Please check your dogs for Foxtails...

Jac · Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject:

Thanks, I didn't know that ultrasounds would show something like a foxtail!
_________________
jacque.bayley.lexie.chase.rosie.nitos.amelia.dupree.madison.sherwood.gerry www.backporchlabradoodles-jacque.blogspot.com www.backporchlabradoodles.com

lisarundell · Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 6:09 am Post subject:

Jac, glad to hear Madison is OK!
_________________
Lisa, Lani and Toby
http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j309/lisarundell/

Outside of a dog a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
Groucho Marx

blueteal · Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 8:00 pm Post subject:

Great news about Madison!!!!!!!!!!!
_________________
Sue & Denver & Ryder

Denver Meets Ryder Today!!!!!!!!!!!

Jac · Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 9:58 pm Post subject:

Another day, another Foxtail disaster...
We were gone for 2 days, left the dogs/puppies with a dog sitter...came back fairly late last night. This morning Dave brings a puppy to me and says, "Jac, something is wrong with this guy's eye..." It was goopy and closed and would not open, the other side was goopy too so I didn't know for sure, but right away I suspected another Foxtail!
I called UC Davis emergency vet, took the pup in and, sure enough, he had a Foxtail in his eye! UGH! It had been there for at least 2 days, the vet said.
Good news is that the cornea was not pierced...it was lying under his third elyelid.
He was sooooooo good, he didn't flinch or cry or anything...and she kept probing his eye with gauze, Q-Tips and finally tweezers...but she got it all and carefully examined both eyes.
It was so sad...I cried and cried...poor baby...I asked her if he would be blind and she said that he would not...he will recover. Thank God!
This is such a nightmare!
_________________
jacque.bayley.lexie.chase.rosie.nitos.amelia.dupree.madison.sherwood.gerry www.backporchlabradoodles-jacque.blogspot.com www.backporchlabradoodles.com

MaxandMe · Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 10:16 pm Post subject:

((((((((((((Jac)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
I sure hope this horror w/foxtails has an end to it soon
_________________
Annmarie, Max,& Peanut
Forum BLOG ARTICLE LINK http://blog.labradoodle-dogs.net/

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." Anatole France

Calimom · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 6:18 am Post subject:

Oh Jac, this is turning out to be a horror story! I hope it ends soon. Hugs to you and that poor, brave, little puppy. Crying or Very sad

_________________
Meg and Cali

sdrudge · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 6:32 am Post subject:

Jac I read all the post i feel like i was on a roller coaster with you. I hope there is a end to this story, with a happy ending.
_________________
Samantha, Cacao and Beau

hmz819 · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:29 am Post subject:

Oh Jac that poor puppy! I hope you can figure out a way to get rid of those things!!
_________________
Heather, Morgan, Maya, and Sadie
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion-Unknown

Doggonecrazy · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 8:30 am Post subject:

Oh Jac, this is turning into a horror story. Could you haul in some pea gravel and cover the area you have fenced in to minimize the contact with the weeds? Are the foxtails blowing in the wind? Evil or Very Mad

I don't how you could combat that.

You must be at your wits end. Hugs to both you and Dave.

I'm glad the puppy's eye will be ok. Those foxtails are NASTY Twisted Evil

_________________
Vicky (Jett and Copper)

Jac · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 11:23 am Post subject:

Hi everyone, thank you so much for your kind words of support...

Vicky, good idea about the pea gravel...I will see what we can do to get some. Thanks!
_________________
jacque.bayley.lexie.chase.rosie.nitos.amelia.dupree.madison.sherwood.gerry www.backporchlabradoodles-jacque.blogspot.com www.backporchlabradoodles.com

sessa35 · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:09 pm Post subject:

Oh Jac, I'm so sorry for this struggle with those darn foxtails!!!
Sad

I know its a lot of area to work with but...
Weed wack 'em down,
rake 'em all up and put into trash bags...keep cleaning up area then turn soil over and rake roots out, dispose again...
keep going at it till all you see is brown...then, from there you should have a cleaner slate to work with...re-seed with better grasses or pea gravel it or cement block it or combinations there of....

I wish I were closer--I'd come help with weed-whacking...funny enough, an outside job I really enjoy! Laughing

I sincerely hope you find respite from all this soon!
Smile

_________________
REASON #50, "Why I love my doodle so": My doodle teaches ME new things EVERY day!

Jac · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:30 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Vanessa, I wish you were closer too!

We actually have someone working on the weed whacking every day! If we do stay here (we are thinking of a smaller place now... Rolling Eyes

) we will certainly take your suggestions...I agree that taking it down to the dirt and starting over is the only way to control these things. I don't mind doing that one bit...but we may move in a month so we are trying to control it as best we can until we know for sure...still, it would be worthwhile to save the suffering of these poor dogs!
_________________
jacque.bayley.lexie.chase.rosie.nitos.amelia.dupree.madison.sherwood.gerry www.backporchlabradoodles-jacque.blogspot.com www.backporchlabradoodles.com