| ATTENTION!!! DO NOT LET YOUR VET USE ACEPROMAZINE OR "ACE" WHEN HAVING ANY SURGERY DONE!! EVEN IF THEY TRY TO ARGUE IT'S SAFE!! PLEASE SEE BELOW | | | | | | | |
| | | **ACEPROMAZINE** The most commonly used anesthetic that should never ever, ever, ever be used on a boxer. It tends to cause First Degree Heart Block. A potentially serious arrhythmia of the heart. It also causes a profound hypotension (severe lowering of the blood pressure) in many boxers that receive the drug. |
BOXERS ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO BUG BITES AND OTHER ALLERGENS. BENDADRYL IS A WONDERFUL MEDICATION TO HAVE ON HAND IN EMERGENCIES! BE PREPARED. BENADRYL(Diphenhydramine):
Benadryl is an antihistamine that helps relieve swellings and itching from allergic reactions and is used long-term to treat allergies. The dose is one milligram for every pound given twice daily. Benadryl Dosage ~ 1mg per pound (pediatric liquid benedryl) Up to 2 x daily. example 12 pound puppy would get 5 ml of pediatric liquid benedryl. adult capsules are 25mg each. 1 capsule would be for 25 pound dog. PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK WITH YOUR VET ON DOSAGES BEFORE GIVING TO YOUR DOG
NO BORDETELLA INTRANASAL VACCINE!!!!!!
This is a warning to everyone who owns Boxers or any short nosed breed.
These dogs should never be given the Bordetella Intranasal Vaccine. It is a live, not a killed virus. It is administered up the nose as a spray. In these short nosed breeds it tends to bring about kennel cough any where from 2 days, to up to 3 weeks after it is administered. It causes kennel cough in over 95% of these dogs.
This vaccine is supposed to prevent Kennel Cough, but does quite the opposite in the short nosed breeds. It is not necessary for your dog to have this vaccine. If it is not going to be kenneled in a vets office, Boarding Kennel, or kept in close confinement, it does not need it. If however, your dog will be kenneled at some point, there is a vaccine that some vets don't tell you about. It is a Bordetella shot. This is a very safe and effective vaccine and doesn't bring about Kennel Cough in these breeds. The shot is a killed virus that is administered underneath the skin.
Most vets know that the Bordetella Intranasal Vaccine can't be given to these breeds. Those that give it either don't know of the dangers, or do know, and don't care. The dogs that get kennel cough from this vaccine, if they are lucky, get treated with the proper antibiotic for it and do recover just fine. Those that don't get treated with the proper antibiotic end up getting pneumonia and most don't survive.
They are also subject to other parasites or illnesses because their immune systems have been compromised. |
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| | | | | HANDOUT SHEET ON BOXER HEART MURMURS
FOR NEW PUPPY OWNERS - Heart murmurs have been found to be very common among Boxers and possibly 50% of all Boxers have murmurs if examined by a certified cardiologist.
- It should be emphasized that these do not affect health in the great majority (95%) of dogs.
- The few dogs with very loud murmurs, however, may be subject to fainting, and there may even be sudden death.
- Aortic stenosis is the heart condition most commonly associated with these heart murmurs, but cases of pulmonic stenosis and cardiomyopathy, as found in other breeds, have also been detected.
- Typically, clinical signs of aortic stenosis first appear in the young adult although, rarely, puppies can be affected.
- It should be stressed that minor "flow" murmurs are commonly found in young Boxer puppies, as in other breeds, but most disappear by about 1 year of age. Even if they persist there may be no cause for alarm if they are quiet. Such genuine "flow" murmurs are not associated with heart diseasein the adult.
- The incidence of Boxers with severe aortic stenonsis has increased in recent years, although the numbers of cases are still very low in relation to the numbers of dogs bred.
- To rectify the situation the Boxer Breed Council has, with the aid of veterinary cardiologists throughout the country, developed a system of testing based on simple stethescopic examination by the cardiologists. A breeding control scheme has also been established.
- Therefore, should a heart murmur, or any heart condition other than a genuine puppy "flow" murmur, be recognized in a Boxer it should be referred through the vet in charge to one of the cardiologists. The breeder and the Breed Council geneticist should be informed of the result.
- Dependent upon the findings the condition may be treatable.
- If a puppy "flow" murmur is loud and persists, the vet in charge may recommend that further advice be sought from a specialist cardiologist.
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