Rips, I think she said the vet confirmed it's NOT MRSA but is similar.

Jessica, Glad you're trying the honey, it certainly has a lot of research to back it up.
I was just thinking about it & may I suggest you also give Beau some echinacea? It's a natural product which acts to boost the immune system & may speed up his recovery process.

Fingers crossed for Beau ... I also had a Black lab called Beau who died last year ... here's hoping my boy can watch over yours & help look after him xx

http://www.dogsey.com/showthread.php...49#post1551649

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Ok I have found some pictures, a bit worse than Beau ..
...they are at the foot of the page which takes a few moments to load. I have just been reading about various Retrievers who have had this condition ..


Warning graphic pictures , not very pleasant
http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body...foliaceus.html

PS Hattie the springer recovered but remained on medication , she wasn't a young dog .

So is it just an infection that he's developed?

Poor little man, BUT look how healthy the dog in Mini's link looks after treatment and Beau isn't anywhere near as bad! He'll be right as rain in no time!

Gosh I hope he gets better soon.
The manuka honey is one of those 'wonder' things at the moment. Definitely worth a try. Gentle healing hugs for him x

Just looked at your pictures of Beau - poor boy, he looks so very sorry for himself It looks really sore too. I hope he's starting to respond to the new antibiotics. I agree with the Manuka Honey - we use it with the parrots too and it's fab stuff

Minihaha - thanks for the info, that could well be what it is, the vet did give it a name but my mum cant remember what it was. He said it is the canine equivilant of MRSA in that it is the closest comparison to a human disease that he could give in its severity and symptoms i guess. but it isn't actually MRSA as we know it with humans.


He is very, very quiet at the moment, just wants to sit on the sofa infront on the fire and have a cuddle. he's not wanting his walks, or even to go outside to pee!! We have to drag him out He's also lost 1kg in a week, it must be through the stress of it all as he is still eating thankfully..

Poor little man has a long way to go i think but hopefully he will get over it ok, he is a tough little man!

Ooh it does look sore.

Apologies for not reading every post (just heading out) but I wondered if the problem (being around the mouth) could be transmitted to other areas through his washing ?

Phil - The vet didnt say it could be spread like that so i dont think so, but it can (will?) spread to other parts of his body anyway so we have to keep an eye on him.

That would be Colloidal silver, which is a liquid, and is nature's own purest of pure antibiotic! I've used it for an ear infection when all else failed, I didn't drink it like I should have done, but I just threw some in my ear, and voila, overnight it went!! A complete and utter miracle! It's very expensive, I paid £12 for a small (very small!) bottle at a health food store, but I keep it in the cupboard now as an emergency, it really is brilliant! What it does is, it stops any air entering the wound as well as it's own healing properties, and when you drink it, all the nasties are dragged through the system because it's an actual metal, being silver. Hard to explain, but google it, it's marvellous stuff it really is!

Good luck with Beau, I hope he gets some relief soon.