

Emma Kesler, CDBC, CPDT-KA is a terrier behavior specialist who has been conducting live online sessions and behavior consultations for nearly a decade. Emma shares her life with her Welsh Terrier, Miles. When Miles was young he was deemed "impossible to train" by a veterinarian and several trainers, who recommended resorting to old punishment-based methods. The quest to figure out how to work terriers in new and different ways became Emma's passion. Miles is Emma's trusted copilot, has set many performance records for terriers, and best of all, helps Emma coach others on how to share absolutely wonderful lives with their terriers.
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A few years ago, my Welsh Terrier Tinker showed symptoms of digestive problems. My vet finally did an X-ray and detected a tennis-ball-sized mass in her abdomen, which he removed immediately. Since it was not cancerous, he explored and dissected it. He found a foxtail at the center of the ball.
Really, really nasty stuff. But Tinker lived on to the ripe old age of 14+.
Thank you for this information, Emma. I don't think there's anywhere I take Emmadale that have foxtails but I'll keep on the look out!
Thank you for sharing that story Mary — wow!
Anthony, there are definitely foxtails all around — I took those pics the day we hung out at the park!