trapline dogs, pulled stakes, pride, and vet bills

[wheelie]

Great reading from the both of you on a fine Thursday Morn......every day is an adventure and storys like these last a lifetime

[coydog]

Great stories.

[rk660]

Zags, get some granulex, a gallon of surgical scrub, and the right kind of pencillan to use on dogs. Then call Braveheart on this forum to get some of the best dog wound treatment advice as you will find anywhere.

[trappnman]

the right type of penicillin for dogs, is called combiotics under one brand name, available at your local drug or farm store-

Combiotics works good for cuts and that type of thng- also good for illness- that under the weather thing dogs get-

for deep cuts and bites- take him to the vet.

[buckbuster522]

thats the best story i've heard in a long time . LMAO

[rk660]

think diff in pencillan is one is a 24 hr (dose) and one a 48 hr dose. has to do with number of active stuff per cc of fluid suspension. One is harder on livers and kidneys of dogs, Im not sure which but braveheart or the Doc can tell you which to use for dogs. I only buy about once every 2 years so always forget and just call one of those guys. From my understanding, penicillan kills germs, bugs or bacteria from the inside out, so its what should be used on deep cuts and puntures as opposed to topical ointments. Granulex, what Braveheart turned me on to, is like magic in a bottle for most cuts. Also scrubbing out wound with surgical scrub right away can save a lot of grief down the line.

[trappnman]

Combiotics is what was recommended to me by a couple of vets over the years-

[mink900]

Zags,don't mean to be critical at all -just some constructive type- but it looks like you need more cable on your disposables.

[Zagman]

that picture does not do the cable justice...someone else pointed out the same exact thing. My cable is cut in 22 inch lengths, and after looping, I end up with a 15 inch stake. Plenty of length for around here.....actually, many people use 12 inchers around here.

The stake jacking was a fluke....the trap was set in someone of a wet area already....then, we got over a foot of snow. Then it warmed up and the day before I caught this coyote, we got a few inches of rain. The hill where this trap was literally had running water going on top of the ground.

I did not even consider pulling the set or worry about the stake because this set had already caught and held a coyote prior.

If I do set there again, I will use a longer stake or double them up.....honestly, I can set better places on the same farm and not have this problem again.

MZ

[scott kimball]

First i want to say INTENCE on both mark and rich's behalf.( excellent stories )


second: mark is right around here( i live about 20 miles from mark ) a 15 cable is plenty enough to hold any coyote.mark mentioned some people around here use 12 inch cables and I am one that uses 12 inch cables and have no problem holding coyotes.


scott

[Freak( Jim V.)]

I run 98% same head as Zagger and run about a 12-13 inch finished stake and that is the first time I have ever seen a superstake fail. Had to be some real boggy stuff.
As always a classic the minute it wrote!