The Pills Marty have to take are HORRIBLE!!

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I hate having to give my dog pills that have so many bad side effects! Marty has to take Aminopylline and Prednisone !
Has anyone had to give these pills to your dogs if so did they get any side effects from them. Marty is starting to loose stools again, he just gotten better and now he has having to go out more again!! I wish the shelters where more careful about the dogs they let people adopt! I got Marty because my last dog had cancer , now I have another sick dog that have to take pills that could kill him!!
 
Oh dear. No specific advice on the pills, but I'm so sorry you are going through all this.

Pippin was such an easy rescue; based on him, I'd recommend a rescue to anyone. But based on you and your experiences with Marty, I'd want to say "Look out, do a lot of health and aptitude testing before you agree to take a dog."

I'm so sorry. Just wanted to send you an on-line hug, for you and Marty both.
 
Beach girl said:
Oh dear. No specific advice on the pills, but I'm so sorry you are going through all this.

Pippin was such an easy rescue; based on him, I'd recommend a rescue to anyone. But based on you and your experiences with Marty, I'd want to say "Look out, do a lot of health and aptitude testing before you agree to take a dog."

I'm so sorry. Just wanted to send you an on-line hug, for you and Marty both.
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I have a friend that is an acupuncturist and she is licensed to treat animals too. She agreed to treat a dog that was rescued, the dog came from another country. The dog was very sick and brought to my friend's house. It turned out the dog had some very contagious disease and nothing could save it! I was planning to visit my friend and Finlay was going too. We where not able to go as my friend's house was quarantined by the ACO for 3 months and the ACO from city said I should bring Finlay into my friend's house! After I heard about this dog, I kept Finlay away from dogs that came from other country for awhile!
 
:aw: I'm sorry to read about your Marty, whatdidyousay!
what about the possibility of holistic vet to see Marty?


in general -
reputable rescues, shelters and so on will have a lot of information available as well as require a lot from the potential adopter, before they even let the person touch one of their dogs or cats <or whatever>; they should also do extensive testing and intro.'s <at the facility where the potential new pet already is; or, ideally if through a rescue - at a neutral outside location> with all current humans and other animals living in the home the new dog would go into. That is, Intro.'s before the dog goes to the new home.
That being the case, no one rescue situation will be like any other, and so even if a previous re-homing was "easy" - the next time you adopt a dog/cat from a rescue org., shelter and so on - that next time might be an altogether different experience because there's so many variables.

hugs and well-wishes for Marty! ALSO big :hug: for you, whatdidyousay!
 
dogmom said:
:aw: I'm sorry to read about your Marty, whatdidyousay!
what about the possibility of holistic vet to see Marty?


in general -
reputable rescues, shelters and so on will have a lot of information available as well as require a lot from the potential adopter, before they even let the person touch one of their dogs or cats <or whatever>; they should also do extensive testing and intro.'s <at the facility where the potential new pet already is; or, ideally if through a rescue - at a neutral outside location> with all current humans and other animals living in the home the new dog would go into. That is, Intro.'s before the dog goes to the new home.
That being the case, no one rescue situation will be like any other, and so even if a previous re-homing was "easy" - the next time you adopt a dog/cat from a rescue org., shelter and so on - that next time might be an altogether different experience because there's so many variables.

hugs and well-wishes for Marty! ALSO big :hug: for you, whatdidyousay!
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Thank you dogmom! I have not thought of checking into a holistic vet . I will ask some other dogs owners if they know of a good one. I can't believe no one realize that Marty had a cough at the shelter all the time he was there!
Pneumonia is contagious and Marty could had gotten it from another dog at shelter or given it to other dogs! The woman that helped me with the
adoption spend time with Marty , and I bet Marty coughed at least once !
I think the shelter need to train the volunteers what what out for when taking care the dogs.
 
:wave: :aw:sure....if you are comfortable to give me your state or province, I could get you a holistic vet listing in your area. Or, you could check here:AHVMA - Find Member Vets in your area - Holistic, Alternative, Complementary Veterinarians

sadly, respiratory problems are common at shelters because of the stressful environment and the number of animals; also visitors going from kennel to kennel <if traditional shelter with open runs> putting hands in.
The shelter where I volunteer has installed sanitary hand dispensers at the front desk, by the entrance and in the adoption ward.
Many times shelters try very hard but are limited by lack of funds, politics or other things.
I'm sorry that you are going through this with Marty:aw:
 
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