Coping With Canine Distemper

January 2008

• Distemper - by JD - (Mon, Jan 28 2008)
  January 9 I adopted Heidi from a local animal shelter. She was three months old and was a lab/boxer mix. As part of the fee I paid for her it included a visit with the local vet, spaying, rabies vacination, and first set of shots. [more..]
• Baby Cleo - by Magda - (Wed, Jan 16 2008)
  Today I had to put Cleo to sleep. We got her and her brother Brutus at the local pet rescue. Normal procedure is for them to sterilize inoculate and chip the puppies before sending them home. [more..]
• My Holly - by Brit - (Mon, Jan 14 2008)
  I adopted a puppy on Sunday December 23rd from a rescue, while visiting my local pet store. I was told that she had a slight case of kennel cough & to give her an over the counter cough syrup. I did not, I wanted to see my vet first. [more..]
• Tug is sick - by Tugger/Lonnie - (Mon, Jan 07 2008)
  Tug is a 1-1/2 year old Queensland Heeler/Dingo cross and is displaying symptoms of Distemper He had conjunctivitis so I treated it and it cleared up, we had a Gerbil and the the Gerbil got sick just after the conjunctivitis hit and was dead within 3 days. Tug is lethargic and depressed [more..]
• Diagnosis unknown - by Mojo - (Wed, Jan 02 2008)
  Dear LCK, how are things with Prince now? My old dog was diagnosed with Kennel Cough and had 17 days of anti-bio`s….He was okay, no coughing, eating fine ETC. Out of the blue he had two massive convulsions (spelling,sorry), [more..]