Jack saying goodbye to his bits

meritaten

How is Jack today? recovering well? drinking ok now? and just as important - peeing and pooing as normal!

tbh - I have just had a rethink in light of what you say and have said in previous threads. I think Jack is DEFENDING you! he seems very protective and its sad that he now thinks any dog is a threat - but based on his past experiences, perhaps he isn't far wrong! I don't think neutering will affect that though - my female dogs were very protective of me and that didn't change after the op!

Dimey

meritaten wrote: »

How is Jack today? recovering well? drinking ok now? and just as important - peeing and pooing as normal!

tbh - I have just had a rethink in light of what you say and have said in previous threads. I think Jack is DEFENDING you! he seems very protective and its sad that he now thinks any dog is a threat - but based on his past experiences, perhaps he isn't far wrong! I don't think neutering will affect that though - my female dogs were very protective of me and that didn't change after the op!

Agree. That's how I saw Jack. As defending himself, Lucy and Zaksmum.

joansgirl

Joansgirl, I can't find anything about those sticks on Google.





If you find out from your friend what they are called can you let me know
please? Thanks

I haven't seen my friend but try googling "Dog Walking Staff". And have a look at Golden Retriever forum .com (I think that's where I saw it) where one poster has been advised by the Animal Control Officer to carry an aluminium bat for defence against rogue dogs! She was told to smack the offending dog across the nose with it. Also on there was the suggestion of carrying pepper spray. When I see my friend again I'll ask her what it's called and where she got it from.

Just found some! They're called Hiking Staffs. 4 feet high! Just google "Hiking Staffs"

Dimey

joansgirl wrote: »

I haven't seen my friend but try googling "Dog Walking Staff". And have a look at Golden Retriever forum .com (I think that's where I saw it) where one poster has been advised by the Animal Control Officer to carry an aluminium bat for defence against rogue dogs! She was told to smack the offending dog across the nose with it. Also on there was the suggestion of carrying pepper spray. When I see my friend again I'll ask her what it's called and where she got it from.

I have a feeling pepper spray is illegal in the UK. Might be wrong.

I bought Stoppa Red which is a dye to spray on the perpetrator (not in the face) so they can be identified. I also have a personal alarm that screams loudly when a tag is pulled out.

One thing to be prepared for, is that when you are being attacked you are so busy fighting the person off (dog in this case) that you don't get much of a chance to grab your alarm/spray. And your hands are shaking so much with the fright adrenalin that it's really difficult to even hold the spray/alarm let alone press the button.

You can buy on e-bay.


http://personalalarms.com/acatalog/Personalalarm.html

http://www.stoppared.com/

zaksmum

Thanks again meritaten, I will be a lot more vocal on the phone next time it happens!

Jack's back to his normal self today, eating fine but still not that keen on drinking so I added water to his food to make sure he's well hydrated. His wee and poo are normal so all must be well regarding that. I take his cone collar off to let him eat and drink.

Also today I've taken it off for his walks so he can have a proper sniff around...while walking on lead and being watched like a hawk, there's no chance of him having a sly nibble of his stitches.

He is very protective of me so you are right about him defending me and Lucy. When I had a bad fall recently by the shops he stood very close to me, knew I was hurt because of the blood and refused to let anyone help me up. Whenever a helping hand was stretched out to me, he head butted it away and his hackles started to rise. I was grateful to a neighbour who Jack loves (she gives him her Sunday joint leftovers every week) who arrived on the scene, took his lead and calmed him.

But if you saw him fight...he just takes it too far. Won't just have a snap and chase the other dog off. That's what I'm hoping will change. He may always be protective - I just don't want the attacking dog to be seriously hurt.

Joansgirl, thanks, I'll Google Hiking Staffs now.

Dimey, thanks. A personal alarm is a great idea. Hopefully that'd stop an attacking dog long enough to get my dogs away and they're small enough to carry in a pocket.

Dimey

Jack sounds a lovely dog. How he protected you when you had that bad fall. Bless him. I want a Jack!

Lets hope that overkill is now calmed.

zaksmum

Dimey wrote: »

Jack sounds a lovely dog. How he protected you when you had that bad fall. Bless him. I want a Jack!

Lets hope that overkill is now calmed.

Thanks Dimey.

He is indeed a lovely dog. Everyone loves him...the grandkids and the kids in the street adore him. He's such a little angel normally. I've had some fantastic dogs in my time but Jack is my special one. It's just the over protectiveness and not tolerating any aggro from dogs that attack him.

I had to accept something seriously had to be done, otherwise he was going to hurt another dog badly.

I was gutted about having him neutered but I'm hoping things will calm down now, if only that he won't smell like a male any more to a dog that might have attacked him when he did.

zaksmum

I've taken Jack's cone collar off this morning for a bit just to see how he goes. He doesn't seem at all interested in licking his wound and it looks well enough healed.

The vet did say to leave it on for 10 days though and Jack's op was a week ago tomorrow,so I'll put it back on him in an hour or so, just in case.

He's absolutely hated having to wear it, and who could blame him?

any_name_will_suffice

I remember when mine was snipped, he bashed his collar onto things until it split, making lots of sharp edges :eek:

I rang the vets about picking up another one, and they said not to bother if he wasn't interested in his stitches. I think that was only a few days post op.

That said, he started trying to remove his staples from his knee op last week, so I'm not sure I would trust him now!

Poor Jack, hope he's feeling better

joansgirl

Out of all the dogs I've ever had I've been given a buster collar to use twice. And even then I only put it on when the dog was left alone. They just didn't seem to be interested in their stitches. The new one is due for spaying next month and I think I'm going to get one of those inflatable ones as they seem to be kinder on your legs and furniture! I'm not going to assume that she won't need one coz sods law dictates that she will!