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As far me and my dogs, a coon is nothing but a scent trail that should lead to a tree. The tree, the end. I never shoot coons or possums. But yall can shoot all you want.

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My hunting buddy's dog had it years ago and I know he rigged up a cattle tank with a harness on a pulley built over it to lower his dog in to do physical therapy in , it also helped to keep him clean . It took a couple of months and lots of tlc but eventually he made a full recovery . He also worked in the restaurant business and would bring home blood from the meat and good scraps for him to eat .

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Seneca , MO
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*NATIONAL GRNITECH GRCH GRNITECH(5) HALL OF FAME PKC PLATIUM CH REDNECK BACKWOODS SHACK
2014 OK STATE CH, 2015 MO PKC LEADER, 2016 PKC NATIONALS SEMIFINALIST, 2016 UKC TOP 20, 2O17 UKC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 3RD PLACE, 2018 PKC SENIOR SHOWDOWN TRUCK HUNT FINAL 4, 2018 MO PKC STATE CHAMPION, 2019 AUTUMN OAKS NATIONAL GRNITE CH, 2019 PKC WORLD CH SEMIFINALIST. 2021 PKC SENIOR SHOWDOWN TRUCK HUNT FINAL 4.
*PKC WORLD CHAMPION PLATNIUM CHAMPION GRNITECH SHACK'S HEATHER ISLAND SOUTHERN STOGIE
2021 OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPION, 2022 PKC WORLD CHAMPION, 2022 MO PKC STATE LEADER PRO SPORT TRUCK WINNER, 2025 MO PKC STATE CHAMPION

RIP
*GRNITECH PKC SCH REDNECK MAFIA PKC HALL OF FAME REPRODUCER INDUCTED 2022
*GRNITECH CH PKC SILVER CH REDNECK SHACK ATTACK aka TAC 2018 OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPION, 2020 MO PKC STATE LEADER

CP

I was hunting a dog for a friend a few years back and this hound got CP. I put him in a stall in our barn in deep straw, kept water close in a shallow pan. Feeding was all done by hand. My vet kept him on antibiotics (low dose) for the duration for secondary infection. I turned the dog several times a day and kept him clean. The CP lasted just over a month. He made a complete recovery. 4 months later I turned him down a creek bottom and he struck and found a coon that was in a leghold trap, he got bit up and CP set in three days later. That was all it took and he never recovered from that bout. You can help them but you can't control what happens after you get them over it.

going thru this right now NOT GOOD 7 year old female bluetick came down with it all of sudden on sat. night Monday got in at local vet clinic not our regular vet as they refer all emergencies to cornell as Monday was a holiday local vet does full blood workup with all counts well within range except potassium and says all white blood cells are in her uterus as the form of puss like a idiot my wife and I agreed to her being spayed big mistake a thousand dollars wasted and she will be lucky to live our normal vet recommends putting her down by Monday if no improvement my wife will be devastated as she is her's and is a house dog Tuesday night we saw a coon in back yard vet say's contact most likely from eating coon feces she not a coon dog she is a pet only time will tell if she makes it

Growor1, sorry about ur dog, hope she shows some improvement soon. Vets can be wrong, one told me to put a horse down 4 yrs ago, I thought I'd wait until she got worse, she got better. Still have her and can ride her lightly.
Good luck.

Growor1 thoughts & prayers. My ladies are house pets & farm dogs.

Are you adding a Vit B supplement to the water? I have 2 auto immune conditions & during a flare up on my nervous system it is essential I give my body the tools to repair the damage.

Mix a little molasses in with the pumpkin. That's also a good treat to freeze or bake.

Good luck

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Originally posted by croatankid
As far me and my dogs, a coon is nothing but a scent trail that should lead to a tree. The tree, the end. I never shoot coons or possums. But yall can shoot all you want.

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Convoy,Ohio

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we lost belle today she took a turn for the worse during the night and passed in our arms here at home at noon she will be dearly missed

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Originally posted by groworg1
we lost belle today she took a turn for the worse during the night and passed in our arms here at home at noon she will be dearly missed

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Cheyenne & Jennifer Cummings
Seneca , MO
(417)317-4815
"TEAM MAFIA"
*NATIONAL GRNITECH GRCH GRNITECH(5) HALL OF FAME PKC PLATIUM CH REDNECK BACKWOODS SHACK
2014 OK STATE CH, 2015 MO PKC LEADER, 2016 PKC NATIONALS SEMIFINALIST, 2016 UKC TOP 20, 2O17 UKC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 3RD PLACE, 2018 PKC SENIOR SHOWDOWN TRUCK HUNT FINAL 4, 2018 MO PKC STATE CHAMPION, 2019 AUTUMN OAKS NATIONAL GRNITE CH, 2019 PKC WORLD CH SEMIFINALIST. 2021 PKC SENIOR SHOWDOWN TRUCK HUNT FINAL 4.
*PKC WORLD CHAMPION PLATNIUM CHAMPION GRNITECH SHACK'S HEATHER ISLAND SOUTHERN STOGIE
2021 OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPION, 2022 PKC WORLD CHAMPION, 2022 MO PKC STATE LEADER PRO SPORT TRUCK WINNER, 2025 MO PKC STATE CHAMPION

RIP
*GRNITECH PKC SCH REDNECK MAFIA PKC HALL OF FAME REPRODUCER INDUCTED 2022
*GRNITECH CH PKC SILVER CH REDNECK SHACK ATTACK aka TAC 2018 OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPION, 2020 MO PKC STATE LEADER

Sorry for your loss, Groworg1. Really was hoping Belle and the other dogs would recover.

UPDATE

I forgot all about this post in the middle of everything, or I would've updated this way sooner!
I am so so so proud of this dog. Three months ago he couldn't walk for longer than 10 minutes at a time and he had to rest every few yards, and he even struggled to swim which is something he'd always loved and been good at. Now with (a little more than) three months of keeping at it he's back to at least 70% of what he used to be and improving all the time. No more front jello-legs, no more shaking back end, no more stopping for breaks. He can pull a 1 hour hunt without stopping and doesn't give out after the hour is up, jumps all over the place from the porch to the tailgate to the bench. I remember having to carry him back from our walks and now they're 5 times as long and just a warm up - he's gone from laying in my lap unable to control his legs to sitting on my lap with his paws on my shoulders wanting to know when we're going to go do something. I know I caught criticism for letting him push as hard as he did but he wasn't ready to give up and I wasn't about to stop him. He knew his limits and all I had to give was an occasional reminder, and now he's able to do the things he loves. His competition hunt and show career is over regardless, but he can still do the fun stuff. We've had him in the woods quite a bit - While he could go longer than an hour we still limit him to that. And I still use him for shows to support our local clubs though I did take him to Autumn Oaks and he loved it. It was the first trip he'd gotten to take since it all went down and he was the happiest dog the whole weekend. I only showed him in Pairs and we didn't hunt him but you could tell that he felt like it was all finally back to the way it was. Minus how unamused he was with my photo shananagains

I've heard everyone's experiences with CP on here, on Facebook, at hunts/shows, even people calling me to share their dealings with it and have to say that I appreciate it more than y'all could know! The scariest part about everything was not knowing what was happening, to just sit there with a general idea but complete lack of knowledge while my dog was nothing more than a floor mat. I remember one of the first days, Janet called to check on him and as soon as she said "How is our boy?" I just started crying before I could even say anything. So for people to share their stories and give advice helped get rid of that hopeless feeling I had, and while I realistically knew how bad the outcome could be, it helped me feel like it could end happily and that I wasn't alone in experiencing what I was.
I'm so proud of him and the strength he mustered and sheer willpower he had to fight through this. I firmly believe that he saved himself, I was just there to look after him a little.
I don't have a more recent photo of him stacked but this was his recovery one month ago, and he's only coming back more and more as time passes!

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Thunderstruck American Leopard Hounds
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Coonhound Paralysis

CKThunderstruck - you have a gorgeous dog !! I am so happy for you that he is doing so well....hope he continues to improve