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Question by Want To Cook: What do I need to do now that I have one rescue dog with hookworms and two healthy dogs?
I rescued a dog that has hookworms and I wasn’t given much info on what to do besides have the dogs go potty in separate places. I did get the liquid treatment. But now- do I have to disinfect my house? Keep my dogs away from the other dog? I found out he has them yesterday and he has been here for 4 days. I find out in two days if my dogs have it.
Anyone with experience or more knowledge with this?
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Yes I’m getting them tested tomorrow. I’m just having a hard time waiting to see the vet, due to the holiday I had to wait to get in til tomorrow. I had trouble keeping them out of each other food and water and am hoping for the best. I’ve only had the dog since Sunday so I’m hoping that if they do have it – it will be quick to rid them, but of course even better if they haven’t gotten just yet. The rescue dog started treatment today.
THANK YOU!
Finally got to talk to the Vet- main concern is picking up the poo and not letting them walk in that potty area. I feel better, rescue dog is on his 2nd day of meds, and my two dogs are being tested monday. Thank you for the answers!!
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Answer by Jenny Consult your veterinarian.
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I sold my pug puppy to a pug-experienced woman (who already had 4 pugs in her home). He was perfectly healthy when I delivered him to her home (after driving an hour and half just so I could see the place). I spent an hour or more in her home to be sure he would get along with the other dogs, and so that I felt he would be happy there. I gave her a copy of his shot record, and disclosed anything and everything I could think of that she could need to know about him. A week later, AFTER she took him to the vet for a checkup and he received a clean bill of health from her vet (other than the typical worms, which all animals get at some point or another), she e-mails me to tell me that he died after emergency surgery for an obstruction in his intestines. I am distraught over his death, because I trusted this person to take care of my baby. All of the research I have done online concerning obstruction in puppies says you should see symptoms within 12-15 hours. He had no symptoms. In fact, for the first few days after she had him, he was fine. THEN he stopped eating. Her house was not dirty, but cluttered, which adds to my concern that he ingested something in her home that would not pass. He was still a puppy, in the chewing phase, and I wondered if maybe she just bit off more than she could chew in getting another pug.
My question is this: can she try to sue me to cover the medical bills? I have an mp3 of her voicemail where she states that her doctor says the dog is fine. I have saved every e-mail between the two of us, and I have been nothing but honest when addressing her concerns. I feel that he ate something at her home and now, since she had him only a week, she is going to try to say it was something he ate at my home. Help, please???
