A cautionary tale!

[Gatehouse Farm]

where do they get the blood?

If you mean for transfusions I think the vets quite often use they own dogs or staffs dogs

 

[glasshouse]

If you mean for transfusions I think the vets quite often use they own dogs or staffs dogs

I had a vision of dogs qeueing up to give blood.

 

[Dan7626]

where do they get the blood?

https://www.petbloodbankuk.org

 

[Tom_o_m]

Glad he seems to have come through it, it is bad enough when it is their time let alone under these circumstances.

 

[David.]

I believe any dog can give blood to another.

 

[Hilly]

I believe any dog can give blood to another.

Thats what my vet told me as well.

 

[unlacedgecko]

I believe any dog can give blood to another.

Thats what my vet told me as well.

Yep, dogs don't have blood types. It's all the same to them!

 

[Alicecow]

Yep, dogs don't have blood types. It's all the same to them!

Think it's the same with cows.

 

[David.]

It suggests that all dogs are genetically more similar to each other than humans are to each other, and that is between humans who are visibly the same.
@bovine a bit of explanation would be interesting please.

Glad to hear that OP dog seems to be on the mend, if not out of the woods entirely.

 

[unlacedgecko]

It suggests that all dogs are genetically more similar to each other than humans are to each other, and that is between humans who are visibly the same.
@bovine a bit of explanation would be interesting please.

Glad to hear that OP dog seems to be on the mend, if not out of the woods entirely.

Most dog breeds are only 100 or so years old at most.

Dogs have the widest diversity of physical form than any other species on Earth.

https://terriermandotcom.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/first-wolves-and-and-genetic-drift.html?m=1

https://terriermandotcom.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/two-great-danes-and-baby-chihuahua-next.html?m=1

 

[Pasty]

Best wishes to your dog. Dad almost blinded his pup many years ago with poison. Best thing is...........don't leave poison lying around. Doesn't matter what you put it in etc. if you use it, it will get in the wrong stomach.

Get a decent airgun and a night sight. BSA Ultra SE or AA S200 and go have some sport. Way more effective if you are persistent and you can kill the target instead of your own dog.

 

[le bon paysan]

I believe any dog can give blood to another.

Yes, that's right, Cats as well

 

[bovine]

Yep, dogs don't have blood types. It's all the same to them!

They do have blood types DEA1.1 an DEA1.2. The difference is people can have pre formed antibodies, but dogs don't. If giving repeat transfusions the dog should be typed. Most dog blood is typed and matched before transfusion.

 

[Dan7626]

Donated blood is stored differently isn't it? 1 sort has a short shelf life for if a dog needs a lot of blood and the other has a longer shelf life and is the sort they use to flush poison etc out of their body.

 

[GenuineRisk]

Super proud of one of my homebreds dogs, who donated blood on Wednesday...

 

[Gatehouse Farm]

And here he is a week later!

Don't wish to repeat that again.

 

[David.]

Good outcome.

 

[Gatehouse Farm]

Good outcome.

Yep I would say he's pretty much 100% his old self

 

[ricky_rascal]

Great to see him well. Having a couple of young dogs at the moment I'm loathe to put any poison down. Got some cracking farm cats off another farm and they doing a good job for now. Need eyes in my arse with young sheep dog as he'll eat anything with course calf his favourite. Drive me nuts keeping it out of rolled barley mix and sure he'll learn and grow out of it - I hope!

Cautionary tale on the use of rat poison.

 

[Widgetone]

Pleased to read of Mutley's recovery-
As an aside, I have to use rat bait every autumn in rural Suffolk ( a rat capital apparently ) but was surprised to find that since I am not DEFRA registered, I can no longer buy the larger tubs of loose bait which I've used for many years without issue.
I'm told the law has changed this year, and am now confined to buying small amounts of sachet bait which can get dragged out of its hidey holes which is potentially dangerous to non target species. We have dogs, so I do not use this in the garden, but over the fence. Its also more expensive, and from reading the label, less effective. Is this progress, as domestic control of rats will inevitably decline, as I don't think householders will use professional pest control.
Or am I wrong?