calliecritturs
Posted : 9/27/2006 12:17:37 PM
Honestly it's impossible to tell -- if this is a 'found' dog, it needs to be vetted. Why? Because it could be carrying parasites that are dangerous to itself and other dogs NOT killed by the wormer you used. "pup" can be 2 days old to 2 years old.
I never EVER bring a foster or strange dog home until I've taken it TO the vet for a fecal and an exam. I don't care how 'good' a friend I got it from or what rescue group promised me on a stack of Bibles 6' thick that the dog had "been seen by a vet" -- nope -- he sees MY vet. *I* am gonna pay him to tell ME the dog is ok for MY yard. I don't want it 2d, 3rd or 4th hand. I don't want a fecal report that is 2 weeks old either -- I want to know the day I bring that dog home he's healthy.
Why? Because I took a dog during a hurricane 8 years ago for a friend I did rescue with. This was a woman I worked with EVERY week -- she fudged and told me the dog was clean when he wasn't just because he assumed he was. She'd wormed him but that didn't kill the hooks/whips he had --- and within 3 weeks my own "old guy" at the time was dead. All 3 of mine wound up with whips/hooks and my old guy died before I could even FIND the problem.
Parasites *can* be lethal and you don't always see them. You've already got white diarreha which could be anything from a dog not digesting his food, a dog who ate something weird (and white) like toilet paper, or a dog who is VERY sick.
Vet ... now. It's one of those things you just can NOT know without a fecal.