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amandawhitelaw I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject: WORMS |
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How do you know if your dog has worms? Yoda is always wanting food day and night. She sits watching people eating and just the thought of going to the food cupboard and she salivates excessively. She does not care what the food is she will eat it. She eats anything from lettuce to scraps on the ground outside. Do you take a poo sample to the vets? |
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Janis I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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i really don't know amanda but i think you would see them in her poo and i have seen worms on the backend of my cat!
it could well be that she is just greedy! _________________ Cockapoo's...a little of this, a little of that..........
the perfect combination!
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Janis I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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just to add i am probably odd but i worm my dogs monthly on a smaller dosage just so i know they are ok...............moreso because they are allowed to play with innes too!!!! _________________ Cockapoo's...a little of this, a little of that..........
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amandawhitelaw I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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thanks janis i worm yoda every 2 months. I have not seen any worms. I just think i worry about her to much.
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Jack I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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Amanda I think you've just got a dog with a MORE than healthy appetite My Rosie would just keep eating til she popped too although there ARE things that she doesn't like. I don't allow "scrounging" though - if my dogs did it to excess they would be placed in another room while I ate so I could get some peace. I think you are worming her enough most vets recommend every 3-6 months with a proper worming treatment (not Bob Martins or the like it's just not effective enough)....so I think she just LOVES food _________________ Staffies are my life! Visit us at www.staffies.co.uk |
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Lisa/Colin I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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Janis wrote: |
it could well be that she is just greedy! |
We had a lab while I was growing up that would eat ANYTHING! You would hear him sneaking downstairs to the kitchen in the middle of the night and hear a rustling noise which usually was him with front paws up on the worktop and him scoffing whatever he could get, usually a loaf of bread or a half pound of butter! He would have eaten until he burst too
Was nice seeing you (albeit briefly) at the Vets on Thursday Amanda. Yoda's looking well, sorry about Heks antisocial behaviour |
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amandawhitelaw I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
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you to lisa. I hope you were ok. poor hek |
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Suzanne H I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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We used to have a lab who was the same.
It's a personal hate of mine having a dog watching me eat. Puts me right off, so Otto is not allowed to participate in it in any way. I am so harsh
He goes in his crate which is next to the table while we're eating. As a pup we shut the door, but we can leave it open now. He just has a snooze and shows little interest in our food because he's learned he gets fed afterwards.
He's not allowed to sit and watch us have a cup of tea and a biscuit. He has to lie on his cushion. And he never gets a "wee bit" of anything - so doesn't pay for him.
He gets very little human food and what he does get is in his bowl as part of his meal, but he's a counter surfer extraordinaire if I'm daft enough to leave it out. Who thought a dog could eat a pound of bacon whole! |
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colin Forum Regular
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject: Re: WORMS |
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amandawhitelaw wrote: |
How do you know if your dog has worms? Yoda is always wanting food day and night. She sits watching people eating and just the thought of going to the food cupboard and she salivates excessively. She does not care what the food is she will eat it. She eats anything from lettuce to scraps on the ground outside. Do you take a poo sample to the vets? |
Amanda
I believe that there are different types of worms but from first hand experience I can tell you you will know when Yoda has worms (or certainly the strain Buddy had).
When looking at his poo you could see them - in some cases they were still alive and moving - very clearly as they were quite long and looked like strands of spaghetti (in fact the first time I saw one I thought is was spaghetti that hadnt been digested properly).
I wouldnt hoof him down the vet right away. I am sure Janis could recommend something available over the counter (or maybe that was eye drops you were telling me about Janis ) at the fraction of the cost of a vet.
As an aside Buddy had the worms when we collected him and has since been treated - so there is no need to avoid us at the class on Sunday
Hope this helps Amanda.
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