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[Purpura]

Or maybe we could design a railroad inspired "cow catcher". Most of those would also work something like a snow plow blade for inducing motion away from the front of a moving vehicle.

Randy

We oughtta do something like that, with a bent out of shape 'mouth' like the part below the eyes of Darth Vader's Helmet... Now that would be impressive eh? Something made out of plastic tubes I think... Something light but sturdy.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

We oughtta do something like that, with a bent out of shape 'mouth' like the part below the eyes of Darth Vader's Helmet... Now that would be impressive eh? Something made out of plastic tubes I think... Something light but sturdy.

Something like on the cars of "Death race 2000?"

[Whazzup]

A friend of mine in Ohio has 3 greys. They do seem to "break" a lot. She is always taking one or the other to a vet for something or the other. The new one is only 2 and female. I havent seen a pic of her yet but the other 2 are georgous. They want to try to get their male's sister but she is still racing.

I hope this won't gross you guys out, but here are 2 pictures of Sisi (newest greyhound) right after surgery to sew her side together. The dogs were running in the 1-acre yard and Sisi hit the corner of our 16-foot flatbed trailer and it ripped her side open, down into the muscle. Naturally this happened at night and I had to take her to the emergency vet for surgery. I won't post the picture of the wound before it was sewn up and a drain put in.
She has recovered very nicely from the surgery and has a long scar and just a tiny bit of new shiny skin where the hair hasn't grown back yet. What's weird is that Shayla, the other grey, also split the skin in her flank when she caught it on the fence or something. We weren't home when that happened. She had to be sewn up, too. The vets mentioned that greys have thin skin and they run so fast that if they do hit something, the skin is bound to tear.
If you don't want to see these 2 graphic pictures, don't scroll down. I don't know how to make them smaller.
Tomorrow I'll take and post a current picture so you can see how well she has healed up.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

I hope this won't gross you guys out, but here are 2 pictures of Sisi (newest greyhound) right after surgery to sew her side together. The dogs were running in the 1-acre yard and Sisi hit the corner of our 16-foot flatbed trailer and it ripped her side open, down into the muscle. Naturally this happened at night and I had to take her to the emergency vet for surgery. I won't post the picture of the wound before it was sewn up and a drain put in.
She has recovered very nicely from the surgery and has a long scar and just a tiny bit of new shiny skin where the hair hasn't grown back yet. What's weird is that Shayla, the other grey, also split the skin in her flank when she caught it on the fence or something. We weren't home when that happened. She had to be sewn up, too. The vets mentioned that greys have thin skin and they run so fast that if they do hit something, the skin is bound to tear.
If you don't want to see these 2 graphic pictures, don't scroll down. I don't know how to make them smaller.
Tomorrow I'll take and post a current picture so you can see how well she has healed up.

Poor puppy! I guess they can run really fast, but not so much on the turn!! Looks like you have some good vets nearby!! Those guys are all legs and energy! probably why their skin is thin..more speed?

We have had our share of pup injuries. The little one Daisy had to have her stitches redone after the spay, and wear the "collar" when she was just a little thing. Then last year Koda (big brother) started throwing up blood. and you probably know the whole bit, vets, blood tests, X-ray, Untrasonic, and so on.. Finally had to open him up..Nothing!! turns out we had a protean allergy that was causing him to bleed in his tummy. Special diet and he is okay! but had a scar all along his tummy. His nick-name is now 'Boober" after the fraggle!!

[Whazzup]

It's amazing what we do for our critters, isn't it? The $1000+ vet bill had to come out of our Disney trip budget so I didn't get to do the Segway tour, although my DH did, and we canceled Raglan Road ADRs, along with a few others.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

It's amazing what we do for our critters, isn't it? The $1000+ vet bill had to come out of our Disney trip budget so I didn't get to do the Segway tour, although my DH did, and we canceled Raglan Road ADRs, along with a few others.

I know what your saying!! As near as I figure it, we spent the equivalent of an entire WDW trip on him. But thats okay, as we would rather have healthy pups, and skip a trip! Plus we would have had to cancel it anyway due to family business in Boston. So it worked out!

[hobie16]

I hope this won't gross you guys out, but here are 2 pictures of Sisi (newest greyhound) right after surgery to sew her side together.

The poor greyhounds can't by a break. They're born with thin skin and a very fine coat so they're very fragile. While being trained to race and racing they're confined to a crate, fed absolute crap (that's why they have such poor teeth and digestive systems), and run on cinders so, if they fall, they get cut up. Then, when they start losing, they're either shot or abandoned so, with the thin skin and coat, they freeze to death.

The lucky ones get adopted and lead a good life. Because of the way they were treated early on there may be additional medical problems but they're good pooches who deserve a good home.

I'll get off my soapbox now.

[Whazzup]

The poor greyhounds can't by a break. They're born with thin skin and a very fine coat so they're very fragile. While being trained to race and racing they're confined to a crate, fed absolute crap (that's why they have such poor teeth and digestive systems), and run on cinders so, if they fall, they get cut up. Then, when they start losing, they're either shot or abandoned so, with the thin skin and coat, they freeze to death.

The lucky ones get adopted and lead a good life. Because of the way they were treated early on there may be additional medical problems but they're good pooches who deserve a good home.

I'll get off my soapbox now.

I'll have to agree with most of that, Hobie. My parents raced greyhounds in Oregon when I was a kid, and they fed them horsemeat, which is very lean and high in protein. With the new legislation, I don't think you can buy horsemeat in the US anymore. My folks weren't very successful in racing, as we tended to make pets out of all the dogs, so they got out of the business.
Greys do tend to have bad teeth and skin problems. I was suprised to learn that bone cancer is not an uncommon malady, also. You'd think skeletal problems would be bred out of them, but I guess there's still too much indiscriminate breedings in an attempt to get one superstar out of several litters of pups. I wish they would close down all the greyhound tracks. They did close the Oregon track years ago.

[hobie16]

My folks weren't very successful in racing, as we tended to make pets out of all the dogs, so they got out of the business.

I was suprised to learn that bone cancer is not an uncommon malady, also.

Good on your folks!

We adopted our gray to two nurses at Stanford when we moved to Maui because he didn't do well in heat and humidity. He had a great life with another gray and he got to run with horses. He was diagnosed with leukemia last year. The nurses got him a morphine patch so he was comfortable and he ate steak for the last two weeks of his life. There are a lot of people that still miss him.

[Whazzup]

Good on your folks!

We adopted our gray to two nurses at Stanford when we moved to Maui because he didn't do well in heat and humidity. He had a great life with another gray and he got to run with horses. He was diagnosed with leukemia last year. The nurses got him a morphine patch so he was comfortable and he ate steak for the last two weeks of his life. There are a lot of people that still miss him.

Oh that is so sad, but I'm glad he was comfortable near the end. I've lost one grey to bone cancer, one to some kind of huge tumor in her abdomen, and another to severe arthritis that eventually crippled her to where she couldn't get up and move around without help. They were all elderly dogs so it wasn't breed specific, more age related.