Dabs
~Unpredictable~
Seriously here...my son and his family had a Yorkie.
She was an inside the house puppy, about 5 months old......they also have 2 hound dogs that stay outside 24/7 and they have a pitbull that stays in mostly but goes out for potty and other activity.
The Yorkie started acting funny the day before yesterday and late yesterday afternoon, when I stopped over there, the little dog was acting odd. They said she wasn't eating well, and she had diarrhea and they also said they noticed blood and worms in her stool.
Late last night, about 9 p.m.......the dog was taken to an emergency animal clinic, the charge for an outside office call that late was $100....but the puppy was taken in, and tested for parvo at first.....it came back negative.
Then the fecal test was done and the vet said the puppy was ate up with hookworms!
But I don't understand......they had taken the little thing to a vet properly, it had it's shots and exams.
I guess the vet last night said the puppy could be given some medicine, but it was no assurance the dog would live. They chose to go ahead with the medicine, and the little thing died anyway.
So....I have 2 heart-broken grandchildren.....and I haven't had a chance to talk to my son and his girlfriend today to find out exactly what all the vet said, but how on earth does a puppy get hookworms when they have been wormed properly??
I tried to cram in some hookworm research today, and I found out hookworms happen mostly in puppies and they can get the hookworms thru their Mother's milk while nursing. And I read some things about the hookworm larvae being in the soil outside and other dogs getting into that (??)
Anyone know anything more they can add here??
I know some of you know a lot more about animals than I do......just trying to get a little insight here.
I know it's too late now, and the vet did tell my son that they needed to get the other dogs tested too........but I guess I am surprised about this. I knew hookworms and roundworms and all that does live in cats and/or dogs......but jeepers, I thought that's why the shots were given.
So.....Dixie.....(that was the little pup's name).....was buried late last night.
They got her when she was about 8 weeks.....so they haven't had her long.
But it cost my son over $200 last night to rush the doggie to the vet, only to come back home with a little dead animal
Ah cripes......I feel sad now....more sad than I did. And it wasn't even my dog~
She was an inside the house puppy, about 5 months old......they also have 2 hound dogs that stay outside 24/7 and they have a pitbull that stays in mostly but goes out for potty and other activity.
The Yorkie started acting funny the day before yesterday and late yesterday afternoon, when I stopped over there, the little dog was acting odd. They said she wasn't eating well, and she had diarrhea and they also said they noticed blood and worms in her stool.
Late last night, about 9 p.m.......the dog was taken to an emergency animal clinic, the charge for an outside office call that late was $100....but the puppy was taken in, and tested for parvo at first.....it came back negative.
Then the fecal test was done and the vet said the puppy was ate up with hookworms!
But I don't understand......they had taken the little thing to a vet properly, it had it's shots and exams.
I guess the vet last night said the puppy could be given some medicine, but it was no assurance the dog would live. They chose to go ahead with the medicine, and the little thing died anyway.
So....I have 2 heart-broken grandchildren.....and I haven't had a chance to talk to my son and his girlfriend today to find out exactly what all the vet said, but how on earth does a puppy get hookworms when they have been wormed properly??
I tried to cram in some hookworm research today, and I found out hookworms happen mostly in puppies and they can get the hookworms thru their Mother's milk while nursing. And I read some things about the hookworm larvae being in the soil outside and other dogs getting into that (??)
Anyone know anything more they can add here??
I know some of you know a lot more about animals than I do......just trying to get a little insight here.
I know it's too late now, and the vet did tell my son that they needed to get the other dogs tested too........but I guess I am surprised about this. I knew hookworms and roundworms and all that does live in cats and/or dogs......but jeepers, I thought that's why the shots were given.
So.....Dixie.....(that was the little pup's name).....was buried late last night.
They got her when she was about 8 weeks.....so they haven't had her long.
But it cost my son over $200 last night to rush the doggie to the vet, only to come back home with a little dead animal
Ah cripes......I feel sad now....more sad than I did. And it wasn't even my dog~