You are so wonderful for taking care of this little one...bless you Everything will work out okay Ann
sent from Ann's IPAD On Nov 23, 2011, at 4:45 PM, "Tee" <[email protected]> wrote: > Even tho is won't be holistic, follow vets orders. > I adopted a heart worm positive long haired dachshund a year ago in August. > Do not allow him to be active. From what I understood, activity could allow > the heartworms to dislodge and cause death. So keep him quiet, as much as you > can. Angus (stubby little doxy boy) recovered and tested negative. He WILL > come out of this. > > Bless you for taking him in. You have brightemed my day and confirmed there > is good out there in the world. He is one lucky little guy. Thank you for > saving him!!!!!!!!!! > > --- In [email protected], "Alexis and Tim" <newsletters@...> wrote: > > > > We had a Chihuahua show up in the dark Friday night - we live where everyone > > has 5 acres and he doesn't belong to anyone around here so he was > > apparently dumped (we have three other dogs and two of them were dumped > > too!) This little guy is very sweet, deer head type it seems, wonderful > > temperament and appears fairly healthy. I took him to vet today to be > > checked out and he has heartworms. He has not coughed or anything which is > > a good sign but I'm worried and it's also a big expense we didn't plan on. > > However, no way could I let him die or get sicker! The vet first has him on > > antibiotics for 30 days to kill a parasite she says they have found that > > causes the heartworms to be resistant to the treatment! He will also be on > > preventive to keep young worms from growing up. Then he is to go to phase 2 > > (followed by phase 3) treatment in 60 days (not sure why that long) - this > > will require some hospitalization and then rest when he is at home. So it's > > going to be a long haul. They think, from the amount of tarter on his > > teeth, that he is at least 5 years old but he does not act very old at all. > > She said she has not had a dog die from heartworm treatment in years. I > > guess I want encouragement and any tips anyone can give. We tend to be > > holistic with our own as well as our dog's care. They all get food like > > Blue Buffalo and Canidae and sometimes I supplement with a little raw meat > > or canned wild Alaskan salmon and sometimes a vitamin supplement. I want to > > build him up as much as possible before the hard part of his treatment. > > > > > > > > Obviously he had bad owners (he has hookworms too) who then figured they > > would just drive down a country road and dump him in the dark! I can't > > imagine doing that to this little guy! > > > >
