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Bob Russell — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:23:18 GMT

We had a 90kg+ Labrador turn up for an appointment. Not a happy outcome despite very careful dieting!

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derrick carpenter — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:16:38 GMT

I had to remove a large lipoma from a 118kg dog. I did the anaesthetic on the floor, not ideal but we weren't going to lift him and he wouldn't have fit on the table anyway...

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Rob Loxley — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:24:03 GMT

[quote user="Clive Ansell"]H&S regs limit lifting to 35Kg, need 4 people really[/quote]

From the HSE website:

"The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (as amended) set no specific requirements such as weight limits.
The ergonomic approach shows clearly that such requirements are based on too simple a view of the problem and may lead to incorrect conclusions. Instead, an ergonomic assessment based on a range of relevant factors is used to determine the risk of injury and point the way to remedial action."

Their pdf guide to manual handling suggests 25kg as the maximum lift for men, depending on the height and how far away from the body, with reductions for turning, repetition etc. etc. They also publish charts to assess manual handling tasks.

Also the website says:

"As an approximate guide, the capability of a two-person team is two-thirds the sum of their individual capabilities and for a three-person team the capability is half the sum of their individual capabilities. Teams of more than four members are unlikely to work successfully. If steps or slopes must be negotiated, most of the weight may be borne by the handler or handlers at the lower end, further reducing the capability of the team as a whole."

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Clive Ansell — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:46:00 GMT

[quote user="Lorna McHardy"]

[quote user="Clive Ansell"]

Good grief, who on earth wants a pet of that size? it would be akin to having a bullock in the house.

please don't tell me they are charity clinic clients?

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Not this time

It had, unsurprisingly, orthopaedic issues and had gone off its back legs. Management simply not possible, even by very large, muscly owner, so I've now run out of euthatal...

And then the crem sends one guy to pick it up. That was also quite interesting.

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H&S regs limit lifting to 35Kg, need 4 people really

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Lorna McHardy — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:12:52 GMT

[quote user="Clive Ansell"]

Good grief, who on earth wants a pet of that size? it would be akin to having a bullock in the house.

please don't tell me they are charity clinic clients?

[/quote]

Not this time

It had, unsurprisingly, orthopaedic issues and had gone off its back legs. Management simply not possible, even by very large, muscly owner, so I've now run out of euthatal...

And then the crem sends one guy to pick it up. That was also quite interesting.

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Louise6732 — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:04:01 GMT

It does make me giggle when dogs are heavier than me, I weight 58kg and a 72.5kg Great Dane is my heaviest so far! I always think 'if this dog takes off, I'm going with it!

Louise

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Michael Woodhouse — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:02:46 GMT

We have a client who's rather petite and has a Newfoundland and a great dane, each will weigh more than she does.

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Utlendigur — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:46:37 GMT

We had a client with a bull mastiff at 105kg and I thought that was big. That was a single pup delivered by caesar - bitch was so big I struggled to even tell there was a pup on palpation. The pup was huge at birth and grew at a ridiculous rate with no sibling competition. Unfortunately pts at 5yrs old with bilateral cruciate disease - two of us had to stagger out of the practice, down the alley and into the garage with it on a stretcher (receptionist posted as lookout) because we couldn't manouvre it though the indoor doorways. Has anyone noticed these dogs are always pts at weekends when there aren't many staff - and the grieving owners rush out of the door! We had another huge wolfhound - carried in by three burly builder owners, who ran out in tears - leaving me and a heavily pregnant nurse to get it into the freezer

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Clive Ansell — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:06:42 GMT

Good grief, who on earth wants a pet of that size? it would be akin to having a bullock in the house.

please don't tell me they are charity clinic clients?