Coping With Canine Distemper

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Long term effects on my furry family
by: Brandy on Mon, Oct 08 2007

I am looking for help in regards to information on the long term effects of K9 distemper. I have a 1 year old border collie that I adopted from a rescue group that survived distemper before the adoption. My understanding is that he will always carry the virus. Should I vaccinate him yearly for distemper if he’s had it? Do they get ‘flare ups’ of nasal discharge, runny eyes, irritable bowel? If those occur, do I need to be taking him to the veterinarian or will they resolve on their own? He has been behaving irrationally the last couple of days. He’s still eating and drinking well, has energy, but he’s less attentive/obedient, has terrible sticky green nasal discharge that crusts around his nose, and runny eyes. I don’t know if this is expected since he’s had the disease. Can anyone help?

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Sun, Sep 21 2008
Based on your description your dog is having Distemper right now as I write. Distemper will have a specific course and it runs that course from begin...Read
Sat, Sep 20 2008
Hi i live here in the philippines, and my almost 3month old puppy is having these symptoms: twitching on his back left leg thickening (but not very t...Read
Sun, Oct 14 2007
I believe your are the same person who I responded to earlier. Vitamins does not stop canine distemper. To the person in the Philippines Greetings a...Read
Wed, Oct 10 2007
well i have a dog she was diagnosed 2 months ago with canine distemper and she had eye and nasal disharges (yellow in color), i took her to the animal...Read

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Long term effects on my furry family - by Brandy - (Mon, Oct 08 2007)
I am looking for help in regards to information on the long term effects of K9 distemper. I have a 1 year old border collie that I adopted from a rescue group that survived distemper before the adoption. [more..]

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