Coping With Canine Distemper

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My Lubbie
by: Nydia on Thu, Mar 19 2009

I have had lubbie for exactly a month, one of my friends gave him to me because he said he had eight newborn puppies and I had been wanting one. He brought him over to me a day before Valentines and as I write my puppy is suffering but there is nothing I can do. I am very sad because it could have all been prevented. It all started a week after I got him lubbie ran away in the morning and when I woke up I found he had run away. When my sister got home she said that the pound had been around that morning. I went the next day to pick him up and I was so happy that nobody else had taken him.

Then just a week later he started not wanting to eat so I took him to the vet. She said that she suspected he had distemper which is a disease with no cure. I was saddened so I went home thinking and thinking of that but she said if he gets better with the medicine she had given then we should vaccinate it against distemper At first he seemed to get better but then he stopped eating again he seemed depressed and then he had seizures and would shake a lot and I didn’t know what to do so I called my vet and she said we had to put him to sleep because there is nothing that can be done for it was definately distemper He had a fever and a cought and discharge from his eyes as well.

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Tue, Mar 24 2009
My condolences to you, and had you found this site sooner or mine your dog could have been saved. Daveyo...Read

March 2009

My Lubbie - by Nydia - (Thu, Mar 19 2009)
I have had lubbie for exactly a month, one of my friends gave him to me because he said he had eight newborn puppies and I had been wanting one. [more..]
A Short but Sweet Memory - by DDM - (Tue, Mar 17 2009)
Today I am sad for I had to euthanize my littel five month old English Pointer Riley, who I had just rescued from the Animal Shelter. [more..]
Honkey Magoo’s Story - by Jessica - (Tue, Mar 17 2009)
We got Honkey Magoo at a local animal shelter when he was just 3 months old and the news was advertising these puppies to quickly find owners. [more..]
Surviving jasper - by kim c. - (Tue, Mar 03 2009)
This is the story of my favorite dog named jasper, when i noticed that he vomit a very sticky saliva, i decided to brought him to vet for further evaluation and proper medication that i will give it to him, the cough is gone then i noticed after a week or two i saw his tail with sore [more..]
The life of RYLIE - by Tonia - (Mon, Mar 02 2009)
My story is just like the rest on here. VERY SAD. I got Rylie (a long haired dachshund) from a family member who originally got her from a breeder. She was 8 months old or so when she came to live with us. We brought her to get fixed and that was the beginning of our nightmare. [more..]
Gaia - by nw - (Mon, Mar 02 2009)
My fiance and I moved into a new house and decided to get a puppy. We went to our local shelter and adopted a female puppy that we named Gaia. [more..]

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