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San Diego Humane Society and SPCA’s 24th Annual Fur Ball

SAN DIEGO — San Diego’s most well-dressed dogs will sport their finest tuxedos and tiaras at the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA’s annual Fur Ball gala on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. Animal lovers are invited to attend the black-tie-optional event, sponsored by PETCO and the PETCO Foundation, at the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA, Gaines Campus. One of the Humane Society’s most popular events, the annual Fur Ball raises funds to support its programs and services for both animals and people in the San Diego region, and to strengthen the human-animal bond in our community. For additional information, contact the San Diego Humane Society, www.sdhumane.org

Samples Needed for Sub-Aortic Stenosis Research [Tuesday, July 20, 2010]

The AKC Canine Health Foundation is please to announce the funding of Grant 1313: Identification of a Genetic Marker for Familial Aortic Stenosis in the Rottweiler (Principal Investigator: Dr. Kathryn Meurs, Washington State University). This research has been sponsored by the Rottweiler Health Foundation and the Newfoundland Club of America Charitable Trust.

Dr. Meurs and Dr. Joshua Stern are currently looking for DNA samples from Rottweilers with a diagnosis of Subvalvular aortic stenosis (diagnosed by Doppler echocardiogram) or proven clear of Subvalvular aortic stenosis (as cleared by a cardiologist) to advance this important research to identify a gene for the disease. To perform the study, they need DNA samples from 20-30 affected dogs and 20-30 clear dogs.

To learn more about the study and how you can participate contact the investigators as follows:

Dr. Joshua Stern
Email: jstern@vetmed.wsu.edu
Phone: 614.390.1516

Dr. Kathryn Meurs
Email: meurs@vetmed.wsu.edu
Phone: 509.335.6038

Rattle Snake Avoidance Training
Aztec Schutzhund Club is holding a Rattlesnake Avoidance Training Clinic on August 14 & 15, 2010 Ramona. Rattlesnake Avoidance Training is a safe, humane and proven way to teach your dog to avoid rattlesnakes. Rattlesnakes can be found almost anywhere and their bites are quite common, dangerous and usually very expensive to treat. Avoidance training teaches dogs to recognize and stay away from the scent, sound and sight of rattlesnakes they might encounter.

For details, visit the Aztec Schutzhund website at:
http://aztecschutzhund.com/Rattlesnake_Clinic.html

American Kennel Club Now Offers Competition for Mixed Breeds
The American Kennel Club now offers competitive classes in obedience, rally and agility to mixed breed dogs. These dogs can compete with purbred dogs for performance titles.

Competition rules will be the same for mixed breed and AKC registered dogs but the individual exercises will be judged and titles awarded separately.

Owners who want to compete their dogs in AKC sanctioned performance events must pay a $35.00 fee to list their dog with AKC and obtain a competition card as well as certificate of participation.
For more information, check out the AKC Partner's Page at the AKC website.

Foxtail Season Is Upon Us!
Foxtails are a very serious problem throughout the country. Foxtails are the dried seed heads of grasses that break free and attach themselves to things like hikers socks and shoes. For dogs, they can become a serious medical problem because they catch the coat so easily and can work their way in to the skin and cause some pretty serious infections that ooze pus.

They can also enter delicate tissues such as ears, eyes, nose, all of which require veterinary help. Foxtails are actually known to migrate. They can enter the skin in one area of the body and migrate into a body cavity and cause a severe infection of the chest or abdomen, which can often not be successfully treated.

If you take your dog out to grassy areas to run, it is important that you check for foxtails if there is any chance of exposure.

In the ears they are very painful and the dog usually cries, holds the head tilted, and is obviously uncomfortable. We use a special long instrument with small jaws on the end to remove foxtails. In the eye, a foxtail can cause extreme discomfort, ulceration of the cornea, and swelling of the conjunctiva. Usually we can remove a foxtail in the eye with a topical anesthetic. In the nose, violent sneezing occurs immediately, sometimes with blood. The pet is usually very uncomfortable. We have to use sedation to remove foxtails in the nose, as the area is exquisitely sensitive. Foxtails in the paws become more serious if the foxtail gets below the skin. Sedation and surgical probing and exploration of the wound are performed to attempt to remove them. Success is much more likely the shorter the period of time the foxtail has been migrating. Foxtails on the body are the most concerning, as on rare occasions they can migrate into a body cavity and cause a severe infection of the chest or abdomen, which can often not be successfully treated.

Keep your grass mowed and if you want to let your yard dry out, do cut and rake all the dried grasses and foxtails up and get rid of them! Comb your dog and check him daily. Be sure he is not carrying foxtails. They can be very painful.

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