Caney Creek
Boxer Insane
I don't understand this part... what is making what worse exactly??
lonely dog what should I do?
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I don't understand this part... what is making what worse exactly??
RLucky
Boxer Pal
I realize what I said is confusing too,
sorry. At first I was typing it should have its shots..then I was thinking because of an illness. So out of curiousity...what does the dmange do? Is it permanent? I was confused about this part.
BxrMommieNAZ
Boxer Insane
I realize what I said is confusing too,
d-mange is mites, we all have them, but when the dog's immune system is weaked they kind of take over, cause hair loss, extreme itching, scabs, the OP has posted some pictures if you look at his posts. So until it is rectified (no typically it is not permanent you have to strengthen the immune system but it can take many months if not a year) no shots are to be given and even after the mange has gone away, it's usually smart not to start pumping vaccinations into the dog for another few months and give the immune system time to strengthen before you go bombaring it all over again. The OP is not being irresponsible, their dog is ill and shots are not recommended for dogs with mange as it's an immune disorder.
jboboxer
Super Boxer
Just an update
I'm a little confused when I was reading that antibiotics don't cause or can't cause UTI as a by product............. My wife and my mother both told me they had a UTI right after taking antibiotics, but I'm not a woman so I don't know.
Well I asked the vet and he mentioned that antibiotics could infact cause a UTI, but he was explaining that antibiotics can kill good bacteria that then could cause a yeast infection, which in turn could cause a UTI.
But when I was talking to him I told him she really has no signs I can see anymore of a UTI. If she's in her crate she doesn't or can't hold it, but during the weekend if she's with me for 16 hours out of her crate she will only pee outside. She hasn't had a slip up in the house in weeks and weeks........
But she has this thick yellow green stuff coming from her area.
The vet said it was puppy vaganitis and from what I read online:
Puppy Vaginitis and Bladder Infections | Puppy Acne, Staph, Demodectic Mange | GREATDANELADY.COM
It seems that it will go away naturally and he said it wouldn't. So far Roxy has been on antibitotics probably 4 different times. Twice cephalexin, then recently amoxilin and when I told him about her green/yellow thing and what she's been taking he then gave me another type of antibiotic, which I'm not sure what it is to be honest.
I'm just not sure if he's crazy and it's going to go away naturally?
Might sound crazy, but I can't wait for her first heat, so I can rest a little bit better knowing that it's really puppy vaganitis and it's going to go away naturally.
Is Puppy Vaginitis common? How common? Why would some dogs get it and not others?
I'm a little confused when I was reading that antibiotics don't cause or can't cause UTI as a by product............. My wife and my mother both told me they had a UTI right after taking antibiotics, but I'm not a woman so I don't know.
Well I asked the vet and he mentioned that antibiotics could infact cause a UTI, but he was explaining that antibiotics can kill good bacteria that then could cause a yeast infection, which in turn could cause a UTI.
But when I was talking to him I told him she really has no signs I can see anymore of a UTI. If she's in her crate she doesn't or can't hold it, but during the weekend if she's with me for 16 hours out of her crate she will only pee outside. She hasn't had a slip up in the house in weeks and weeks........
But she has this thick yellow green stuff coming from her area.
The vet said it was puppy vaganitis and from what I read online:
Puppy Vaginitis and Bladder Infections | Puppy Acne, Staph, Demodectic Mange | GREATDANELADY.COM
It seems that it will go away naturally and he said it wouldn't. So far Roxy has been on antibitotics probably 4 different times. Twice cephalexin, then recently amoxilin and when I told him about her green/yellow thing and what she's been taking he then gave me another type of antibiotic, which I'm not sure what it is to be honest.
I'm just not sure if he's crazy and it's going to go away naturally?
Might sound crazy, but I can't wait for her first heat, so I can rest a little bit better knowing that it's really puppy vaganitis and it's going to go away naturally.
Is Puppy Vaginitis common? How common? Why would some dogs get it and not others?
jboboxer
Super Boxer
Roxy is so attached to me, she can't be in another room without me. She has separation anxiety I would say, so I think it would be mean to give her away and I'm too attached to her as well. I really love the dog and hopefully that things will just get better for my family at home, so we can spend more time with her.
Not many people are going to take a sick dog either
I believe she is getting enough exercise as she can barely make it home after walks and that doesn't include the backyard when I kick the soccer ball around and she runs as fast as she can to chase it. I try to give her as many toys as I can to mentally stimulate her and do anything I can with her.
A lot of things have come up, but right now I'm coming home and trying to eat lunch and work a little bit from home to spend more time with her during lunch. I'm in the process of buying a large exercise pen for her, so that she can round around in when I'm gone.
She has all her shots, except her rabies shots, because of her red manage. She's getting a shot for her manage once a week. I'm trying to do everything I can to help her recoup from her manage, from feedings change/(no grain/low carb), supplements, giving her a bath twice a week with special stuff for manage, putting a sulfur based cream on her on her often to kill the mites/bumps. This has been going on for I'm guessing 7 weeks and it's hard to find any bumps on her now.
I've actually cut down to giving her a bath once a week now and putting on the cream only when I find any bumps. There's an entire thread that people have been so helpful here that you can read if your interested.
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BxrMommieNAZ
Boxer Insane
Caney Creek
Boxer Insane
It WILL most likely go away on its own, it WILL NOT go away with antibiotics, and it seems to be a VERY common topic on this forum. Search the Health Issues forum for "puppy vaginitis" and you'll get hundreds of threads on it, all with the same advice: leave it alone and it will go away once the dog is spayed or has its first heat.
Caney had puppy vaginitis; the vet diagnosed it when she was 11 weeks old and put her on a course of antibiotics which did NOTHING. Then after finding this forum I learned that it was pretty common and nothing to worry about, and that it would likely clear up on its own. So we waited it out. Sure enough, Caney had the vaginitis right up until the day she was spayed, at the age of 10 months. Never saw it again after that. During the time that she had it it seemed to cause no problems except that we had to keep her back end wiped so that it wouldn't get on the comforter :p
If the vaginitis is the only reason Roxy is taking antibiotics, I'd advise that she stop them since it probably won't work anyways (the fact that she's had several courses of antibiotics already is proof of that). The vaginitis isn't really hurting her, but giving her SO many antibiotics IS hurting her. Just like steroids, antibiotics should be reserved for those times when they are absolutely necessary... and right now for Roxy, they're not. Antibiotics take a toll on the immune system too, so I would imagine her having so many antibiotics recently has probably slowed her recovery from the mange.
antibiotics, antibiotics for dogs
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NateBazooka
Boxer Booster
I wish you the best, and I just want to say, I commiserate with the problems re: there not being enough hours in the day, and how it can be difficult getting a dog, and then realizing that your schedule is not as static as you thought it was. When I got my puppy, I was working 9-5 and was sharing an apartment with my girlfriend, who worked similar hours nearby. Well, her company went under, she had to move back to Houston, and while I live 10 minutes from my office, an outside work project I'm involved in has unexpectedly gone into overdrive, leaving me with little uncommitted time, and no one to help me out with the dog.
It kinda sucks, but I guess life can be like that sometimes.
One thing I would say to keep in mind is that your dog needs mental as well as physical exercise. I can pretty much wear my dog out, and he'll still go crazy later, if his day has been restricted to laying in his crate, going on a walk, and then just hanging out in the house. How boring is that, to be locked up pretty much all day long, and just get a half hour of walking, and maybe chase a ball for a bit?
I don't know if you can take your dog to a dog park, what with all of the medical issues you've got going on with her, but I've found that to be a great way to get my guy tuckered out on days when I just don't have it in me to take him on an extended hike. I can take him to the big park downtown, and just sit and chat with other dog owners as he runs around and has a great time. It's a lot of fun, especially for him, but for me as well.
I also teach him tricks. I'll use bits of cheese or freeze dried liver as treats, and train him to do stuff on command, working in short five minute bursts. Maybe while watching a TV show, I'll work on the trick during commercial breaks. I started with sit, down, drop it, and stay, but shake is a good one, if I say "crucio!" he flops on his back, and if I say "loop the loop!" he makes a figure 8 around my legs. That stuff all exercises his brain - he knows I have a treat, he wants it, he has to figure out what to do to get it. He's thinking hard, trying to figure out what this game is, and that's much more of a break from his crate time than trying to figure out how to nab something out of the trash can.
And there are still those days when I'm in meetings at work and can't make it home, and then have obligations in the evening, and I'm torn up knowing that my loving pet has been locked up for most of the day. There's no real solution for that. I just try and make it up for him the best that I can. If I'm tied up on Monday and Tuesday, my dog is going to have an awesome night on Wednesday. And I'm going to steal as much time as I can on Monday and Tuesday to make things bearable for him.
It kinda sucks, but I guess life can be like that sometimes.
One thing I would say to keep in mind is that your dog needs mental as well as physical exercise. I can pretty much wear my dog out, and he'll still go crazy later, if his day has been restricted to laying in his crate, going on a walk, and then just hanging out in the house. How boring is that, to be locked up pretty much all day long, and just get a half hour of walking, and maybe chase a ball for a bit?
I don't know if you can take your dog to a dog park, what with all of the medical issues you've got going on with her, but I've found that to be a great way to get my guy tuckered out on days when I just don't have it in me to take him on an extended hike. I can take him to the big park downtown, and just sit and chat with other dog owners as he runs around and has a great time. It's a lot of fun, especially for him, but for me as well.
I also teach him tricks. I'll use bits of cheese or freeze dried liver as treats, and train him to do stuff on command, working in short five minute bursts. Maybe while watching a TV show, I'll work on the trick during commercial breaks. I started with sit, down, drop it, and stay, but shake is a good one, if I say "crucio!" he flops on his back, and if I say "loop the loop!" he makes a figure 8 around my legs. That stuff all exercises his brain - he knows I have a treat, he wants it, he has to figure out what to do to get it. He's thinking hard, trying to figure out what this game is, and that's much more of a break from his crate time than trying to figure out how to nab something out of the trash can.
And there are still those days when I'm in meetings at work and can't make it home, and then have obligations in the evening, and I'm torn up knowing that my loving pet has been locked up for most of the day. There's no real solution for that. I just try and make it up for him the best that I can. If I'm tied up on Monday and Tuesday, my dog is going to have an awesome night on Wednesday. And I'm going to steal as much time as I can on Monday and Tuesday to make things bearable for him.
jboboxer
Super Boxer
She only has like one more day of the antibiotics, but I was under the impression like humans one of the biggest mistakes is stopping antibitoics until all the pills are gone. That it's the main reason antibiotics don't end up working later on
You had her spayed before her first heat? I thought since she had puppy vaganitis that it would be better for her to have her first heat, but I guess what your saying is it doesn't make any difference?
I cannot be 100% sure it's puppy vagainitis as I'm not a vet and never saw the lab results, but the vet said it was puppy vaganitis and she has green/yellow stuff from her vaginal area after she pees. I don't think she has it if she doesn't pee, but then again I'm not examining her all the time, except after she pees I've been cleaning it off.
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