Sunday, August 2, 2009
I just got 6 weeks puppy (German Shepherd Mix)i want to trian him as Guard dog how can i do that ?
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First off he's kinda young to be away from his litter. You'll need to google: bite inhibition so he doesn't bite YOU.
The best guard dogs are confident and well trained. So raise him right, socialize him, take him to obedience classes and treat him like a normal dog. When he is older then you can have your trainer evaluate him for any advanced training...Google Schutzhund if you want to really see some bite work. He would not be able to compete AFAIK.
Most GSDs don't need a lot of training, they are naturally territorial and they often need some training to tone it down so they don't bite the wrong person. The best guard dog these days doesn't bite...he just warns you about any problems. A biting dog can cause endless problems and may end up put to sleep.
They have school for training Dogs here's a link you might wanna look at http://www.gillsgermanshepherds.com/main...
I have a german shepherd who is a wonderful guard dog. The way I did it was gave him lots of love, made him a part of my family, treat him well, and give him good food, and lots of excersise. For that he protects me, our home, and my close friends.
Any other way will result in simply a mean dog that you cant trust.
If you want a guard to protect you, go and hire one. Do not force a dog to be one for you. No dog deserves or wants to be taught to attack or live outside. Dogs need to be inside with the family, they need love, attention, affection and exercise. Do not "train" your dog to be aggressive, to stay outside and to "guard" his property. Most dogs will do it naturally if they are loved inside the home.
Love it, feed it treat it like your best friend and never hit it.
This is a very young dog and you need to start with basic training. Make the sessions short and always end it on a positive reward. Make the lessons fun.
I have been training for 42 years and I would suggest that you don't start any serious protection training until it is 2 years old.
When any dog matures it instinctively becomes protective of it's people and their area.
If you start making it aggressive too young, by the time it is mature it will be very hard to control because it will assume the alpha position and my end up even biting the owner.
If you are serious about Guard/Protection training make sure that the dog is 110% Basic/Companion trained before you start with the aggressive training.
There are books for that!
I just gave up.?
I took a dog on a trial basis and it didnt work out,so I had to give him back to the shelter. I feel sooo bad, I am crying and all that, I just feel so awful for putting him back in the situation I thought I could save him from. I feel soo awful please help me. I want him back I have to restrain myself from going to get him bakc. Please help.
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Dont feel bad hun, you did the right thing...not all dogs are meant to be w all people..firstly being as he is a wolf mix chances are he will need to be placed in a home where he is the only dog as wolf mixes tend to be a bit more aggressive.he's better off in the no kill shelter where they can find him a more suitable match. I know it hurts now but in the long run it is for the best.you cant save em all hunny %26 no matter how much we try youjust cant. But someone else will, rest assured. Its better to have taken him back than to have had him hurt or possibly kill your other dog dont you think?? BEst of luck hunny! 鈾?
You must remember that these dogs may be very difficult to handle. Some may be easy to care for, but not everybody can take care of these dogs. If you know you are unable to rescue, then maybe work on the situation and try again later. But remember to do what is best for the dog.
If it didn't work out it is better to put him back into the shelter ( I do hope you brought him to a no kill shelter) and find a better match. Otherwise the dog would not get the love and attention it needs, finding the right home is just as important as finding a home for the dog.
what didn't work out? maybe you should've asked for advice on here before you gave him back. people on here can be very helpful. think to yourself what couldnt work:
was it his behaviour?
your living conditions?
if you gave him up due to behavioural reasons, just remember, there is no such thing as a bad dog, just a bad owner.
if you had to give him up because the landlord said so, then there is nothing else you can do unless you move
hopefully, you can get your dog back and it wont get put down within the next week
First of all, ask your self why you gave him back.
If it was because you felt it was the best choice for him and you weren't the best owner for him, then give yourself a pat on the back and don't feel bad about that.
If it was fixable issues and you just gave up, then you naturally will feel guilty. In that case, maybe do a little research about how to fix those issues and whether or not you are willing to do what is necessary to fix it. If you are not willing, then you shouldn't get the dog back as it will not ever work out and he will be better off somewhere else. If you are willing to do the work, maybe you should give it another shot.
dont feel bad, we took two rescue dogs and had to take one back for his own wellbeing. He had been badly abused by a male and couldnt relax in the home when my husband was around. He was found a new home in a female enviroment and doing well. You dont know how they will react till you get them home. Dont let it put you off i have two rescues now and they are a joy
Well just know that there are more nice people like you out there. It just wasn't the right situation. Have peace of mind that he's warm and has meals to eat and not a stray in danger anymore. :)
I gave a pet back after two days trial... and yes- I cried like a baby. I took another one a few months later- a chihuahua and kept her for good. I'm sure the bigger dog found another pet lover- someone who is his ideal master.
You have to stop blaming yourself, because I'm sure you had good reasons for giving him back to the shelter. Are you like this with other things, too? I mean not being able to move on... without self blame etc.
don't think about the dog . focus on your own collie. or else you'll be the one to suffer when both dogs fight with each other. divert your attention from feeling sorry for the other dog. and you know that you need not to worry since it's in a safe place and it's well-taken care of.
What did not work out?
Part of me just wanna scream at you for being so STUPID.
Whats the use of crying and why feel awful?
You've made a decision and thats that.
So why cry now, why feel guilty?
And what help do you need? cos you obviously dont need any since you already made a decision.
If you just wanted us to agree with you that you had made a correct choice.
Then sorry.. you cant find it here.
You had made a bad choice from the start.
In the first place you should have found out more about getting a dog from the shelter before doing anything.
You should be prepared that dogs from shelter are not easy to handle and they not neccessary will be able to get along with your other pets.
If you have pets in your house, you should've thought of how to house them separately first.
Natural Enemies? How did you know?
All dogs do not like other dogs to step in their terrortories especially dogs who have live in your house for at least 1-2 years.
You should be prepared for that if you wanted to try adopt one from shelter or even get a new pup from the pet shop.
If you think you cant do it... then dont even try.
Because do you know how the poor dog feels right now?
And you can always seek help from trainer to train this dog from shelter or seek advice from them on how to both of them get along well.
There is no such thing as a bad dog.
If you dont coach him and train him... who else could he depend on?
I hope you will always remember this before you decided to get another dog again.
Be it a sheltered one or a petshop bought.
Lets say this time you bought a new one from the petshop...
Your current pet barks at him and even tried to fight with the baby..
Do you send the new pup to shelter?
Hope you think before you act.
If he's at a no kill shelter then why are you so upset! Someone else will adopt him or foster him! He's safe and can't hurt any dogs there!
Don't feel bad but you should of done research on here people can be real nice and help alot on here you should of looked up his breed found out ways to see if there was a way to make it stop although it probably is his natural instincts but don't feel bad someone else will foster him give him a good home and he will probably be happy there you did what was best for your other dog and him.now he cant get hurt or hurt any other dogs good luck.
You didn't do anything wrong. He will be adopted by someone and be happy for the rest of his life. If he was having to fight at your house he wouldn't have been happy.
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Dont feel bad hun, you did the right thing...not all dogs are meant to be w all people..firstly being as he is a wolf mix chances are he will need to be placed in a home where he is the only dog as wolf mixes tend to be a bit more aggressive.he's better off in the no kill shelter where they can find him a more suitable match. I know it hurts now but in the long run it is for the best.you cant save em all hunny %26 no matter how much we try youjust cant. But someone else will, rest assured. Its better to have taken him back than to have had him hurt or possibly kill your other dog dont you think?? BEst of luck hunny! 鈾?
You must remember that these dogs may be very difficult to handle. Some may be easy to care for, but not everybody can take care of these dogs. If you know you are unable to rescue, then maybe work on the situation and try again later. But remember to do what is best for the dog.
If it didn't work out it is better to put him back into the shelter ( I do hope you brought him to a no kill shelter) and find a better match. Otherwise the dog would not get the love and attention it needs, finding the right home is just as important as finding a home for the dog.
what didn't work out? maybe you should've asked for advice on here before you gave him back. people on here can be very helpful. think to yourself what couldnt work:
was it his behaviour?
your living conditions?
if you gave him up due to behavioural reasons, just remember, there is no such thing as a bad dog, just a bad owner.
if you had to give him up because the landlord said so, then there is nothing else you can do unless you move
hopefully, you can get your dog back and it wont get put down within the next week
First of all, ask your self why you gave him back.
If it was because you felt it was the best choice for him and you weren't the best owner for him, then give yourself a pat on the back and don't feel bad about that.
If it was fixable issues and you just gave up, then you naturally will feel guilty. In that case, maybe do a little research about how to fix those issues and whether or not you are willing to do what is necessary to fix it. If you are not willing, then you shouldn't get the dog back as it will not ever work out and he will be better off somewhere else. If you are willing to do the work, maybe you should give it another shot.
dont feel bad, we took two rescue dogs and had to take one back for his own wellbeing. He had been badly abused by a male and couldnt relax in the home when my husband was around. He was found a new home in a female enviroment and doing well. You dont know how they will react till you get them home. Dont let it put you off i have two rescues now and they are a joy
Well just know that there are more nice people like you out there. It just wasn't the right situation. Have peace of mind that he's warm and has meals to eat and not a stray in danger anymore. :)
I gave a pet back after two days trial... and yes- I cried like a baby. I took another one a few months later- a chihuahua and kept her for good. I'm sure the bigger dog found another pet lover- someone who is his ideal master.
You have to stop blaming yourself, because I'm sure you had good reasons for giving him back to the shelter. Are you like this with other things, too? I mean not being able to move on... without self blame etc.
don't think about the dog . focus on your own collie. or else you'll be the one to suffer when both dogs fight with each other. divert your attention from feeling sorry for the other dog. and you know that you need not to worry since it's in a safe place and it's well-taken care of.
What did not work out?
Part of me just wanna scream at you for being so STUPID.
Whats the use of crying and why feel awful?
You've made a decision and thats that.
So why cry now, why feel guilty?
And what help do you need? cos you obviously dont need any since you already made a decision.
If you just wanted us to agree with you that you had made a correct choice.
Then sorry.. you cant find it here.
You had made a bad choice from the start.
In the first place you should have found out more about getting a dog from the shelter before doing anything.
You should be prepared that dogs from shelter are not easy to handle and they not neccessary will be able to get along with your other pets.
If you have pets in your house, you should've thought of how to house them separately first.
Natural Enemies? How did you know?
All dogs do not like other dogs to step in their terrortories especially dogs who have live in your house for at least 1-2 years.
You should be prepared for that if you wanted to try adopt one from shelter or even get a new pup from the pet shop.
If you think you cant do it... then dont even try.
Because do you know how the poor dog feels right now?
And you can always seek help from trainer to train this dog from shelter or seek advice from them on how to both of them get along well.
There is no such thing as a bad dog.
If you dont coach him and train him... who else could he depend on?
I hope you will always remember this before you decided to get another dog again.
Be it a sheltered one or a petshop bought.
Lets say this time you bought a new one from the petshop...
Your current pet barks at him and even tried to fight with the baby..
Do you send the new pup to shelter?
Hope you think before you act.
If he's at a no kill shelter then why are you so upset! Someone else will adopt him or foster him! He's safe and can't hurt any dogs there!
Don't feel bad but you should of done research on here people can be real nice and help alot on here you should of looked up his breed found out ways to see if there was a way to make it stop although it probably is his natural instincts but don't feel bad someone else will foster him give him a good home and he will probably be happy there you did what was best for your other dog and him.now he cant get hurt or hurt any other dogs good luck.
You didn't do anything wrong. He will be adopted by someone and be happy for the rest of his life. If he was having to fight at your house he wouldn't have been happy.
I just found out that my dog has heartworms. Any advice on tratment?
i know that we will treat her with what the vet advises, but I don't know how it will work, or how she will be acting during treatment, etc. Any help or advice on how to help her through this will be much appreciated.
Answers:
Treatment depends on the severity of the worm load. You really need to discuss this with your vet. Generally in a healthy dog, the cure rate is very good. They have to be kept quiet during treatment. I've never heard of using arsenic or surgery though.
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take him to the vet its the only way
These are definitely questions you should discuss with your vet.
I would suggest Revolution. That is what I use on my dog and he has not ever had a problem with worms. Hope this helps
surgery and heatworm preventitive are your only options. my dog had heartworms and got on the pill and they actually went away. and shes now eight years old and healtheir now than she ever was.
I've seen this a few times with foster dogs. Your dog will stay at the vet for 3 days and then get two injections of arsnic 24 hours apart. For the next 6 weeks your dog cannot run or jump and can only be leash walked. You will need a crate to keep her quiet. The now dead worms will be traveling to her lungs and dissolving. Any jarring can cause them to break apart, enter her arteries and block them causing her to die. You can have the vet do an x-ray first to see how bad they are. After 6 weeks she will take a liquid ivermectin that will kill the babies and then monthly afterwards you need to give a heartworm preventative so this doesn't happen again.
DO NOT follow advice that I saw some people say to just give the preventative now. If they are larger all of them dying at once can kill your dog. Only follow your vets advice. I am not giving medical advice, just sharing the treatment I have seen other dogs go through.
Please do not listen to people on here. Get the first treatment from the vet and discuss with them. Keep you dog on lead and in a crate you do not want the heart rate up. Barking is not getting hte heartrate up.
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And we have another "vet tech" Whos dog had suregery and a pill. certainly isn't a vet tech. Thanks for proviong yourself an absolute idiot. It is not surgery and it is not a pill its a shot of rat poison in the spin. My teenage daughter can explain heartworm better than you and how dare you .
You dog should be fine But please make sure its a vet at the vet office do not listen to people on here.
It two short stays in the hospital and its because they monitor the arsenic injected in the spine. Katie has a decent answer
The medicine (shots) the vet will use to kill the heartworms will make your dog sick, our vet hospitialized our dog to get rid of them. Our dog wouldn't eat anything while the treatment was going on, and she threw everything up also. Give your dog lots of love, it's going to need it. good luck
i am very sorry my uncles dog had heartworms and it was not treated fast enough you need to get her medical treatment immediatly no time to spare good luck and god bless
Since you went to the vet they probably gave you pills or a look-like-a-treat medicine for it. If it is early in the stage, you have nothing to worry about. It sounds like it is early, you shouldn't have nothing to worry about, just take your dog to the vet when the medicine is gone as directed to be taken and get him/her rechecked afterwards. Do what you do on a normal bases, walk the dog more since he/she will need to go on a timely bases (not distance wise but like going out 4 or 5 times a day)
This website will probably explain it better than I can:
http://www.dr-dan.com/heartwor1.htm...
Basically intravenous or intramuscular injections will be given to slowly kill the worms. Xrays may need to be performed to assess the condition of the heart and lungs.
Chalice
GO TO THE VET !!!!!! thay halp dogs and cat ETC.
Your vet will definitely give you his recommended course of action, depending on which stage of heartworm your dog has. There are 4 stages, 1 and 2 being the best recovery rate. MAKE SURE you follow your vets instructions to the letter after the arsenic injections and do not allow your dog to get stressed. Most complications from heartworm treatment are due to either stress from nervousness or stress on the heart from activity. Your dog will act normally and will want to play and do all the normal activities, which of course, you cannot allow it to for a few weeks.
take him to the vet
Answers:
Treatment depends on the severity of the worm load. You really need to discuss this with your vet. Generally in a healthy dog, the cure rate is very good. They have to be kept quiet during treatment. I've never heard of using arsenic or surgery though.
7
take him to the vet its the only way
These are definitely questions you should discuss with your vet.
I would suggest Revolution. That is what I use on my dog and he has not ever had a problem with worms. Hope this helps
surgery and heatworm preventitive are your only options. my dog had heartworms and got on the pill and they actually went away. and shes now eight years old and healtheir now than she ever was.
I've seen this a few times with foster dogs. Your dog will stay at the vet for 3 days and then get two injections of arsnic 24 hours apart. For the next 6 weeks your dog cannot run or jump and can only be leash walked. You will need a crate to keep her quiet. The now dead worms will be traveling to her lungs and dissolving. Any jarring can cause them to break apart, enter her arteries and block them causing her to die. You can have the vet do an x-ray first to see how bad they are. After 6 weeks she will take a liquid ivermectin that will kill the babies and then monthly afterwards you need to give a heartworm preventative so this doesn't happen again.
DO NOT follow advice that I saw some people say to just give the preventative now. If they are larger all of them dying at once can kill your dog. Only follow your vets advice. I am not giving medical advice, just sharing the treatment I have seen other dogs go through.
Please do not listen to people on here. Get the first treatment from the vet and discuss with them. Keep you dog on lead and in a crate you do not want the heart rate up. Barking is not getting hte heartrate up.
Added:
And we have another "vet tech" Whos dog had suregery and a pill. certainly isn't a vet tech. Thanks for proviong yourself an absolute idiot. It is not surgery and it is not a pill its a shot of rat poison in the spin. My teenage daughter can explain heartworm better than you and how dare you .
You dog should be fine But please make sure its a vet at the vet office do not listen to people on here.
It two short stays in the hospital and its because they monitor the arsenic injected in the spine. Katie has a decent answer
The medicine (shots) the vet will use to kill the heartworms will make your dog sick, our vet hospitialized our dog to get rid of them. Our dog wouldn't eat anything while the treatment was going on, and she threw everything up also. Give your dog lots of love, it's going to need it. good luck
i am very sorry my uncles dog had heartworms and it was not treated fast enough you need to get her medical treatment immediatly no time to spare good luck and god bless
Since you went to the vet they probably gave you pills or a look-like-a-treat medicine for it. If it is early in the stage, you have nothing to worry about. It sounds like it is early, you shouldn't have nothing to worry about, just take your dog to the vet when the medicine is gone as directed to be taken and get him/her rechecked afterwards. Do what you do on a normal bases, walk the dog more since he/she will need to go on a timely bases (not distance wise but like going out 4 or 5 times a day)
This website will probably explain it better than I can:
http://www.dr-dan.com/heartwor1.htm...
Basically intravenous or intramuscular injections will be given to slowly kill the worms. Xrays may need to be performed to assess the condition of the heart and lungs.
Chalice
GO TO THE VET !!!!!! thay halp dogs and cat ETC.
Your vet will definitely give you his recommended course of action, depending on which stage of heartworm your dog has. There are 4 stages, 1 and 2 being the best recovery rate. MAKE SURE you follow your vets instructions to the letter after the arsenic injections and do not allow your dog to get stressed. Most complications from heartworm treatment are due to either stress from nervousness or stress on the heart from activity. Your dog will act normally and will want to play and do all the normal activities, which of course, you cannot allow it to for a few weeks.
take him to the vet
I just found out that my 2 year old dog has heartworms. can it be cured an will she live a happy life?
My dog is 2 years old an i found out 2day that she has heartworms. After the treatment from my vet will she be healthy an will they be completely gone? she shows no signs, they say they caught it early. she is still very playful an does not have shortness of breath. this makes me wonder. i still plan to give her the treatments just incase but my dog is my life i want to be sure she will be okay.
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Yes, my dog was around this age when I first adopted her and she was HIGH, HIGH, HIGH positive. Get the injections, it's the only proven method, and if you have a good vet, he/she will tell you that much! Yes, it is expensive, but it is worth it for your dog's health. And it's relatively cheap compared to most other intensive procedures. My dog was laid up the first night after both injections (a month apart). You will need to let your dog have peace and solitude for a whole month after both injections, to avoid any adverse reactions to the injection (it causes the heart to work over time to disintegrate the worms-- your dog's heart is doing the same work she would be doing running a marathon, even though she's standing still). And whoever above this post said that she will be constipated and she will poop out the worms... That isn't true at all! The heartworms disintegrate in the heart completely, and that it that (basically they're burned to death), and the heart is in no way connected to the digestive system, so that is just not true at all=)
Don't fret, your girl will be back to new and on to a happier, healthier life for years to come! Just be sure you give her a preventative every month after the treatment (I use Interceptor), so you don't have this problem again!
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Yes, it can be cured. But it is hard to do it. You have to do everything the vet says.
I'm not sure, my dog had worms, but not heartworms, she may be very constipated if she is trying to get rid of them
Heart worm can be cured ,and as long as you are working with your vet all will be good. Keep up with the treatments and remember a follow preventative med afterwards to prevent it from coming back!
Yes, but it will be costly and take some time- but if you follow the vet's treatment, she will be fine. Next time, keep her on heartworm prevention (pills your vet can prescribe). Just one pill a month at a minimal cost to you will help this from happening again- good luck!
You can catch heartworm in time (and from the sounds of it you did!) and your vet is correct, she should be fine. Keep up with the heartworm prevenitive every month.
YES, it can be cured and she will be just fine aftwards. I did dog rescue for years and many of our dogs had heartworm. You will need to follow the vet's instructions and keep her quiet for sometime. Especially as you caught it early, she should have a full recovery and live a long healthy life. Of course, be sure to follow the vets instructions carefully and fully throughout treatment and afterwards.
im sorry to hear about your doggy!!! She'll be alright!! All it is are simple little pills she takes daily and thebheartwork should be cleared up in no time. Its especially good that they caught it early, it shouldnt do too much damage as long as you do the treatments ASAP.
Good luck, give your doggy a little pat for me:)
I love when people answer the question TOTALLY inappropriately - the asker's dog has HEARTworms, not just worms - ugh!
Heartworms are a very serious matter - you must follow your vet's advice to the letter and be cautious with your dog. Don't take her playfulness as a sign nothing is wrong -- my dog had her feet operated on and was bounding and bouncing the next day to the point where she was shaking and panting uncontrollably from pain... but just kept right on playing until I confined her. Dogs do not associate pain with play... they just do what they want to do regardless of pain.
Follow your vet's advice and don't double guess. Heartworms are very serious indeed.
Good luck
Your dog has a couple of things going for her - one that she's very young and the other that it was caught early. Your vet should be explaining the treatments to you - the first treatment is only to kill adult worms. She'll need antigen tests, then more therapy to kill the microfilaria.
Sounds like with the proper therapy, your dog will be ok.
Well just give her the recommended doesage of the medicine. They will go away and hopefully won't be back. That all depends if your dogs gets them again from wherever she got them from teh first place.
I was given a Lhasa Apso from a friend and found out by my vet she had heartworms. She showed no signs either, but it was there, and they caught it early. Don't take this lightly, and please let the vet treat her. My brother had a dog die from heartworms. It is an agonizing death. The thing is, the vet said by the time the dog starts acting sick, it is to late. I remember going to see Snow with my brother (That was her name) and she was gasping for breath and died that afternoon at the vets. Please give monthly heartworm preventative, which I do with all my dogs and I have 5. You will never have to worry about heartworms again. As for my Lhasa that I was given, it has been a year since her treatment and she is as frisky and vibrant as ever. Yes if caught early enough, they can lead a normal, healthy, life.
hey my dog had heart worms to and we talked to the vet and she was cured with some pills that they gave us so im sure if you talk to the vet then you can get the name of them and your dog can live a happy life!!!
hope i helped bree
Definitely let her have the treatments now. She is young, not showing signs of illness and therefore you can treat her NOW before she becomes infested and damage is caused to the heart muscle or elsewhere in the body. The treatment will be more successful too, because when dogs are badly infested, they often need more than one treatment and the treatment is hard on a dog.
Carefully follow your Vet's instructions when following up with heartworm preventative when he or she recommends it. It's important to give dogs the heartworm preventative YEAR ROUND.
My german shepherd had them also. She was 2 when she was diagnosed. However, her case was pretty advanced. She went through the treatment (and to stay at the vets for nearly a week), and afterwards she was very tired all the time. The vet explained that this was due to her heart healing. The worms do eat their way through, leaving little holes. Fortunately, she got totally better, and lived a long, happy, healthy life.
Please have your pooch treated as soon as possible. If she's healthy overall, and you follow your vet's instructions and advice, I'll bet she'll have a long, happy and healthy life, too.
Good luck!
she will be fine just follow what the vets say.
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Yes, my dog was around this age when I first adopted her and she was HIGH, HIGH, HIGH positive. Get the injections, it's the only proven method, and if you have a good vet, he/she will tell you that much! Yes, it is expensive, but it is worth it for your dog's health. And it's relatively cheap compared to most other intensive procedures. My dog was laid up the first night after both injections (a month apart). You will need to let your dog have peace and solitude for a whole month after both injections, to avoid any adverse reactions to the injection (it causes the heart to work over time to disintegrate the worms-- your dog's heart is doing the same work she would be doing running a marathon, even though she's standing still). And whoever above this post said that she will be constipated and she will poop out the worms... That isn't true at all! The heartworms disintegrate in the heart completely, and that it that (basically they're burned to death), and the heart is in no way connected to the digestive system, so that is just not true at all=)
Don't fret, your girl will be back to new and on to a happier, healthier life for years to come! Just be sure you give her a preventative every month after the treatment (I use Interceptor), so you don't have this problem again!
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Yes, it can be cured. But it is hard to do it. You have to do everything the vet says.
I'm not sure, my dog had worms, but not heartworms, she may be very constipated if she is trying to get rid of them
Heart worm can be cured ,and as long as you are working with your vet all will be good. Keep up with the treatments and remember a follow preventative med afterwards to prevent it from coming back!
Yes, but it will be costly and take some time- but if you follow the vet's treatment, she will be fine. Next time, keep her on heartworm prevention (pills your vet can prescribe). Just one pill a month at a minimal cost to you will help this from happening again- good luck!
You can catch heartworm in time (and from the sounds of it you did!) and your vet is correct, she should be fine. Keep up with the heartworm prevenitive every month.
YES, it can be cured and she will be just fine aftwards. I did dog rescue for years and many of our dogs had heartworm. You will need to follow the vet's instructions and keep her quiet for sometime. Especially as you caught it early, she should have a full recovery and live a long healthy life. Of course, be sure to follow the vets instructions carefully and fully throughout treatment and afterwards.
im sorry to hear about your doggy!!! She'll be alright!! All it is are simple little pills she takes daily and thebheartwork should be cleared up in no time. Its especially good that they caught it early, it shouldnt do too much damage as long as you do the treatments ASAP.
Good luck, give your doggy a little pat for me:)
I love when people answer the question TOTALLY inappropriately - the asker's dog has HEARTworms, not just worms - ugh!
Heartworms are a very serious matter - you must follow your vet's advice to the letter and be cautious with your dog. Don't take her playfulness as a sign nothing is wrong -- my dog had her feet operated on and was bounding and bouncing the next day to the point where she was shaking and panting uncontrollably from pain... but just kept right on playing until I confined her. Dogs do not associate pain with play... they just do what they want to do regardless of pain.
Follow your vet's advice and don't double guess. Heartworms are very serious indeed.
Good luck
Your dog has a couple of things going for her - one that she's very young and the other that it was caught early. Your vet should be explaining the treatments to you - the first treatment is only to kill adult worms. She'll need antigen tests, then more therapy to kill the microfilaria.
Sounds like with the proper therapy, your dog will be ok.
Well just give her the recommended doesage of the medicine. They will go away and hopefully won't be back. That all depends if your dogs gets them again from wherever she got them from teh first place.
I was given a Lhasa Apso from a friend and found out by my vet she had heartworms. She showed no signs either, but it was there, and they caught it early. Don't take this lightly, and please let the vet treat her. My brother had a dog die from heartworms. It is an agonizing death. The thing is, the vet said by the time the dog starts acting sick, it is to late. I remember going to see Snow with my brother (That was her name) and she was gasping for breath and died that afternoon at the vets. Please give monthly heartworm preventative, which I do with all my dogs and I have 5. You will never have to worry about heartworms again. As for my Lhasa that I was given, it has been a year since her treatment and she is as frisky and vibrant as ever. Yes if caught early enough, they can lead a normal, healthy, life.
hey my dog had heart worms to and we talked to the vet and she was cured with some pills that they gave us so im sure if you talk to the vet then you can get the name of them and your dog can live a happy life!!!
hope i helped bree
Definitely let her have the treatments now. She is young, not showing signs of illness and therefore you can treat her NOW before she becomes infested and damage is caused to the heart muscle or elsewhere in the body. The treatment will be more successful too, because when dogs are badly infested, they often need more than one treatment and the treatment is hard on a dog.
Carefully follow your Vet's instructions when following up with heartworm preventative when he or she recommends it. It's important to give dogs the heartworm preventative YEAR ROUND.
My german shepherd had them also. She was 2 when she was diagnosed. However, her case was pretty advanced. She went through the treatment (and to stay at the vets for nearly a week), and afterwards she was very tired all the time. The vet explained that this was due to her heart healing. The worms do eat their way through, leaving little holes. Fortunately, she got totally better, and lived a long, happy, healthy life.
Please have your pooch treated as soon as possible. If she's healthy overall, and you follow your vet's instructions and advice, I'll bet she'll have a long, happy and healthy life, too.
Good luck!
she will be fine just follow what the vets say.
I just found out my 10mos old lab got an eye infection. Is it possible he could have got it from the park?
I recently have been taking him to the park where other dogs go. He does occasionally meet other dogs - usually the same ones we meet on our walks. Do u know if this is contagious? The vet said he could have got a parasite.
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Dogs get pinkeye (conjunctivitis - technically an inflammation/infection of the conjunctiva - the thin skin covering the eye) in much the same way humans get a common cold, it is caused by a virus (or rather caused by many different viruses) which "settles" in that area.
It could have been passed on by sharing a water bowl or even another dog sneezing on him.
You will want to keep him away from other dogs for a few days; also my vet always tells me to put the drops in the other eye a couple of times as well as a prophylactic measure.
he could've gotten it anywhere
Eye infections can be caused by something as simple as dust in the eye, or even a scratch from grass/weeds. Let your vet figure out what sort of infection it is, and treat it so your dog will be comfortable and not risk his vision.
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Dogs get pinkeye (conjunctivitis - technically an inflammation/infection of the conjunctiva - the thin skin covering the eye) in much the same way humans get a common cold, it is caused by a virus (or rather caused by many different viruses) which "settles" in that area.
It could have been passed on by sharing a water bowl or even another dog sneezing on him.
You will want to keep him away from other dogs for a few days; also my vet always tells me to put the drops in the other eye a couple of times as well as a prophylactic measure.
he could've gotten it anywhere
Eye infections can be caused by something as simple as dust in the eye, or even a scratch from grass/weeds. Let your vet figure out what sort of infection it is, and treat it so your dog will be comfortable and not risk his vision.
I just fed my dog Ol'Roy High Performance Nutrition dogfood shortly after she vomited and than got disoriented
and start foaming at the mouth. Apparenly a small seizure. This was a new bag of dry dogfood and I mixed the new with what I usually buy, Ol'Roy Lam and Rice. Does anyone know what the symtoms are when a dog eats a bad dogfood
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#1: Take your dog to the vet Immediately. NOW. Do not wait.
#2: Old Roy is a very poor quality food. Their High Performance blend is full of filler and vegetable based protein sources that are difficult for your dog to digest. Old Roy food in general is low grade with very little nutrition. Old Roy dry food is also one of the foods on the recall list
#3: Do NOT feed your dog that food again, once your pet gets back from the vet. Talk to your vet about better quality pet food.
#4: I would recommend Iams, Eukanuba, Purina Pro Plan, Natural Balance, Blue Buffalo food.
Do NOT feed your dog Puppy Chow/Dog Chow, Beneful, Science Diet, Nutro max and DEFINITELY No Alpo, Mighty Dog, Old Roy, Generic grocery store food or bulk cheap dog food.
With all the pet food recalls out there, who knows. I would say a small seizure is definately a sign tho. Take her to a vet ASAP and dispose of the old food.
Take her to a vet, and bring a sample of both dogfoods.
This could be just a case of bad timing...in other words, the fact that you started her on new food may have nothing to do with, if in fact it was, a seizure. Usually your dog will have diarrhea, but will not vomit, when switching foods. Consult with your local vet if this happens again.
Ol Roy is bad in many ways, no nutrition, it is recalled all the time due to salmonella poisoning...
The recent recall tho, symptoms were like lethargy, excessive water drinking, excessive urination... Maybe something else.. Seems to me maybe vomiting.. But I am not positive on that one.
Take your dog to the vet immediately.
Old Roy is like feeding your dog cedar chips mixed with poop and garbage. It is crap.
Go the the vet now! I'll bet it's not the food, though that is probably the lowest quality food you can buy. Something is definitely wrong though. Upgrade your food if you want your dog to live a long healthy life though.
NEVER FEED OL'ROY EVER!!
That is the worst possible food to feed your pet. It may be cheap but it has nothing good for your pet it is not healthy at all.Plus it is on the recall list so I would take your dog to your vet because she could be having an reaction to the food
I really don't think your dog had problems with the food??
It sounds like it could of been a seizure or a slight stroke?
Watch her and if she has any more symptoms go see the Vet. Usually dogs will not throw up with a seizure though!!
Ol'Roy did have one of their brands recalled?? I am not really crazy with that brand of food! I feed my dog Purina Pro Plan rice and chicken. You can buy this at Wal-Mart too.
Never can be to safe take your Dog to the Vet if you see any other symptoms!!!
Good Luck
Please take your dog to the vet immediately. Furthermore, Ol' Roy has got to be one of the worst, if not the worst food you can feed your dog. Not only is it loaded w/cheap fillers like brewer's rice (floor sweepings), and uses 4D animals (deceased, decaying) rendered meats, is loaded w/allergens such as corn, soy, %26 wheat products, but its also preserved with BHA a cancer-causing chemical. Do the reasearch, it is horrible! Don't forget to check your dog's treats too!
Here's a link to the website of the people I order my dog food from with a wonderful article you can print which tells you the ingredients to beware of: https://www.petmealsonwheels.com/display...
Let us know how she's doing and know she's in our prayers
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#1: Take your dog to the vet Immediately. NOW. Do not wait.
#2: Old Roy is a very poor quality food. Their High Performance blend is full of filler and vegetable based protein sources that are difficult for your dog to digest. Old Roy food in general is low grade with very little nutrition. Old Roy dry food is also one of the foods on the recall list
#3: Do NOT feed your dog that food again, once your pet gets back from the vet. Talk to your vet about better quality pet food.
#4: I would recommend Iams, Eukanuba, Purina Pro Plan, Natural Balance, Blue Buffalo food.
Do NOT feed your dog Puppy Chow/Dog Chow, Beneful, Science Diet, Nutro max and DEFINITELY No Alpo, Mighty Dog, Old Roy, Generic grocery store food or bulk cheap dog food.
With all the pet food recalls out there, who knows. I would say a small seizure is definately a sign tho. Take her to a vet ASAP and dispose of the old food.
Take her to a vet, and bring a sample of both dogfoods.
This could be just a case of bad timing...in other words, the fact that you started her on new food may have nothing to do with, if in fact it was, a seizure. Usually your dog will have diarrhea, but will not vomit, when switching foods. Consult with your local vet if this happens again.
Ol Roy is bad in many ways, no nutrition, it is recalled all the time due to salmonella poisoning...
The recent recall tho, symptoms were like lethargy, excessive water drinking, excessive urination... Maybe something else.. Seems to me maybe vomiting.. But I am not positive on that one.
Take your dog to the vet immediately.
Old Roy is like feeding your dog cedar chips mixed with poop and garbage. It is crap.
Go the the vet now! I'll bet it's not the food, though that is probably the lowest quality food you can buy. Something is definitely wrong though. Upgrade your food if you want your dog to live a long healthy life though.
NEVER FEED OL'ROY EVER!!
That is the worst possible food to feed your pet. It may be cheap but it has nothing good for your pet it is not healthy at all.Plus it is on the recall list so I would take your dog to your vet because she could be having an reaction to the food
I really don't think your dog had problems with the food??
It sounds like it could of been a seizure or a slight stroke?
Watch her and if she has any more symptoms go see the Vet. Usually dogs will not throw up with a seizure though!!
Ol'Roy did have one of their brands recalled?? I am not really crazy with that brand of food! I feed my dog Purina Pro Plan rice and chicken. You can buy this at Wal-Mart too.
Never can be to safe take your Dog to the Vet if you see any other symptoms!!!
Good Luck
Please take your dog to the vet immediately. Furthermore, Ol' Roy has got to be one of the worst, if not the worst food you can feed your dog. Not only is it loaded w/cheap fillers like brewer's rice (floor sweepings), and uses 4D animals (deceased, decaying) rendered meats, is loaded w/allergens such as corn, soy, %26 wheat products, but its also preserved with BHA a cancer-causing chemical. Do the reasearch, it is horrible! Don't forget to check your dog's treats too!
Here's a link to the website of the people I order my dog food from with a wonderful article you can print which tells you the ingredients to beware of: https://www.petmealsonwheels.com/display...
Let us know how she's doing and know she's in our prayers
Friday, July 31, 2009
I just came home and found my dog dead! what should i do? i dont know what happen help!!!!!?
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Bury it.
Sorry for your loss.
Sorry about your pet.
Take him to the vet - the vet can arrange for cremation if you wish and may be able to tell you why your dog died.
i'm sorry. i had that happen with my cat a few years back. i called my parents all crying and stuff. i put him in the trunk of the car, and drove the hour to my parents house, and we buried him in the back yard. well, my dad did... i was too upset to do it. again, i'm so sorry about that.
Call your dog's veterinarian, and ask if they have services for cremation, or you can just bury your dog in your backyard (it has to be on your personal property!). Your vet can also preform a necropsy (autopsy for animals) to determine the cause of death. I'm very sorry for your loss.
Might've been hypoglycemic shock.
Hypoglycemic shock, happens when a dog's blood sugar falls too low. This will result in death. If left alone for too long (6+ hours) without food, dogs (especially smaller ones) are prone to this.
It could also be other things. Poisoning? Overheating? Choking? It's hard to say since you have no other details.
Sorry for your loss. :(
First call your mom and dad and tell them that your dog is dead!! What are you doin asking a question like this??!!??!!
OMMFG! Call your mom and dad already you shouldn't be reading the rest of this message!!
R.I.P. doggy!!!
CALL YOU MOM AND DAD ALREADY!!!!!!!
Thats sad. Sorry. It may have choked on something while you were gone
go to the vet, tell them what happened, and ask for an necropsy to find out what happened
Sorry For Your Loss,
Have a nice day!
Call your Vet ASAP, they always have an emergency number especially with it being on Sunday. Was this very unexpected or was he/she sick or old? Yes, I am sorry also for your loss...it's just like losing a child!!
i'm sorry for your loss, but do what everyone else wrote, take him to the vet for a proper cremation or something like that, unless you wanna bury it yourself, again i'm sorry, i hate it when that happens
Did he get any of the dog foods on the list of bad ones in the recent pet poisonings? Is there anything else around the house he could have eaten? Other than checking these things out the only other thing is an autopsy and they are very expensive.
I'm really sorry this happened and I hope you can find out what happened.
That happened to me only I have bunnies. I was really sad and cried a lot. I still miss them and I act like they are still with me and they are always in my heart!
take him to the emergency vet as they can take care of that for you. you can't keep the dog in the house until tomorrow as the body will really smell especially since it's warm out. once there dead the body starts decaying and you don't want that smell in your house. take it to the emergency vet as soon as you can. sorry about your dog.
I am so sorry! Was he old? He might of died of low blood shugar, choking, overheating, ect... what every body else said. I am so sorry you should take him to the vet to see how he died. I am so sorry my dog died today too of a sesure. Sorry, it will be ok. I am sure he was a good friend while he was still with us. May he go to heaven!
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