Derek Lyon's Groups Activities

What do you think about Zanax for bonfire night?

Derek Lyon — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 13:00:21 GMT

What do members think about Xanax for bonfire night please?

Regards

Derek

Any suggestions to stop two aggressive female dogs attacking each other?

Derek Lyon — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 11:27:32 GMT

Hello,

My daughter recently had one of her 3 dogs - a male - pts due to a neurological condition in a leg. Since then her other 2 female dogs have been attacking each other. She is distraught. Any advice I can give her please?REGARDS

Derek

Is anyone worth voting for?

Arlo Guthrie — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:20:45 GMT

For the first time in my life, I've been thinking of abstaining, because whilst I'm right of centre, the Conservatives haven't been effective for some time.

Easy to sit there and blame them for the state of the economy, but I don't doubt that if a Labour government (especially a hard left one) had been in power through Brexit, the pandemic and Ukraine war, we would be in a far, far worse place. Still, the Conservatives haven't apparently taken advantage of situations where they can be taken advantage of (ie Brexit) and on the contrary keep shooting themselves in both feet and one hand.

So on the one (remaining) hand, should I vote for the Conservatives because despite their inadequacy, I am right of centre, and conservative ideals of low tax, capitalism etc most closely align with what I believe in.

Or should I vote Labour because it is time for a change, and every party needs throwing out of power to go and get its act together (or do they?)

Or should I vote Liberal, as an alternative to abstention and because Ed Davey seems like a nice man (I have a lot of time for parents of disabled children, obviously)

Or should I vote green as an alternative to abstention.

Can anyone recommend a non slip harness for a smooth-haired fox terrier?

Derek Lyon — Sun, 19 May 2024 11:23:20 GMT

Hello everyone.

I am looking for a non slip dog harness

Anyone got any ideas please

Regards derek

What might cause hyperventilating in an 11 year old Fox Terrier?

Derek Lyon — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 10:29:45 GMT

Does anyone have any ideas what might cause this in my Fox Terrier please? only lasts for a few seconds on a walk

Can I wish you all a very happy Christmas?

Arlo Guthrie — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:18:49 GMT

Well, I had to make it a question!

I've just been hit by the lurgy - which doesn't appear to be covid, but I still feel like death warmed up. On top of which a fox got in the other day and there's nothing left of our beloved chickens, Pip and Nugget, bar a few feathers. Oh and I knocked my computer monitor over the other day, which was an expensive mistake!

Hopefully it can only get better from here and I'll be well by our Christmas drinks on Friday.

And as we reach the end of the year, it does seem to me like the 'What would you do' discussion format has legs, and I am looking forward to making more of that next year.

Meantime, a very happy Christmas to one and all.

Should vegetarianism/veganism be the natural default position for veterinary surgeons?

Arlo Guthrie — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 10:37:40 GMT

[quote user="bob lehner"] I read this article the other day -https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/dec/28/benjamin-zephaniah-tell-people-i-dont-eat-animals-thing-ill-do-differently

He eruditely expresses my own personal position on this subject.

So, I'd suggest an interesting topic for debate - 'Should vegetarianism/veganism be the natural default position for veterinary surgeons'.

Should generate plenty of differing opinions - I can already hear the galloping hooves coming from Yorkshire...!

[/quote]

Tangent of: RE: What things in the veterinary profession do you think should be investigated?

The A-Z of Inequality

Arlo Guthrie — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 14:31:25 GMT

Tangent of: RE: Elizabeth Truss

As veterinary surgeons, you provide a service for everyone in society, from the richest to the poorest.

More than most, you see the effects of government policies which have created inequality in society, and the consequences of that inequality.

So I am delighted to welcome a friend of mine, Sebastian Chambers, to the VetSurgeon.org forums to discuss his new book: 'The A-Z of inequality - How Governments help the rich and how to reverse it’.

At 26 pages long, you can digest Sebastian’s book in only 45 minutes, and whilst you’ll already be aware of some of the government policies which have fostered inequality, this tightly written and fully referenced book brings it all together for perhaps the first time.

Sebastian is here to answer your questions about how government policies create inequality in society, and although you certainly don't have to have bought or read his book to take part in this discussion, I think you’ll find it £5 well spent.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Z-Inequality-Sebastian-Chambers-ebook/dp/B09ZVN1HDW

I can't afford a vet. How would you respond

Neil Wheadon — Sat, 21 May 2022 20:54:33 GMT

We had the first of what I would expect will not be the last as the year goes on.

'My dog is sick, but I can't afford a consult, can the vet give us a call?'

How do we respond?

Neil

dog ticks

Derek Lyon — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 14:08:44 GMT

Hello. Are there any proprietary house hold products one can use to kill and remove ticks on dogs. When nuvan top was available it was easy. I have O tom Tick Twister but our dog will not let me go near him. He has one tick in his right axilla region

Any help would be appreciated

Derek

#stormeunice

Arlo Guthrie — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 21:26:01 GMT

How concerned is everyone about storm Eunice?

We’re in Madrid, due to fly home tomorrow evening.

Reading the news reports, I’m wondering whether I’ll still have a roof when I get home.

And I’m also wondering what the MWSCBIA is (Max Wind Speed Chickens Become Involuntarily Airborne). We’d be very sad to lose Pip or Nugget.

Lepto vaccination boosters

Derek Lyon — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 16:43:15 GMT

Hello

Does one have to have L4 these days or is L2 still available and still used?

Regards

Derek

Climate change?? End-Game??

Julian Earl — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 12:48:13 GMT

[quote user="Richard Carter"]Depends what you mean by surviving? Our western lifestyle of food always available, commodities from fuel for heating , medical supplies to more usual luxuries produced elsewhere and imported cheaply definitely, will there be some communities better at survival- well the ones not depending too much on crop survival probably have best chance because once bees etc gone, water scarce (or too much) we not going to get mega tons of grain or be able to transport it[/quote]

Tangent of: RE: Cop 26 and climate change

More to the point really is what I mean by extinction! Would the human race be able to survive in any fashion? Not necessarily just our modern high-tech western lifestyle but as sentient progressive species on the planet? If we had no technology for whatever reason, then we could not survive indefinitely, surely? eventually the race would peter out on a barren planet! No sc-fi- future of colonising elsewhere just to keep the race going. Until eventually the very last man and woman in existence on Earth would say their goodbyes and we would join the dinosaurs?

I think that would almost certainly be the ultimate outcome of an asteroid strike but following "just climate change"?" I am less sure. Hence my question... could we find our way back to developing technology and building our civilisation to something like it is now/ i.e., generally thriving?

.Is that any clearer Richard?

Thanks

Welcome anyone over from Facebook!

Arlo Guthrie — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 21:48:08 GMT

I see on the news that Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have all been down since 4:00pm today. 24 hours after a whistleblower revealed documents which showed Facebook knowingly used algorithms to spread false information, and knows of the harm its products do, particularly to young girls.

Meanwhile, over here on VetSurgeon, no dodgy algorithms and no six hour outages (so far, at least!). Just a transparent, reliable service.

SOME LA ADVICE...

Julian Earl — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 19:34:11 GMT

As a mixedpractitioner for 40 years I feel I can offer so me useful/valid avice especially to newer graduates? things that I was ot specifically taiught but learnt the harder/longer way!

1. Apecifically for caesareans in cattle and sheep.

2. Forget local infiltration of the flank for anaesthesia! It talkes too long, causes too much bruising and if not caful, sooner or later you will receive a hefty kick from a cow when you are inserting the eg 18gauge needle eg 18gauge, 5cm?> in through the flank to administer th local. Therefore, make a special effort to learn to do a paravertebral effivcietly. It takesa bit longer to do and stil beware kicks butwhen done correvtly it is highly effective and causes no bruising in the flank of course to interfere cwith your surgical wound. nor the healing thereof! combined with an rpidural in cows it is the only way o be recommended!E ews generally do not need an epidural as well though, only ratrely....But; IIn both specis you should hve ample time and more for the procedure this way!

However probably before opting forthe caesarean my main biy of sdvice that I learnt the hard and slower way is relatively simple! When calving a cow and lambing a ewe it ids not possible to useexcessive lubigel! When doing a calving and even alambing aswell despite the size-difference, the amount of Lubigel used should be measured in the number of bottles and not by the number of squirts or fractions of a bottle. If necessary, use 4,5, 6 in a cow to make everything very slippery! You know it makes sense!!