Dog Heartworm Treatment

I adopted a puppy from the SPCA last week. He had shots 3 days before I got him, and I took him to my vet the next day, where he had a shot for rabies and was wormed. Since then he has started sneezing, it is mainly clear “snot” which he licks off his nose immediately. He is very playful, and does not have a temperature. I called the vet, they said he could have allergies, but to be sure I would need ot bring him in. I do not want to spend more on another vet visit if I don;t have to. Anyone know if he could just have a cold, or allergies. He has no other symptoms – no coughing, etc. If it is a cold, how long do they last? Any input would be great . I have other dogs and would hate for them all to get sick.

I just recently got a 10 week yellow lab on 2/4/09 and we had him for a week now. I just had his 2nd shots on 2/5/09, then de-wormed him on 2/7/09. Also, the breeder was 2 weeks late on his second set of shots.
Last night he started to have 100% diarrhea, then it transferred into 90% mucus and 10% wet solid stool. Today he is starting to vomit yellow fluids, and his fecal matter is back to normal, but still slightly wet. He is not lethargic as he still plays with his toys and us. I cut out his old food(Puppy Chow-Vet recommended it) and I am now giving him rice/chicken till his stool becomes regular. In addition, my girlfriend and I are giving him Pedialyte every 20 mins. I am bringing him to the vet tomorrow, and we are just taking all precautionary methods just in case for the worst news. We’re first time dog owners and we are slightly inexperienced with this stuff. My concern is that he is developing a new symptom everyday and none of them seem to simultaneously. Lastly, he has a fever that seems to leave and come back….
Any suggestions or personal experiences or help of any kind would be greatly and deeply appreciated.
Thanks in advance

Ok.. my daughter who is 19 months old.. developed a low grade fever Friday afternoon which continued on till Sunday, when her temp spiked to 103.6. So we took her to the ER and had her checked out, her only other symptom to the fever is a runny nose, clingy, tired all the time, and a little cough. The docs checked her chest (did an xray), they did a catheter to check for UTI, they did blood work and nothing came back with anything… so they said to continue to do motrin/tylenol every four hours like we have been doing. Today is Tuesday and she still has the fever, not quite so high.. but still restless sleep, eating pretty good I would say, and drinking lots of fluid. But she still has a fever that won’t go away. I called our doc.. but she hasn’t gotten back to us yet!!! So what the heck? I’ve tried luke warm baths, I’ve put only a t-shirt on her to run around in, she sleeps with just a sheet, and she still wakes up crying and whimpering. My DH just got home and we found out our puppy we just got has worms… can this be why my daughter might be sick? I’m going to talk to the doc when she calls, but I’m just wondering if this is a cause? She doesn’t really like the dog, so she doesn’t touch him. And if he goes in the house I immediately pick it up and clean the carpet… so what can cause a fever for 4 days and continuing? And why would the docs not give her antibiotics when she is this sick and obviously her body is trying to fight something off??? Sorry.. just a worried mom who never had to do this with my 3 y/o. Any advice would be great… thanks everyone!!

I have recently adopted a 6 month old pug from a lady who was struggling to care for him (as she was at work all day and he was left alone). As soon as I got him home i noticed he was unsteady on his feet, seemed like his rear end was especially weak. He could still jump up and had a lot of energy, but seemed to sway when standing still and would sometimes fall when turning quickly or landing from a jump.
I waited a few days and took him to the vets for a health check (which was pointless as he was hardly looked at) and whilst there i mentioned his legs. The vet told me to keep an eye on him over the next few weeks, and if he was still unsteady to bring him back.
I’ve been watching him carefully, and he still seems to be quite weak on his legs…..when climbing steps or simply jumping up the curb he will fall over. I was thinking it may be because of a lack of exercise with his previous owner, maybe his muscles hadn’t developed yet. I’ve been taking him out a lot, and feeding him on healthy food, but he still seems unsteady. Alongside this, he seems to have a lack of co-ordination. He will respond to calls and sounds sometimes, but will often turn in the opposite direction to where the sound is coming from. He also struggles to find his food, he will sniff around for ages before finally finding it (even when it’s right under his nose he will sniff off to the side). His eyes seem to be working fine, he knows where he’s going anyway and notices things in his surroundings.
I’m just really worried about him, he was sick today for no apparent reason (he wasn’t fed any treats, just his usual food…apart from a worming tablet I bought at the health centre). And is proving difficult to potty train….after just being out he will often come in and pee on the carpet right away.
I’m praying he hasn’t got a crippling disease. He’s an adorable dog, and still only a puppy. He does look really small for his age, and his legs look a lot thinner than they should. I’ve only had him for 5 days.
Has anyone experienced these same symptoms with their pug??? What was it, and was he ok??? I’m taking him to another vets next week if i don’t see an improvement!!! Please god let him be ok the poor thing!!!

I got a 12 week old puppy from the human society yesterday and they gave him a parvo shot along with his other normal puppy shots (?) and a heart worm shot. We got him home and the first hour or so he was very playful and energetic but after that he slept the rest of the day. He only ate and drank very little. During the night he threw up 2-3 times and has no other symptoms. This morning we to him to the Vet and they did a feces parvo test. It came back positive. We took him back to the humane society but they told us the parvo shot can cause the (false) positive test results. I called another animal clinic, for a second opinion, and they agreed with the humane society in that it could be just the shots effecting him and that a false positive on the parvo test is likely.
I have searched the internet and I can’t find any information on the false positive after the shots. If anybody has any information please let me know. For now we are keeping him for a couple of days to see how he feels or acts. I really want to save this dog but don’t have the money for parvo treatment.
Thanks for your help.