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Copper
by: Gabby on Wed, May 23 2007

I adopted my adorable puppy 4-1/2 months old on May 5th. By May 7th-8th he had begun to develop pneumonia. I took him to the vet. By May 10th he had began to have very bloody diarrhea and had lost his appetite.

I was sure he would get over this and babied him, fed him pedialyte and puppy formula for the next week. After a while it seemed I was just keeping him alive to suffer even more. By May 14th he was having muscle twitches which became more severe towards the weekend. When I got home on the 21st I thought he was dead, but he was just very sad looking.

After talking to my vet on the 22nd we decided it would be best to go ahead and put him down. I did so yesterday; even though I know he had a very slim chance of recovering or ever stopping the twitches I am still very sad. He was a very sweet puppy. Also, he did have his first set of shots, but there is an outbreak of distemper at my local animal shelter and I assume he had already been exposed before his body was able to develop immunity.

May 2007

By the Grace of God, she lived - by Andrea - (Wed, May 30 2007)
Her name is Grace, I fostered her and her 8 siblings from when they were 6 wks. old and scheduled to die at a kill shelter. [more..]
napnap and ingky - by ann - (Mon, May 28 2007)
i have 5 dogs. 2 of them were infected by canine distemper napnap got it from her mom ingky. i was just glad that even though they are infected they’re still alive and are doing good. [more..]
my puppy caught Canine distemper - by cissy qu - (Mon, May 28 2007)
I have two puppies, the first one is bought from the market, we took him to the vet for the vaccine a few days after we bought him home, but the vet said he is too thin and refused to vaccine him. [more..]
Copper - by Gabby - (Wed, May 23 2007)
I adopted my adorable puppy 4-1/2 months old on May 5th. By May 7th-8th he had begun to develop pneumonia. I took him to the vet. [more..]
canine distemper fight for life - by j. estrella - (Thu, May 17 2007)
i have two yorkies they were infected but the percentege of the virus was very low. my vet - very professional - proposed a treatment with cinoglobulin. [more..]
Surviving Possible Distemper - by KM - (Tue, May 15 2007)
Based only on the clinical prognosis, I would likely have opted to have our sweet 3-month old pup euthanized if I had a diagnosis of distemper. [more..]

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