How people can do such unspeakable things like dump a little defenseless creature is beyond my comprehension. They always seem to find their way to the right people tho-God cant control the bad people-but thankfully I think he has a hand in putting his needy creatures in our paths. Good Luck with the little guy....Did you name him?
Sent from Lynda's iPad On 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! > > > >
