New puppy
Any advise on training a dog in the middle of an upstate new york winter? |
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| Hi Kerry,
I wish you and your new puppy lots of wonderful times together. I'm in Atlanta so Ican't help with your winters but I was curious to find out what VonWildebrandts is? Roland |
| it is a bleeding disorder. there were many questions around what the problem was which condition etc, so I cannot provide many details. |
Welcome back Kerry... sorry to hear about the first pup, I hope things go well with the furkid to be 
Winter I know, New York I don't.... I would just suggest you get the pup used to whatever substance it will pee on most often right away, whether it is grass, graqvel, or concrete, shovel a bit of snow even just so the pup doesn't get the idea it must only pee on snow. That happened with Dancer...lol.... |
| Hi again,
So sorry about her but very glad you are getting some company!!! Thanks for responding and letting me know what it was about at least. Best wishes, Roland |
| Hi Kerry,
Congratulations on your new puppy, and I'm sorry about the last baby. I understand Von Willebrand's disease and was curious if it was inherited or poison? |
Oh how funny I hadn't thought about the snow and thinking it was the only place to pee etc  I remember when my sister couldn't keep her poodle and we adopted her - she thought she could only pee on carpeting  it took quite a while to get that thought out of her head! |
| canine von Willebrabd disease is the most common inherited disorder of hemostasis. In normal dogs, von Willebrand factor promotes platelet clumping, whereas decreased amounts or lack of the factor results in a bleeding disorder. vWD has been identified in 54 breeds in the US with Doberman Pinchers, german shepherds and labs being overrepresented. It is what we in the vet world call the black and tan disease cause the dogs with those colors are most likely to get it. In most dogs the inheritance is autosomal dominant with incomplete penetrance. Dogs carrying the gene will demonstrate variable signs and severity with respect to bleeding tendencies. Dogs with this disorder should not be used for breeding. Clinical signs include easy bruising in predisposed breeds, prolonged bleeding during heat cycle, prolonged bleeding after blood draw. treatment: bleeding episodes can be managed with plasma or cryoprecipitate infusion, desmopressin acetate can be used to control bleeding during surgeries.
Hope that this gives some info in the disorder. Thats all the info I know off the top of my head but I can always look up more if anyone wants any more info on it. |
| Hi I'm from upstate New york too. This will be London's first winter and so far he's loving the cold. It hasnt been too cold yet but he has been going outside often and he'll go back inside when he feels like it.
I've heard that sheepdogs like snow, so im looking forward to winter. Im going to Lake Placid for Thanksgiving break so im hoping there will be snow by then. |
| They do like snow! We go up to the high counrty in Victoria in winter as we have a property up there and my dogs love romping in the snow. I have waterproof booties I put on them when they go outside and as far as snow on their coats, well they are weather proof, one huge shake before they come in and snow flakes go flying. Booties off and all dry to come inside. A friend of mine brought the booties in england for me & they are also wonderful for when it has been raining too, keeps those big fluff feet dry! |
| Max never did really like the snow and he definitly would have appreciated the boots if he could have understood they were for wearing not shaking off! His feet were very sensitive to the cold. |
| Thanks for the info OES4ever. Hope you are doing great!!! |
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