimer..obviously not a vet opinion ...just experience

..if the quick looks red/moist/'spongy'/bloody ..maybe wrap to keep clean..(I don't bandage, as often the bandage rubs on the nerves and hurts more ) but if it looks clean/dry ..I'd leave it alone, honest. IMO, The more an injury is wrapped , fiddled with.. the more the dog may try & 'clean' it ..keeping it moist, and allowing bacteria/fungi to get a hold. When I betadine .. it is a quick dunk spray before a feed/bone/run..so it has those couple of minutes to soak in & kill everything ...while dog is otherwise occupied :)

:) Our workers lose nails regularly ..and half the time we don't notice for ages ..cos they don't show any pain! I usually just betadine them for a few days ..and very soon they are back racing around again . I've not ever seen any infection ..or incomplete nail growth .... I would suggest a beach walk/swim would be nice for her ... and , a point... are you sure that what you are seeing is actually nailbed and not soft new nail? If the injury occurred weeks ago ..perhaps new nail has been growing underneath , protected by the old nail??

Good post, Luke :) I do like the analogy.

I think it's just people interpreting phrases differently. To me - if we accept that dogs can be aggressive, that this sort of thing can happen for x reason (x reason being to do with dog behaviour) then a comment like 'this is what dogs do' makes sense. I understand that it trivializes and normalizes the behaviour which I don't think is the intent. But if we can all agree that this is not unexplainable 'monster'-like behaviour and in fact is easily explained if you understand dog behaviour, we can logically say that this is what (some) dogs do. If more people recognized that and trained and contained their dogs adequately, these things wouldn't be happening. *nods* *admits to error in semantics.*

:)

But , they are .., Jo. Dogs can be aggressive..and dogs BITE, and dogs react , and dogs have a 'pack' behaviour AS to the place it happens , and why it happens , and the damage which occurs etc ... that is the very sad part .. It is unacceptable ...and irresponsible ...all of that, for sure . This says it much better than I can

OH..hope all goes well :)

cramps can do odd things ...? How is she today?

Sheenat ... I suggest you make contact with jed ...she knows her stuff :)

..my mistake .. I've had dogs , pet dogs, unexpectedly kill other dogs of ours ..and I've known dogs who attacked humans ..and have been attacked - not severely ...none of these dogs were monsters..Aggressive yes , as it turned out, euthansed immediately , yes but not monsters.... Dogs have strong teeth and jaws ..they transfer aggression , their mode of attack causes severe injury ..and it is thankfully due to responsible breeding and training that there are not more incidents ...

To me they are dogs who attacked another dog, then, transferred the aggression onto the human .Totally unacceptable behaviour ..and yes, they should be euthanased - however they are just dogs ..not monsters , nor vile .I don't care if the attacking dogs are SWF's or something the size of a cow ... they are just dogs being dogs ..unrestrained and uncontrolled dogs.