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In the new DU: Last Nov, wildlife division chief of Iowa DNR was participating in the 2005 Governors Pheasant Hunt when his black lab Rose suffered a seizure and stopped breathing. Garner and another hunter performed mouth to mouth resuscitation and chest compressions on the seven year old dog until she revived. Rose had hunted pretty hard that morning and was probably due for rest but they were joioned by other hunters and Rose, always the competitor, tried to set the pace for the other dogs. The result, probably low blood sugar leading to the seizure. She has been out training and she looks fine, says a relieved Garner. She has the desire to go back out hunting, thats for sure.

Although I have never experienced anything like this I do think I have allowed my dogs to hunt a little longer than they should have a few times. And its for sure they are not going to stop on their own when they are pleasing their master and doing what they love. Glad this one ended ok.

[rick savage]

they can also over heat, we have had two dogs have heat strokes, after the first it;s not hard to happen again. hope the dog is fine

[Nulle]

I agree that over heating is the biggest problem in early upland hunting.

[gspsonny03]

Hope the dog is well. My son and I went out the other day for a while and although it has only been a couple months since bird season ended here, I have not been getting the dog out to get the exercise it needs and boy did it show. We only hunted for a few hours and though the dogs would have went on forever I could tell they were slowing down some. The next day Sonny was so sore he couldn't hardly walk. I really need to get him on a Gloucosamine regiment before the next season. That plus a lot of exercise and he should be in fine shape. I really need to get back into the exercise thing myself. I get to working so much that when I have a day off I just want to relax and that's not good for me or the dog. Anyway take care all and take care of them four-legged partners of yours.