Pregnant dogQ: Is is ok to give my pregnant rott advantage? she is due within one week. A: Products such as advanatage should not be used on pregnant or nursing animals.
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BehaviorQ: We have two large dogs, each 6 yrs old. during the day they are in a pen adjacent to the house, when we are home they are in the house. they (not for sure which one) are getting very destructive when left alone outside while we are at work - like chewing up the door frame and even the door knob. i have used chew-stop, but has not stopped the problem. what would you suggest? A: Sounds like separation anxiety and you coudl ask your vet about meds like amitryptylline or clomicalm
Clear urine at first but then bloodyQ: When i walk my dog ( 7 years old ) his urine is clear. after he gets done his main needs and then trys to mark his territory at the end of his walk, his urine turns red with blood. i don't mean tinted red, i mean red red. it is only at the end of the walk. i am concerned since it is not all the time only at the end of the walk. thank you, tammy A: Still could be urinary tract infection or possible bladder stone. take to vet for exam and urine analysis and x rays if needed
5 month pupp with roundwormsQ: Okay, i believe my puppy has roundworms in his stool. what treatment & care do you suggest? A: After a positive diagnosis for roundworms, you can use a product such as nemex-2 (pyrantel pamoate) for dogs and puppies
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Scratched by a ground hogQ: My dog got in a fight with a ground hog. the ground hog lost but my dog got scratches which bled on her snout and under her chin. other than cleaning the wounds, is there anything we should do considering this was a wild animal.? also, i'm concerned because she got the ground hogs blood in her mouth. A: You might want to take to vet for exam and updated rabies shot if not already current. also might need antibiotics
ParvoQ: I have a 4month old black lab who has parvo. i also have another puppy. i am trying to keep them seperated. the black lab had only one set of shots but my other puppy has had two sets of shots and i gave her the third parvo shot today b/c the vet said i could give it a week early. do you think she will be safe from developing the parvo virus. also what is a normal body temperature of a dog and how is the best way to take the temperature of a dog. i am treating the lab with iv fluids sq and giving him daily injections of rocephin. however my other puppy was around him all weekend and has been out in the same yard. my lab did not develope any symptoms until after i had him neutered last friday. A: I dont like neutering males this young even though the shelters do this because it is a shock to their immune system and can predispose to parvo attack. more vaccines are not necessarily better. they should be spaced out at least 2.5 to 3 weeks otherwise you may suppress immune system. no guarantees that other dog will not get parvo; have to wait an see. normal temp of dog is 100 to 102 degrees farenheit
Possibly too muchQ: Hi there, i have two dogs, both are about the same weight. i was giving them their monthly dosage of sentinal and i believe one dog spit hers out and the other dog ate it. he had already eaten his own. i thought i put it far enough back in the one dogs throat that she had to swallow it. but then i noticed that where i gave them the meds, the other dog sniffed around and found something and ate it. what do i do???? will the dog that possibly got 2 tabs get sick? should i wait another month to give another tab to the dog that may have spit it out? thanks much A: The sentinel tablets have a high margin of safety and if your dog did ingest two tablets there should be no problem. also if you aren't sure you should give the other dog another dose, with food.
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Reactions?Q: I see you told an owner about continueing to give heartgard to a pet that is positive for heartworm disease. aren't you concerned about the anaphylactic shock that is going to occur and potentially kill her dog? i mean, isn't that the reason we test for heartworm disease prior to tprevention, so we can rule out being positive? A: In actuality there are many vet cardiologists who actually recommend monthly heartworm preventative to heartworm positive dogs if patient too big a risk for treatment i.e too old or too large a worm burden or severe lung disease present, etc; in these cases monthly heartworm preventative can actually prevent further reproduction and larvae development while of course not doing anything for adults present. ||anaphylactic reactions are extremely rare with monthly heartworm preventatives in positive dogs and only used to occur when old daily preventatives were used where dog had to be negative for heartworms as anaphalaxis more likely.||these are the medical facts. of course always best to know status of all dogs but your statements are not true
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