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Adder 1 - Salo 0

23/6/2014

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A cautionary tale now about adders!  Today Salo got bitten by one, so I thought I'd share my story as it may help you should you ever have the misfortune of your dog spotting one before you do!

Salo was lying on the lawn when m
y daughter Rell came home from work & sat in the garden in the sun.  Salo got up and pawed at her which she thought was unusual, then he came in and sat on the sofa behind me (I hadn't noticed as I was busy on my computer).  Rell had already been alerted by the pawing so came in and checked him and said "Mummy something's wrong with Salo' - I looked and he seemed vacant and panting hard - I couldn't see anything else physically wrong so continued what I was doing for a minute.  Rell went out and got a drink and came back and said 'no Mummy something's really wrong with him' - I looked and his face was beginning to swell, bee or wasp sting was my first thought and he just seemed really 'strange'.  I ran into the kitchen to grab an antihistamine which he wouldn't take.  In the end I had to chuck it down his throat, his face was really swelling now and his eyes closing.  This isn't what usually happens when a dog gets stung! I ran for Rory and rang the vet, Salo is now lying unconscious on the sofa - it all happened so quickly. 

We carried Salo to the car & rushed to the vet, by now his body was feeling hard, his face was getting bigger and bigger and he was conscious but 'out of it'.  By the time he got into the consult room you could see two fang marks on his muzzle about a cm from his nose and discharge was coming out his nose.  No doubt about it, adder bite! - the incredible thing was that he had been lying under our garden table and chairs - there are places in our garden where one might expect to find a snake basking in the sun, but seriously not on the short grass of our immediate lawn!  The vet put him on an anti venom drip and I went home to wait it out.  I managed to avoid Googling adder bites, just didn't want to scare myself stupid, but it was a very nerve wracking time.  I'm delighted to say that the vet rang over an hour later to say he was responding well & that his heart rate had fallen from 100 bpm to 70 bpm and his temp fallen from 39 to normal 37 and that he was responding to attention & sitting up in his crate.  He was discharged with a catheter in his wrist in case he needs to go to Vets Now during the night. 

His face is soooo swollen, even his neck - he is a very very lucky doggy that it was spotted so promptly (thank you Rell!!), from bite to drip was no more than 30 minutes.  Rell just might have saved his life as bites to the face can be lethal if it affects the airway, snakes usually bite the feet.  Another lucky thing, our vets keep the anti venom in stock - not every vet does, so well worth always knowing which vets in your area do (especially if you are on holiday with your dog!).  My vet has already seen six bite cases this summer and has dealt with fatalities in the past.  Indeed when I took Sisko to Vets Now last month with her split toe nail, there was a dog there being discharged with a tennis ball sized lump on her throat through an adder bite - that must have been terrifying. Another thing to think about - the anti venom serum costs in the region of £500!  This is going to be another very expensive incident - thank doG for insurance but if you don't have insurance, definitely worth having some savings behind you for just such an emergency!

Salo is still very groggy and has slept since getting him home.  He did eat his dinner and played with the puppies for five minutes and then crashed again.  I will be monitoring him throughout the night and will be giving him another ultra strong  painkiller after midnight.  Back to the vets in the morning to be checked over - they have already told me that it could take several days for the swelling to go down.

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SHOWS SHOWS SHOWS!

14/6/2014

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It's entering what I call the 'silly season' for showing.  I only enter a certain amount of shows throughout the year & most of these take place during the summer.  Last week I attended three, although frankly I should have stayed at home & given Bath Championship Show a swerve - Salo was not the judge's cup of tea & was given third place out of three (Hero to Zero, ha ha!) & Sisko was lame during our practice run so I withdrew her.  When I got home I took her to the emergency vet because clearly she was in pain & the vet discovered that she'd split her toenail back to the nail bed - ouch!  Mind you, had I stayed at home I would not have seen Ninka win her first ever class nor Roope win Best Puppy!  I wouldn't have seen all the glorious mud either - now that really would have been a shame.
On the following Wednesday it was a local Open Show - Guildford & District, a great show for me being only 20 mins from my home.  This time Fiia came 2nd out of three & Salo won Best of Breed under Judge Sam Moore (Morval).  Salo went on to win Group 2!  I entered little Zinnie into German Spitz Open & she came 3rd out of 3, awwww bless!
The following weekend was Southern Counties Champ Show & what an amazing show that was, so much so that it deserves its own blog post!  Now it's safe to say I am running somewhat behind with my blog posts & web updates - I've had little or not internet for the past fortnight, so although I started this entry ages ago, I hadn't been able to finish it.  But as a postscript I must just add this amusing story.  At the Guildford Show, the judge of German Spitz gave me a wry smile & said to me "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone".  I had no idea what he was talking about - perhaps he was referring to the fact that her teeth are a little crooked?  Yesterday she 'smiled' at me and there in all its glory I could see that her front tooth is missing!  MISSING!!!  It's sort of funny & tragic at the same time - she's only six and a half!  How long before I'm liquidising her Natural Instinct for her? ......

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