*He sounds adorable and your really sweet for helping him, I will keep him in my Prayers that he gets healthy soon...Hope you post pictures.Donna*
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Alexis and Tim <[email protected]>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!**** > > ** ** > > >
