Thursday, July 8, 2010

Woke up this morning, and Loki looked awful. He was all skin and bones. He didn't eat anything yesterday, and not really drinking anything either. I was so worried, and just didn't get it. Why if the breeder wormed her over a week ago, was he continually getting worse. It looked as if though he had had worms for a long time. Guess what??? The breeder was self administering the wrong worming medicine. It doesn't even take care of tapeworms! I googled what sentential does do . . . and it doesn't get rid of tapeworms! I called the vet. I was thinking of switching vets, because every time I would take our old dog in there he would charge a $53 consultation fee! Crazy, just to see him, then the vet would add more and more onto the top of it. Anyway, so they said I could just bring him in, weigh him, and then they would sell the drontal without having to see a vet. So that's what my husband did; the vet was only 5 minutes away max, so in the morning my husband gets ready faster. He took Loki, who only weighed 11.5 pounds. He should be weighing double that! That is so horrible. So they gave him drontal, and were hoping for him to improve. Well round three in the afternoon, he was panting, breathing hard, and not walking or lifting his head when anyone came into the room, so I took him in immediately to see the vet. The vet gave him a shot that would help with his diarrhea and vomiting, pills to take too, and w\d canned food for a few days. After a few hours, he was feeling much better already; running again, ate one can of food, and drank lots of water. I don't know how that breeder didn't notice he wasn't getting better! She called today; saying it was the city water that upset him so much. I'll give it to her that it may, but really, this poor puppy has probably had tapeworms for the last month. I couldn't imagine it lasting much longer at the rate it was going. After our conversation, I hope she gets the right pills to the rest of the puppies.