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Pets & Working Animals => Dogs => Topic started by: DavidandCollette on September 01, 2017, 01:14:53 pm

Title: Seasonal Canine Illness
Post by: DavidandCollette on September 01, 2017, 01:14:53 pm: We took our sprocker puppy with us yesterdaywhilst we picked damsons at a friend's orchard. On the way back she was crying and rubbing her paws on the bed. This morning she had really bad diarrhoea so we took her to the Vet, who immediately started to inspect he paws ( hadn't mentioned the paw rubbing at this stage) the Vet showed us the tiny orange harvest mite between her paws. This had caused the diarrhoea. She was given a flea treatment and an anti sickness injection and we have mail on to give her twice a day. Vet instructed us to take her back immediately if she did not perk up. Apparently this can be fatal to dogs. We have never heard of this before. Had we not taken her the outcome may have been fatal. It only happens this time of year. Sorry for the long rant but I'm concerned that it could be easily overlooked in other dogs
Title: Re: Seasonal Canine Illness
Post by: doganjo on September 01, 2017, 01:26:24 pm: Thanks for the heads up - post on public domains too if you can - twitter, facebook etc
Title: Re: Seasonal Canine Illness
Post by: Old Shep on September 01, 2017, 10:04:07 pm: interesting - didn't know it was linked to harvest mites.
Title: Re: Seasonal Canine Illness
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on September 01, 2017, 11:28:13 pm: Very interesting this... Will certainly keep an eye on our dogs just in case :) I hope he gets better soon!
Title: Re: Seasonal Canine Illness
Post by: YorkshireLass on September 02, 2017, 04:53:37 pm: Now then, this sounds different to the "(something) rot" that is also horrid?

Thanks for the heads up :) Hope pup feels better soon.
Title: Re: Seasonal Canine Illness
Post by: in the hills on September 02, 2017, 09:08:06 pm: Hope your pup is doing okay now?

Thanks for making us aware. I'd never heard of this and wouldn't have linked symptoms with mites. :o
Title: Re: Seasonal Canine Illness
Post by: doganjo on September 03, 2017, 11:18:37 pm: Quote from: YorkshireLass on September 02, 2017, 04:53:37 pm
Now then, this sounds different to the "(something) rot" that is also horrid?

Thanks for the heads up :) Hope pup feels better soon.
Alabama
Title: Re: Seasonal Canine Illness
Post by: DavidandCollette on September 04, 2017, 09:39:21 am: Daisy the pup is now bouncing around and terrorising Poppy the Springer. Taking her back to the Vet today as she still has a ploy bum
Title: Re: Seasonal Canine Illness
Post by: Jukes Mum on September 04, 2017, 11:39:09 am: I nearly lost a dog to this a few years back. He was very ill indeed.
I don't know how to insert a link, but it should be below at the end of the posts.
Please check between your dogs toes very carefully. None of the dogs affected when mine was ill had itchy feet at all.
Title: Re: Seasonal Canine Illness
Post by: Jukes Mum on September 04, 2017, 11:43:42 am: https://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=51603.0 (https://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=51603.0)
See if this works