Today we join Heart Like A Dog  and co-host Misty Shores Chesapeakes  for Follow-Up Friday.

Hosted By Heart Like A Dog

You know sometimes you post about something and you need an update but it doesn’t warrant a whole blog. Or sometimes someone made a comment that really resonated with you. Yup, Follow-Up Friday baby!

Thunder

Thunder had his recheck with the vet yesterday and he came home with his cast.  The vet wanted to leave it on one more week if possible.  His reasoning is that Thunder is a big active dog and he would like to get the maximum benefit from the cast.  We have instructions that if it starts to have a bad odor or if he is trying to bother with it a lot we should bring him in and have it removed sooner.

Another Picture Of The 3 Dawgs

Once the cast comes off, Thunder will need two weeks rest so that his leg stretches out gradually.  This means taking him out on lead and not letting him jump around.  Good luck with the no jumping part.

Freighter

Misty Shores Chesapeakes wanted to know if it was cartilage rather than a nail growing out from where Freighter’s dewclaw was removed.  Yes, basically that is what it is.

Here is what it looks like:

Dew Claw Is Circled In Orange

As you can see, it is quite small.  We trimmed the “nail”.  If Freighter was not going to be out working in brush all of the time, we might not have bothered with it.  The vet felt a little bit of bone when he examined the area so that is why we are having the orthopedic vet deal with it.  Probably the original vet did not get it totally off the first time.  It happens.  Freighter will have a couple of stitches and should be good to go in a couple of weeks.  His breeder has offered to take care of this for us and we are very grateful to her.

Many commented on Freighter’s taste for pine needles and whether they get stuck in his throat.  He tries to chew them, but occasionally they do get a bit stuck.  Of course if I see him munching, I reach in and grab them out.  We discourage the eating of pine needles, and grass, especially long blades of grass which also get stuck.  Storm is queen of long-blades-of-grass eating.

Who Me?

Bassetmomma commented on the Storm and Freighter’s recall.

Recall

When they are heading off on the opposite direction, you hope they have a decent recall.

Heading Off

We work on recall all of the time.  They also wear e-collars just in case they decide that what ever they are chasing is more important than coming back when called.  We have two e-collars that work off of one controller.  If we had three dogs out, Thunder would probably be the one to go without an e-collar because he usually doesn’t need a reminder to come when called.

The dogs’ good recall came in very handy during our walk because just after I took those pictures, we noticed that the neighbor had his German Shepard out.  That dog does not have a good recall and does not listen.  Sure enough, the unfriendly GSD charged onto the road, but luckily we had already called the dogs.  We quickly leashed them and turned around.  No e-collar correction needed.

Storm Is Ready To Run

Bassetmomma wanted to know how I got them all looking in my direction.  Doggy’s Style wanted to know if I was showing them food.

The secret is that I had my husband help and he was standing behind me with cookies.  Brown dawgs love cookies, but sometimes they cannot control the drool and it becomes part of the photo.

Can You Spot The Drool?

Tournament Time

This weekend is our Chessie Club’s annual duck hunting tournament.  It is a great way to get members and their dogs out doing what the dogs were bred to do.  The rules are simple:

You can hunt anywhere in Bay, Saginaw, Tuscola, or Huron Counties.

You can use any legal method of taking waterfowl.

Party size can be of any number but there must be at least one club member
in the hunting party.

This is a Tournament, so he with the mostest wins!!  Actually, you must
follow the limit rules set by the DNR in the 2012 Waterfowl Hunting
Digest.

That’s it for the rules of the tournament.  If you are going to hunt, to
be legal you are going to need all of your licenses, which are the Federal
Waterfowl Stamp, Michigan Small Game License, and Michigan Waterfowl
License.

Good luck to all hunting and be safe!

I am holding down the fort with Thunder and Storm as Freighter was tapped for this weekend’s hunt.  I realize that I forgot to nag remind my husband to get pictures, so I hope he does.  🙂

Have a good weekend!

34 thoughts on “Follow-up Friday 10-26-12”

  1. What great pictures of the guys. Good luck with the tournament and good luck to Freighter, what kind of duck recipes do you have in mind?

    1. The ducks have all been saved and one of the other guy’s wife makes something toward the end of the season. They usually rave about whatever she makes. I am not a fan of wild duck so if I never get any, that is OK by me. 🙂

  2. I have the same problem when trying to get the boys to look at me when taking a picture, treats=drool! Good luck this weekend! Hope you have a great time!

  3. That was a great Follow-Up Friday recap!! Thank you for joining the blog hop. When you told me you’d co-host you said, but not too soon, I don’t usually have much to recap. 🙂 Let me know when you’re ready to co-host. I usually send the e-mails out on Tuesdays. 🙂

    Thunder and the cast are concerning to me, a while back you said the vet didn’t want to leave it on too long because he didn’t want the muscles to weaken (I think I’m remembering this correctly, damn the menopause if I’m not!) but that time was up two weeks ago. Is there a concern for Thunder’s lack of muscle use in that leg?

    Now that you mentioned it, yes I could see the drool, that is just about Big Daddy worthy! Delilah drools all the time, I might just as well have a St. Bernard. 🙂

    Good luck to the Hunters, perhaps you can shoot Hubby a text and ask for pictures. 🙂

    1. I will let you know about co-hosting. 🙂 This time of year we take several long weekends so I think it should be one Friday when I am around. 🙂

      You are remembering correctly about the length of time for the cast. I was wrong. Surprise. haha I was not there the time it was initially discussed, but apparently he said 5 (not 4) weeks was the longest and that would be Monday by my calendar, but probably a few days longer the way he counts (which is actual days). He examines Thunder every week and feels that he is doing OK with the cast and not losing too much muscle. He did not feel that a day or two past would hurt provided the cast holds up.

      1. Thanks for answering that. As you know I’m a worrier. Even though Thunder is not my dog, I still worry. 🙂 He is my blogville family dog.

  4. I am giggling here because sometimes Finn’s best pictures are when my husband is standing behind me too. Because she is always looking at him! Have a great weekend!

  5. Yea I drool too if MOM takes to long to give me the cookie. I think it enhances the photo. Good luck with the tournament.
    Blessings,
    Goose

    1. Thanks Goose. I just hope there are some retrieves for the dogs. In Storm’s defense, she has been getting a few less treats in an effort to slim her down so I am sure she was super excited. teehee

  8. I think that’s the hardest thing to do with active dogs – keeping them still. It was hard with Daisy after her respiratory infection, I can’t imagine how much harder it will be with a hunting dog! Have a good weekend and good hunting Freighter! 🙂

    1. I am worried he will re-injure it because he just will not slow down. It is part of Chessie personality. Hopefully I can get him to slow a bit.

  9. Oh no Storm….sorry to hear you got another week sentence, plus two weeks of parole. Blech!

    I can’t stand when mean dogs without a recall are running loose. There are several in my neighborhood and I’ve gotten nipped once and out and out attacked a second time. Peoples should be more like you, and actually make sure their dog is trained before allowing it to run free.

    Have a nice weekend!

    1. It is bad up around our cabin. Those people just don’t seem to understand the value of a leash. Luckily, usually there aren’t a lot of neighbors around when we are there.

  10. Great post!! Thanks for the shout out and the photo of Freighter’s “nail” I was curious about this as I had heard of it happening but never seen it. Robin Z and I have always removed the dew claws ourselves so when I had my litter done by the vet I later felt something on Titan and Maia that I thought was them coming back but it was just the piece of bone left (I’m sure that’s not the right term) and was okay.

    Great photos!!

    Unfortunately I will miss the luncheon after the hunt so I won’t get to see the braggarts, uh I mean the winners boasting about their hunt!! I do hope everyone has a great time.

    By the way I have been to your site almost everyday and just notice your Halloween pic on the sidebar, geesh I’m alert but it’s very cute!!

    1. I just put that Halloween picture up…haha…trick. It is weird about the dew claw. That is why I wanted the vet to look at it. The ortho felt a little bone and felt he may need to take it out, but I think it will depend on what is there once he has a good chance to see it.

  11. thanks for the recap of the week. With our outdoor project in full swing I have missed a few days and lots of posts. Love the foggy day photos!! Happy hunting and healing hugs for Thunder.

  12. That is a great post of all the events, too many for me to remember. I’m sorry Thunder had to have cast one more week. Then when he thinks he can GO he has to rest good luck with convincing him!! We haven’t had any problem with dew claws in the woods thick foilage but I can understand why that would be a problem. And finally great recall Congrats to dogs and trainers they do that really great 🙂

    1. It is good you don’t have issues with dew claws. I think it is one of those things, kind of up to chance. With our luck, we would have an issue…lol. Our dogs are always having paw/pad/leg injuries. Too wild, I think. 🙂

  13. Hi Y’all!

    My Human makes chirpin’ sounds to focus my attention for a photo. 🙁 Do the browndawgs get to eat any of those cookies?

    Y’all come back now,
    Hawk aka BrownDog

  14. What a great follow up! Good job you had already recalled the dogs when that Shepard came charging out to the road. Oh yes, I spotted the drool! i love that pic of Storm looking up at you with the “who me” look! 🙂

  15. Wow, you guys sure have a great recall – great job to your parents!! 🙂

    Bad luck about the cast buddy!! You’re being very patient!! 🙂

    I hope you’re having a fun day,

    Your pal Snoopy 🙂

  17. Hi Y’all!

    Hope everybody has a great and safe hunting season.

    Y’all come by now,
    Hawk aka BrownDog

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