Hypoglycemia

I seen an ES go down with it. My buddy caried that dog a mile back to the truck. I now carry little packets of honey and jelly in my hunting vest.
 
I've never had a dog go down but after a 2-3 days of hunting my setter will get a little grouchy and I've seen him shake a bit but only when wet. Anyways, I've always fed once a day at night and take honey. I'll give the dog a shot of honey during the day and put it on his food at night during hunting trips. He fights the shot during the day though so I'm to start putting Karo syrup in his water bottle.
 
Hunted West Texas this past weekend (btw, if you get the chance - go! We moved 112 coveys in what was effectively slightly less than 3 days of hunting). We had plenty of dog power, but mine were the only ones limited in time down there, so I ran them hard. My soon to be 6 y/o setter who has had the hypoglycemia problems seemed shaky after about 1.25 hours on the ground on Thursday late afternoon. Spent a lot of time in the box for travel and endured a cold night. Friday, same dog hunted hard in the morning 1.75 hours and then took another run of over an hour that late afternoon. After I put him up from his first run and when we returned to the truck from the second loop (with other dogs) I gave him 1/2 of a pro-plan refuel bar. I didn't see any fall off in the evening run at all. I was kind of scared he would wear down and potentially drop into another seizure, but he was no where even close, despite enduring a cold night in the box. So you might grab a couple of those bars and see if they work for you. I'd be careful, feed 1/2 and give the dog a couple of hours to digest it.

We hunted another full day and 1/2 and he came out of the box sore as hell, tired and beaten up, but when he got his nose on that first covey his energy level was fine and suddenly the pain disappeared.
 
KATroutman13 said:
Hunted West Texas this past weekend (btw, if you get the chance - go! We moved 112 coveys in what was effectively slightly less than 3 days of hunting). We had plenty of dog power, but mine were the only ones limited in time down there, so I ran them hard. My soon to be 6 y/o setter who has had the hypoglycemia problems seemed shaky after about 1.25 hours on the ground on Thursday late afternoon. Spent a lot of time in the box for travel and endured a cold night. Friday, same dog hunted hard in the morning 1.75 hours and then took another run of over an hour that late afternoon. After I put him up from his first run and when we returned to the truck from the second loop (with other dogs) I gave him 1/2 of a pro-plan refuel bar. I didn't see any fall off in the evening run at all. I was kind of scared he would wear down and potentially drop into another seizure, but he was no where even close, despite enduring a cold night in the box. So you might grab a couple of those bars and see if they work for you. I'd be careful, feed 1/2 and give the dog a couple of hours to digest it.

We hunted another full day and 1/2 and he came out of the box sore as hell, tired and beaten up, but when he got his nose on that first covey his energy level was fine and suddenly the pain disappeared.
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Glad to hear you didn't have any serious issues.
That is some awesome quail numbers. Well worth the drive.
 
Steve:

I think it helps to give them a little something and this stuff is essentially a caloric meal in a bar. So rather than 4 cups of food, he gets three 1"X1/2"X1/2" pieces of this bar. I think it helps a lot.
 
KATroutman13 said:
Steve:

I think it helps to give them a little something and this stuff is essentially a caloric meal in a bar. So rather than 4 cups of food, he gets three 1"X1/2"X1/2" pieces of this bar. I think it helps a lot.
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I need to get some of that to put in my vest.
I hunted TX 2 years ago, it was awesome.
 
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