Squirt’s Update
Nothing much new has happened in the last while since we posted Squirt’s Birthday post.
L is sick right now, so everyone is watching her pretty much, she hasn’t been able to hold anything down today or yesterday and is looking pretty sickly.She also hasn’t been eating. If it gets worse, such as diarrhea, hopefully her owner will take her to the vet, as I’m sure if that happens it is parvo.
She is late on her shots and hasn’t been dewormed since god knows when, but you can’t tell people how to own their dogs, can you?
To all the readers, when should puppies get their shots? I’ve been reading every 3-4 weeks after you get them home until they are 20 ish weeks old. If that is so, L hasn’t had any shots sinc her inital ones and she is now 16 weeks old we think, maybe 17.
I really hope she doesn’t have anything bad like parvo, or anything communicable. Squirt has his shots but I have been told if it’s parvo, it is transmittable to other dogs, kinda like the human flu, but just not as bad of a case.
In any case, next time we go to the vet I am thinking of getting a titre done to see his immunity to parvovirus, as long as it isnt rediculously expensive.
As well, when his shots are done we are going to get him vaccinated for Bordatella, as we are considering getting a puppy after I get out of school or maybe a while down the road.
Some of the breeds we are considering are Pembroke and Cardigan Corgis as well as Basenjis and Finnish Spitz. We are aiming to have a medium sized dog, or maybe we are just going to cave and get another puggle!
So far we have just been reading information and trying to socialize Squirt a bit more. As well we are going to try and get Therapy dogs allowed in our local Seniors Residence. If so, I am going to take my stubborn Squirt to get Therapy Dog training! Hopefully he will pass!
That’s all for now,
Wags,
Squirt and Mom
