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Post by samburns on Apr 5, 2011 5:47:53 GMT -5
Hope no one minds me asking.. but what do the corns look like? Are they like corns on humans? Any pics etc. One of the problems with corns Lorraine is that they can be difficult to see.....(and even vets have trouble diagnosing them if they are not greyhound savvy). If they have one they tend to limp on and off (depending on the surface they are walking on....sometimes you can guess its a corn because they are fine on grass but hobble on concrete). There are some pictures (sorry some are of the pad opened up surgically so don't look if you are sqeamish  ) on this site: www.grassmere-animal-hospital.com/corns.htmSam x |
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Post by samburns on Apr 5, 2011 6:01:10 GMT -5
Just a quick update ... Millie had her first session with Daniel Doherty on Saturday. He pulled out a tiny scrap of glass from her pad, which he said would have been the cause of the corn  He then put on the magic paste and bandaged her up. We have to go back for another 2 weeks. She's already walking a lot better, even with the big red bandage, but keeping it dry has been a bit dicey since (of course!) it's started to rain a lot now (it's been dry for months here  ). Anyway, have ordered some rubber boots to go on over the bandage (thanks for the suggestion) so will get those delivered tomorrow hopefully. Thanks to everyone who pm'd me and told me their encouraging stories - they helped me make my mind up. I don't have a car, so we did the trip by train from half way up the Welsh border to West Drayton station. We left the house at 7.30am on Sat and arrived back 13 hours later  - good job Millie doesn't mind the train and was quite settled. She got a lot sympathy once she was sporting her bandage and even got given a piece of beefburger by a concerned passenger in First Class (we were not in 1st I hasten to add). I'm so hoping this will all work and she'll be sound again soon .. thanx all. I'm so glad the trip went well, you are so brave making such an epic journey and Millie sounds like she is an absolute trooper, bless her  Funnily enough, Jazz's first corn developed after he got some flint shards in his pad  I understand that Daniel has a theory that there are two causes of corns: that they are either viral, or (as in Millie and Jazz's case) caused by an object that has become embedded in the pad....and in the latter case the dog does not tend to suffer from corns in other pads after the corn has been removed. I really really hope, especially after all she has been through, that Millie's treatment is successful  Sam x |
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Post by Milothemonster on Apr 5, 2011 6:09:02 GMT -5
Hope no one minds me asking.. but what do the corns look like? Are they like corns on humans? Any pics etc. One of the problems with corns Lorraine is that they can be difficult to see.....(and even vets have trouble diagnosing them if they are not greyhound savvy). If they have one they tend to limp on and off (depending on the surface they are walking on....sometimes you can guess its a corn because they are fine on grass but hobble on concrete). There are some pictures (sorry some are of the pad opened up surgically so don't look if you are sqeamish ) on this site: www.grassmere-animal-hospital.com/corns.htmSam x Thanks for the links Guys and for the pics Sam. I have looked at the pics and I would never have imagined that they looked like that. I thought they might have been on the inside of the toes like in humans. So thanks for posting I have learnt from that.  |
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Post by millieminx on Apr 5, 2011 6:24:56 GMT -5
To be honest, the pix of corns I saw online didn't look anything like Millie's, so I didn't think she had one at first! I thought they grew between the toes and not on the pads - but of course they are cysts not corns!
I was surprised she didn't 'worry' at it like they do if they have something lodge in the pad - like a thorn etc.
Here's wasn't white (at least on the surface) - it looked more like a circular area of roughened and slightly raised area of hard skin around a circular centre (which was only really visible if you looked hard in good light!). The root of the corn was white when it was dug out.
I, too, saw the homeopathic link on Chat - very interesting! Maybe DD will have some competition!
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Post by andywillow on Apr 5, 2011 6:37:15 GMT -5
Thats interesting, Joe had a shard of glass removed from his pad last year, then got the corn!
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Post by FeeFee on Apr 5, 2011 13:40:13 GMT -5
Hope no one minds me asking.. but what do the corns look like? If you google greyhound corns and select 'images' there are lots of pictures - but bear in mind they can be quite tiny and still painful for the dog. Generally if a dog is limping I'd be looking at the pads very carefully for any spot that is a different colour or texture to the rest of the pad. Sometimes they are proud of the pad so you can feel them as you run a finger over. |
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Post by millieminx on May 27, 2011 18:34:22 GMT -5
Just a quick update - a good one 7 weeks after our first appt with Daniel Doherty Millie is now corn free (or at least limp free, which I imagine is the same thing!). We had an interesting time of it - 3 gargantuan journeys to Uxbridge from deepest, darkest Shropshire by train (I calculated we had ridden on 24 trains in 3 weeks! - thank dog Millie likes trains!), with 3 days to go to taking off the bandage altogether, Millie managed somehow to throw it off during a walk which meant a dash to our vets for an emergency rebandage (luckily toe dressing was not harmed), then a week into the tincture & oil treatments (once bandage had come off), I managed to drop the blumin' tincture and it all just evaporated . (smellt nice for a bit though!). Of course, this happened just before the UK shut down with all those bank holidays at the end of April/beginning of May ... so we had to wait a whole week to get a new phial of tincture sent by post! We were told to start that particular part of the treatment all over again, so anyway, 3 weeks later, I can report that we appear to have no corn! Thanks to all of you who advised and helped me along - I'm really grateful for your encouragement and of course just thrilled that Millie now is corn free and long may it continue  We have started agility again and hope to go onwards and upwards ;D He's a great man is Mr D. |
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Post by lurcherlot on May 28, 2011 6:08:10 GMT -5
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Post by fleurie on Jul 8, 2011 6:11:36 GMT -5
I'm new to this site and read with interest all the postings on corns.
My lurcher, Alfie has suffered from corns since I got him three years ago. He was living in a shop doorway with a heroin addict previously and a friend bought him for £50. This certainly saved his life as he was in a very poor state. Now he loves life and is even a Pets as Therapy Dog. As I generally walk him in fields and woods his corn hasn't caused too many problems but if ever he has to walk on hard ground, then he hops along on three legs.
Four weeks ago I made the 6 hour round trip to see Daniel. He cut the corn away and found a lot of grit and sand under it. He then put the magic paste on, a human corn plaster and strapped it up. Immediately Alfie was sound as I suspect the bandage with all the padding took the pressure off. A week after the third trip I had to take the bandage off at home which was a bit of a nightmare as he hates having his feet touched. It took two people to hold him down whilst I did the business. The corn looked 100% better already. However, in his struggle to get up after I had applied the tincture and oil, he sent the phials flying and most of the stuff leaked out. A call to the surgery and a new lot arrived the next day. I am almost into the end of the first week of applying the T and O and I can't say it's easy. He's neurotic about having his foot touched and I have to muzzle him as he get's quite snappy. As I live alone I have to rely on friends coming round to help so some days I can't do the three applications. However, although he is still limping on particularly gritty surfaces, he is sound on pavements and on the wooden floors in my house. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that after another week of treatment he will be sound.
It was well worth the trips as two different local vets (one of whom had surgically removed it only for it to grow back) could only suggest amputating his toe. I was amazed how cheap the treatment was - £38.40 - which is what my local vet charged for a 5 minute consultation only to tell me it was amputation or nothing!
Do give Daniel a try. Oh and thanks to the staff at the Tyre Centre opposite who let me use their loo each week. Pretty desperate after such a long drive!
Fleurie
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Post by bluegreyhound on Jul 8, 2011 7:02:06 GMT -5
Fanta was a bit limpy after his bandage came off for the last time, as Daniel said he would be for a week or two, but he came sound after a few weeks, and has been corn free ever since.
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Post by fleurie on Jul 8, 2011 13:17:26 GMT -5
It's encouraging that Fanta is now sound. Brilliant. I'm worried that I can't always do the treatment 3 times a day. He's quite a strong dog and trying to hold him down and dip the paint brush into each individual phial and apply is an art I would say few people could achieve. I'm not sure of his breeding but has the gentle greyhound nature unless his foot is involved.
Just a tip for wet weather. I put a Tesco small freezer bag on with a fairly loose elastic band just where the tape goes around the bandage and that worked well. Again a struggle to get in on but the thought of no walkies unless he had it on made him decide, reluctantly, to sort of oblige.
Fleurie
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Post by fleurie on Jul 8, 2011 13:23:36 GMT -5
Sorry missed out the bit that I have to rely on a friend to come round to hold him down and sometimes that's difficult. I think I have done twice a day for the last 6 days and two days three times. I'm not sure if this will make a difference.
Fleurie
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Post by millieminx on Jul 11, 2011 18:56:01 GMT -5
Hi, just checking out the thread .. perhaps ring the surgery to explain about the fact you can't do the tinctures 3 times a day; I know that DD is keen for the timetable to be kept to! Isn't it just awful when you lose the tincture - I could have cried (in fact I think I did ) I was so mad with myself and I thought I'd set back all those weeks of treatment and journeys. I have some green slip on waterproof boots (disposable) that you are welcome to try if you like, though they do take a bit of practice to put on so may not be good if your hound doesn't like you fiddling with his tootsies. Is he any better if you try and put the tincture on when he's lying down or doesn't it make any difference? I was upset when Millie was still limping - and quite badly - after the last bandage came off, but DD said to wait one week after the last bandage and - he was correct - she was as right as rain after 7 days Good luck - let us know how it goes? |
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Post by fleurie on Jul 14, 2011 17:11:58 GMT -5
I'm just one day away from the end of Alfie's treatment with Daniel. Daniel has been brilliant but applying the tincture and oil, three times a day has been a nightmare. BUT the boy is now 99% sound except on very rough surfaces.
Hilary and Alfie
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Post by bluegreyhound on Jul 15, 2011 7:16:36 GMT -5
That's great news! I thought our tincture application was a bit hit and miss, especially the part where you have to file the pad down, and I wasn't convinced we were doing it properly, but it worked in the end. |
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