- Mar 23, 2001
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We recently (approx 3 weeks) ago "saved" a dog from the Animal Shelter.
"Buddy" (name given to the dog by 7 year old) is a good dog and appears to have been abandoned.
He came to us "fixed", well fed, house broken and already knowing Sit and Stay. He also knows Down/Lay Down...but doesn't always respond to it.
He had been found wandering around my parent's cottage in a rural area. We're not sure how long he'd been out there, but the locals say they'd seen him at the cottage for 3-4 days and had just assumed that my parents got a new dog.
We took him to the shelter, put up flyers, asked around the area etc, looking for his owners but he went unclaimed.
So after the waiting period we adopted him.
When we got him home we made an appointment to see the Vet cause he was digging in his ears and we figured a general checkup was in order anyway.
They treated his ears (infection), took a blood sample and gave him an otherwise clean bill of health.
Well...the blood work is back form the lab and he has heartworms, Adult and baby.
We're not sure how long he's had them, but now figure that, that might be why he was abandoned. Cause treatment's going to cost a minimum of $700.
Buddy shows no symptoms of advanced heartworm, and is still very energenic etc. So we thinking it's still early enough to make the treatment worthwhile.
I'm just cuious, as we weigh our options, has anyone else had a dog that survived heartworm treatment? If so, how did it go? Was he/she the same afterward? Anything I should be aware of?
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Exceutive Summary:
- Saved Abandoned Dog from Shelter
- Turns out Dog has Heartworms (adult and baby)
- Dog shows no symptoms of the disease, so treatment might still be worthwhile
- Wondering if anyone else has had a dog go though the treatment.
= = = = = =
- TK
Buddy's Pic
***UPDATE 6/13***
Buddy got his heartworm treatment last Thrusday and Friday, and aside from the pain mediciation making him a bit sluggish this weekend he is OK.
Now the trickey part...to keep him on low activity for 6 weeks. No walks...no running..etc.
In 4 weeks they treat the baby worms, and begin preventative treatment.
After the 6 weeks, they test to make sure he's clean.
They determined he was in Stage 1 (of 5) of the diseases progression...so hopefully he's good to go.
Will update again after next checkup.
"Buddy" (name given to the dog by 7 year old) is a good dog and appears to have been abandoned.
He came to us "fixed", well fed, house broken and already knowing Sit and Stay. He also knows Down/Lay Down...but doesn't always respond to it.
He had been found wandering around my parent's cottage in a rural area. We're not sure how long he'd been out there, but the locals say they'd seen him at the cottage for 3-4 days and had just assumed that my parents got a new dog.
We took him to the shelter, put up flyers, asked around the area etc, looking for his owners but he went unclaimed.
So after the waiting period we adopted him.
When we got him home we made an appointment to see the Vet cause he was digging in his ears and we figured a general checkup was in order anyway.
They treated his ears (infection), took a blood sample and gave him an otherwise clean bill of health.
Well...the blood work is back form the lab and he has heartworms, Adult and baby.
We're not sure how long he's had them, but now figure that, that might be why he was abandoned. Cause treatment's going to cost a minimum of $700.
Buddy shows no symptoms of advanced heartworm, and is still very energenic etc. So we thinking it's still early enough to make the treatment worthwhile.
I'm just cuious, as we weigh our options, has anyone else had a dog that survived heartworm treatment? If so, how did it go? Was he/she the same afterward? Anything I should be aware of?
= = = = = =
Exceutive Summary:
- Saved Abandoned Dog from Shelter
- Turns out Dog has Heartworms (adult and baby)
- Dog shows no symptoms of the disease, so treatment might still be worthwhile
- Wondering if anyone else has had a dog go though the treatment.
= = = = = =
- TK
Buddy's Pic
***UPDATE 6/13***
Buddy got his heartworm treatment last Thrusday and Friday, and aside from the pain mediciation making him a bit sluggish this weekend he is OK.
Now the trickey part...to keep him on low activity for 6 weeks. No walks...no running..etc.
In 4 weeks they treat the baby worms, and begin preventative treatment.
After the 6 weeks, they test to make sure he's clean.
They determined he was in Stage 1 (of 5) of the diseases progression...so hopefully he's good to go.
Will update again after next checkup.
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