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« on: December 30, 2011, 06:33:44 am » |
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My Striker dog stove up on me the other day. It was about 40 degrees and we walked for about 40 minutes in water. I think he swallowed a little. I noticed he started having trouble breathing and moving. I propped him up on a log and let him cough it all up. After this he couldn't move. He was stiff as a boared. I had to carry him to dry land and light a fire. After warming up for about an hour, he started trying to stand. He couldn't walk, but he was definately improving.
I had to carry him to the boat. I wrapped him in my insulated coveralls and let him be for a few hours while we drug hogs and rode back to the dock. At the dock he jumped out the boat and loaded in the truck like he wasn't within inches of death a few hours ago.
This all happened Monday afternoon. Tuesday he was doing great. I let him out of the kennel for a while and he was acting normal.
Any body ever heard of anything like this before?
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tmatt
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« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2011, 06:42:13 am » |
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Hypothermia, it will kill one and it don't take very long.
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« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2011, 03:07:40 pm » |
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You did everything right. I have not seen a dog go stiff but pretty close. I took my shirt off, put the coat back on and put the dog in my coat with another coat on backwards. It did not take long.
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