onpoint
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Thought bird dog people might take note of this:
My 15 month old Grif girl recently went through E-Collar snake avoidance training. Soon after the "ordeal", both her eye whites filled with blood and became very swollen. Took her to the vet and he figured the "shock" burst blood vessels in her eyes. The pressure in her eyes tested OK and she was given a course of steroidal drops to reduce the edema and lubricate until she heals up, which the vet was fairly confident would happen.
I know of many who have put their pups through this "training" to adversely condition their friends to snakes and have never heard of this before. Unfortunately for my girl, I've heard of it now.....
While I still cautiously think "snake breaking", is a worthwhile deal, I'm not %100 sure I'll put another dog through it, given this circumstance.
Not much fun seeing your pups eyes full of pooled blood - little scary when you invest some much time, effort, love into these little turds and depend on them as your hunting partner.
More just a word of precaution and a consideration for those who choose to do this - not a complaint about the procedure or those who provide it. If her eyes are fine and the training leads to her avoiding snakes - I think it will still be worth it.
She's got three weeks to heal up until Sept. 1st
My 15 month old Grif girl recently went through E-Collar snake avoidance training. Soon after the "ordeal", both her eye whites filled with blood and became very swollen. Took her to the vet and he figured the "shock" burst blood vessels in her eyes. The pressure in her eyes tested OK and she was given a course of steroidal drops to reduce the edema and lubricate until she heals up, which the vet was fairly confident would happen.
I know of many who have put their pups through this "training" to adversely condition their friends to snakes and have never heard of this before. Unfortunately for my girl, I've heard of it now.....
While I still cautiously think "snake breaking", is a worthwhile deal, I'm not %100 sure I'll put another dog through it, given this circumstance.
Not much fun seeing your pups eyes full of pooled blood - little scary when you invest some much time, effort, love into these little turds and depend on them as your hunting partner.
More just a word of precaution and a consideration for those who choose to do this - not a complaint about the procedure or those who provide it. If her eyes are fine and the training leads to her avoiding snakes - I think it will still be worth it.
She's got three weeks to heal up until Sept. 1st