Quote: Betty Landercasp

Acepromazine is a decent tranquilizer with long duration of effect, but it has no analgesia, or pain relief properties.

I think he also said the dog was on Rimadyl & Torodol for the pain.

 Quote: betty landercasp

An interesting thing about ace is that it removes training, some well trained animals don't even remember "sit" when on ace.

Wow.

Is that common, Betty?

Ace pretty much immobilizes the dog - they can't really respond to what is going on around them. However, it does very little for their mental state - they are still very mentally aware of what is going on, they just can't respond to it.
This is the reason why it is generally a bad choice for use in dogs with phobias (it is commonly prescribed for thunderstorm phobia yet in truly phobic dogs it can make it worse)

 Quote: Mara Jessup

Ace pretty much immobilizes the dog - they can't really respond to what is going on around them. However, it does very little for their mental state - they are still very mentally aware of what is going on, they just can't respond to it.
This is the reason why it is generally a bad choice for use in dogs with phobias (it is commonly prescribed for thunderstorm phobia yet in truly phobic dogs it can make it worse)

I bet it would!!! not being able to respond to something that frightens you or is causing you pain? That's a horrible scenario.

"Also on Rimadyl..etc."
Yes, they are doing everything right. I just felt like saying something about Ace. It's such a weird drug.

 Quote: betty landercasp

"Also on Rimadyl..etc."
Yes, they are doing everything right. I just felt like saying something about Ace. It's such a weird drug.

Maybe a lot of sedatives have similar effects, but I don't like Ace - I only gave it to Oscar once, to sedate him for a blood draw (vet's suggestion as he used to be pretty squirmy about that), and he was SO upset through it - I say upset because, just as was described, it seemed like his mind absolutely knew something was terribly wrong (he could hardly walk but refused to lie down) but he couldn't do anything to fix it. There was a lot of mournful whining and trembling... I hope I never have to use it again. Thankfully, we're all cool at the vet now, and he'll sit through a lot for me without freaking out like he used to...

~Natalya

Sorry to go off topic... back to the tail...

Another updat, sorry for the spelling and grammatical errors, I have to use my phone to type since home computer is down...continue to go to the vet everyday for inspection and bandage change. Vet showed me his tail yesterday, real red and still oozing, but starting to heal. They gave me another 10 days of antibiotics. I am no longer giving him the ace as he doesn't seem to need it. The side effect I saw, which the vet said is a side effect when mixed with tramadol is he would release his bowels when sleeping. He is still on tramadol an rimadyl for pain and cepha antibiotic. They removed four stitches and left more in.

Now I found a sca/sore on flash's face. I've been putting hotspot spray and neoaporin on it. I trimmed around it. I sure hope its not mange. Seems to be itching him, and some hair came out easily, but I am hoping it was just a mat since he has log hair on his face and that is what caused skin irritation. How long should I keep qn eye on it before taking him to the vet? I pretty much spent all my reserves on teds surgery and follow ups

Thanks

"Now I found a sca/sore on flash's face. I've been putting hotspot spray and neoaporin on it. I trimmed around it. I sure hope its not mange. Seems to be itching him, and some hair came out easily, but I am hoping it was just a mat since he has log hair on his face and that is what caused skin irritation. How long should I keep qn eye on it before taking him to the vet?"

Any way to link us to a picture?

Where on the face?

Is it a pustule or a flat red lesion? Is it damp? When the hair came out, was it because you were doing something to it, or did you just see a bald patch? How big is it?

How old is he?

I took him in when I took Ted for his bandage change and had vet look at it. She was nice enough to trim it more and clean it for free. She said it's a hotspot. The hair came out when I barely pulled it. It is red and pus is oozing. She said try neoaporin cream not ointment so to let it try. Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

http://www.vetericyn.com/benefits/canine.php

Keith, I have had really amazing results from using Vetericyn for
Kaia's foot. (she scraped it on the pavement before I got her boots) Anyhow, read up on it and see what you think.
I bought mine at a tack shop that sells various animal first aid.
But you can go directly to their site and find out who sells it near you.
I am telling you that this stuff heals things fast and lets the wound breathe. It also his harmless if licked.
Best part about it, is that it doesn't do any damage to the surrounding healthy tissue.
It comes in a spray bottle as well as a topical gel.
It treats bacteria as well as fungal infections.
I hope Ted's tail area heals up real soon.

PS, you can also use this stuff near the mouth or eyes with no worries.