Littletown
UKC Forum Member
Registered: Jun 2003
Location:
Posts: 415 |
quote:
Originally posted by Well Started
You said the test was not expensive and it solved the problem, but what was the treatment? Just curious.
Well Started, the vet gave us Flagyl, and it is a tablet that you give them. I think the actual test was around $ 25.00
Quote from msinc: "This is about right, what I have seen with these dogs is that they can pace for hours in the kennel and still be barking treed 5 hours after a butterfly flew past the kennel, you put them in the woods and they are just too dumb to get it. Don't take this wrong, yours might be different but I have yet to see it. Just like some people, along with all that hyperactive lunacy is generally low intelligence...not exactly a recipe for a great coon dog.
There always seems to be some parasite or disease to explain away what dogs do...I wouldn't suggest you count on beaver fever causing this anymore than I would erlichiosis causing one to run deer".
Msinc, ItsOlMander did not say that her dog acted crazy, was dumb, or barked all the time; her original complaint was that her dog is dirty when in her kennel, to the point that there is no clean place in the kennel due to all of the fecal matter everywhere. My suggestion to her was simply to run an inexpensive test to check for Giardia, that's all. It sounds like she has affection for this dog, so if the test comes back positive and the dog is treated, she may have a very different (and valuable) dog. That parasite causes pain, & some dogs become very restless when they are infected with it. That could explain why the kennel is a mess. Also - dogs with Giardia do not necessarily have diarrhea; they tend to defecate more often, & some of them also have a lot of gas (which contributes to the pain), but not all of them do. One dog's immune system works better and /or faster than another dog's immune system when fighting parasites. So the symptoms vary somewhat from dog to dog, as a result. But one symptom in common is the "dirtiness", so why not run the test to find out ?? If there are no parasites - then, she may decide to put the dog down. That being said, I am very familiar with high-strung, hyper, non-stop pacers who spent too many hours each day running themselves "ragged" - and losing too much weight, as well. In many cases, those dogs are just genetically "programmed" to be that way, & they don't make good pets, either. After trying all sorts of different behavioral and other methods on these "GO" dogs, I sadly & reluctantly had my vet put them down.
Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged
|
06-02-2017 06:23 PM
