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Please Help! Does My Puppy Have Parvo?

Alan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:01:44 +0000

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

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Could My Parvovirus Positive Puppy Have Been Saved?

Alan — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:00:29 +0000

Just got the dog Saturday he had 2 sets of shots was due for last in 3 weeks. He was very alert and active but barely ate or drank much Saturday or Sunday, which we thought was because he came frome a breeder down South to us up North (this was a long plane ride for an 11 week old puppy). On Monday he was really tired and had 2 loose stools and I took him to the vet in the evening. I asked if the dog could possibly have had parvo and he said no probably just worms. He tried a rectal stool test but not enough to run the test. Tuesday puppy still lethargic and had gel-like stool, took sample to vet came back parvo. Immediately took puppy to hospital started on iv fluids and the said could only treat the symptoms. In hospital puppy began vomiting same day (Tuesday)& extremely lethargic. Wednesday white cell count dropping and albumin level low. Puppy had a transfusion Wed evening and looked a little better. They kept trying to feed puppy even though he would vomit and still had loose stools. Thursday morning puppy seemed better-kept some food down. I asked vet about Tamiflu and she said we could try but not enough studies to support its use. By afternoon puppy took a turn for worse, having bloody stool and white blood cell count bottoming out. I asked about Neupogen she again said not enough studies to prove effectiveness. Puppy so weak he was lying in his own bloody poo which everyone knows a dog won’t do. He was suffering so much so we had him put to sleep. Of course now I am still questioning did we do everything right? Does anyone know of something we overlooked? I think I brought up some things to these 2 vets they weren’t looking at but I am at such an emotional loss right now. Not like it matters but between the vet visit,testing and the slightly over 2 days hospitalization and euthanization this has been approx. $4000 out of pocket. We became so attatched to him after only having him in our house for 3 days (I’m crying as I write this). Again,could anything else have been done? I want to be armed with info if I or anyone has to go through this…THANKS!

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Puppy May Have Heart-worm?

Alan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:12:31 +0000

almost 2 weeks ago a lab puppy was dumped at the store where i work. he’s been wormed and had his first shots, and is gaining weight.
but i think he may have heartworm.
i’ve never had a dog with heartworm, but i believe at least one symptom is coughing. which Monroe does constantly.
can someone please tell me the symptoms?
and treatment?
in the past, i’ve always understood it would be a lifetime of meds. but things have changed.
what about surgery?

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Does Ares Have Parvo?

Alan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:09:52 +0000

My friend in the apartment’s I live in told me this puppy wouldn’t leave her doorstep and once I saw it I fell in love and took it home with me. The problem? The puppy looked like he was fat, but instead we realized he was bloated. He’s had diarrhea since he’s been here, the last two day’s. He’s got worm’s, but not to the extreme and he won’t eat like he did the first day we got him. He seem’s to have all of the symptoms. I’m sad, because if he dies he will have been the 3rd puppy we’ve had to die from Parvo, in the past year. If he has Parvo what can you recommend? I don’t want him to die, but I’ve done some research and it seem’s it’s not curable. I cannot afford a vet, especially right now. And another quick question…..Why do people take puppies/dogs to Wal-Mart and give them away knowing they are sick with this disease or worm’s? That’s sad, because I have children, that don’t know yet, but will eventually. Help?

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Please Help, I Think I May Have Caught Some Kind If Worm?

Alan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:08:03 +0000

okay im here visiting my cousin’s house and their dog has heartworms. since today, everytime i’ve touched him i wash my hands really good. earlier i put him in his cage and fell asleep in front of the tv and i woke up to find the dog all over my arm. i have no idea how he got out. so i put him back in the cage and i sat down and my stomach started to feel funny like i had ate some bad food or something(I had a sprite before i fell asleep). And then i sware i thought i could feel something in my throat and when i swallowed it wouldn’t really go down. im also aware that worms can be spread through mosquitoes and i have recently gotten a mosquito bite on my face… i don’t really know the symptoms or anything, maybe im just goin crazy. but can someone please tell me if this sounds like i may have caught some kind of worm?

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How Can I Convince My Mother I Have Pinworms?

Alan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:15:08 +0000

Help! It is very uncomfortable to know I have this parasite and am unable to do anything about it. I am a young teen so I do not have the option of going to a pharmacy and getting the medicine myself. I have told my mother about this – I even showed her a ’specimen’ – but she said it was only toilet paper. I believed her until about six months later when I noticed the worms moving and the awful itching.
Before anyone asks I am 100% positive this is my problem. I have all the symptoms and I have done all the research and tests possible without a professional lab. It is very likely that I picked up these worms from one of the many stray dogs I look after (I volunteer for the dog rescue in town) even though they are all wormed as soon as possible.
In my house we have Strongid T Wormer which we use on the dogs sometimes. If my mother still doesn’t believe me should I just go ahead and use that? I do NOT want to because I don’t want to disobey but I am desperate! Please help!

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I Have 2 Puppies (10wks) Frm One Of My Older Dgs And Both Just Died 2 Dys Apart Of Same Symptoms?

Alan — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:11:16 +0000

Symptoms: Stomach sun-king in, dullness in face, not eating. First pup i found laying in the grass weak and couldn’t move but still breathing but was unresponsive like it was in shok or something, i moved it and tried to get it to stand but it wouldn’t its head just fell bck lifleless and motionless, it could not even move a limb, did not make a sound or nothing, 30mins later it died, then i discovered blood all around its anal side. 2 dys later the other died of same symptoms. I called my vet office and describesd what happnd to them cause i have 3 older dogs one of which is their mother cause it seemed like parvo to me after reading bout it. the vet tech said it might be worms also. I had no idea worms killed pups like that? I realized that they were dewormed but only for roundwroms with a over the counter wormer and just found out it was expired since June. Their mother and my other 2 dgs were also only dewormed for roundworms a long time ago but were given all their 3 sets of shots as a puppy and are current on rabies shots.and one of them usually get his booster every yr as he is 4yrs and the mother and other one just turned 2. Do i need to get a booster shot for them in case of parvo? any idea what might have happened? She has had a litter b4 but they all survived. also she did breast feed them still when they were about 7-8wks old.I have had dogs for the past 12yr and never had one die on me am just so paraniod now. Someone was goin to take them and also take them to the vet thats why i had not done so, so it was not that i just neglected them. I don’t know what could have happnd. but thinkin bout it could have been worms since it lives in them and could have been causing issue that i did not know. But they just seemed fine to me and symptoms only showed for a day and next day it was dead.

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My Dog Might Have Rabies!! Help?

Alan — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:11:44 +0000

BACKGROUND INFO:
i just got my dog and i vaccinated her on saturday, she got a canine parvovirus shot and measle shot, im reading of the sheet thing he gave us. we dident get a rabies shot tho he said to come back in a month and get one cuss shes only 7 weeks or something like that..
TODAY:
i went outside with my dog and i let her roam a little, i saw she was biting at a peice of dirst so i went by her said no and through the chunk of dirt away….it wasent dirt, i looked at it more after i through it away ad it had eyes, it was a ball, it looked like dirt and it had eyes…….my dog started foaming in the mouth so i cleaned it off and gave her a little water, she dident really want the water so i put her in the cage……. well later i was hopeing to get (im guessing it was like a frog?) the frog but it was gone, this was all the time span of 5min…
if she has rabies dont they show other symptoms before foaming.(she was happy before)
how could she get rabies from a frog, frogs cant get rabies.(maybe it wasent a frog but i cant find another explanation, i dont even know what kind of frog it was,,, black looks like dirt has eyes
if some of the foam got on me, could i get rabies? she dident bite me
so could my dog have rabies shes just 7 weeks old..
oh another fact she had worms before and still might, im still treating it with the medication my vet gave me.. could that be a cause of the foaming..
im kinda scared to go near her now cuss im afraid shes gonna bite me
please HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I Have A Boston Terrier That Has Been Sick For Almost A Year?

Alan — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:04:05 +0000

my dog started vomoting ,passing blood and losing weight last summer, he was in the hospital for 5 days and 3 parvo test came up neg, the vet never found a cause for his illness. since then whenever he gets hot the symptoms come back and also he keeps losing weight even though he has a great appitite. has anyone else ever had this problem with their dog, he is also negative for worms

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What Does My Dog Have?

Alan — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:09:45 +0000

my dog is experiencing the following noticeable symptoms: drooling, heavy breathing, disorientation, nause, stiffness, and from time to time its back legs get weak and she cannot stand up properly. What do you think she may have? a disease? a worm? the vet did not say much about that except that she may need to get an x ray of her spinal. Any info will be greatly appreciate it. THANKS!

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