Ok so i rescued a little stray puppy that was running around the neighborhood. I'm not sure if someone dumped him (which seems common around here or uncared for dogs in general) or if he ran away. Find it hard to believe he ran away because he seems to stick to me like velcro. my neighbor called and said he was in her garage and asked if i'd come take a look at him (we are both suckers for mercy cases). I get there and he's this little cream colored long haired thing i would guess not more than 13 weeks IF that..but he is COVERED in burrs (the sharp hard ouchy kind) from head to toe.. I started picking them out by hand but it would have taken days and poor little guy i don't know how he could move let alone lay down or anything comfortably. I finally made the decision to just take scissors and start cutting his hair off (i could get under the burrs with the scissors). My guess is he has some chow in him but only because he has that really broad convexed snout. He has long fluffy cream hair. cute as can be though.
anyhow we found him yesterday afternoon just before dark. took me a couple hours just to cut out all the burrs. My neighbor couldnt' keep him at her house for various reasons so i offered to bring him home where he could be in a warm house ina puppy crate. anyhow he's so wiped out.. he was very lethargic last night but looked healthy otherwise. not real thin or anything. Toe nails i noticed are nice and short unlike most pups that grow real long and sharp if not trimmed....which leads me to believe he must have been trimmed some in his short life. My neighbor fed him some of her dog food when he was there then I fed him some of mine last night and today and gave him a dose of Poly Vit al baby vitimins (which was what i was told to put in the puppy formula recipee so i know it's safe for dogs). Figured he could use the boost of vitimins probably. I gave him a bath as soon as I got home using suave shampoo, he wasn't filthy but wasn't real clean either..plus i had sprayed oil hair spray stuff in him to see if i could pull the burrs out easier so he was greecy and gross.
This evening when i picked him up to take him out to potty he has scabby sores under his armpits and some minor ones on his belly/crotch region. i've never had/seen mange and i'm praying it's not something contageous like that since i have EIGHT other dogs...i'm a little nervous about that!!! would be my just deserts for doing something nice i figure...just my luck!! He's not chewing madly ...and i know he hasn't chewed/licked most of the day..he mostly sleeps and he's only been out of my sight for a few hours at most today.
Again it looks a bit scabbed and almost pussy oozy under/around..... I researched mange a bit... if anything it sounds more like the non-contageous type but even then it doesn't sound super like mange.... anyone else have any idea's of what it might be or even things to research??? I wonder if it's not an allergy to one of the two foods, the shampoo and/or spray or whatever. Help?!?!?
Edited to add: I Know he didn't have the sores last night as i cut allt he hair all over his body including his legs ect just last night..... I'm almost sure that he didnt' have it this morning either..but i didnt' actually LOOK there.. whatever it is has come on in a very short time within 24 hours but most likely a lot less time!
anyhow we found him yesterday afternoon just before dark. took me a couple hours just to cut out all the burrs. My neighbor couldnt' keep him at her house for various reasons so i offered to bring him home where he could be in a warm house ina puppy crate. anyhow he's so wiped out.. he was very lethargic last night but looked healthy otherwise. not real thin or anything. Toe nails i noticed are nice and short unlike most pups that grow real long and sharp if not trimmed....which leads me to believe he must have been trimmed some in his short life. My neighbor fed him some of her dog food when he was there then I fed him some of mine last night and today and gave him a dose of Poly Vit al baby vitimins (which was what i was told to put in the puppy formula recipee so i know it's safe for dogs). Figured he could use the boost of vitimins probably. I gave him a bath as soon as I got home using suave shampoo, he wasn't filthy but wasn't real clean either..plus i had sprayed oil hair spray stuff in him to see if i could pull the burrs out easier so he was greecy and gross.
This evening when i picked him up to take him out to potty he has scabby sores under his armpits and some minor ones on his belly/crotch region. i've never had/seen mange and i'm praying it's not something contageous like that since i have EIGHT other dogs...i'm a little nervous about that!!! would be my just deserts for doing something nice i figure...just my luck!! He's not chewing madly ...and i know he hasn't chewed/licked most of the day..he mostly sleeps and he's only been out of my sight for a few hours at most today.
Again it looks a bit scabbed and almost pussy oozy under/around..... I researched mange a bit... if anything it sounds more like the non-contageous type but even then it doesn't sound super like mange.... anyone else have any idea's of what it might be or even things to research??? I wonder if it's not an allergy to one of the two foods, the shampoo and/or spray or whatever. Help?!?!?
Edited to add: I Know he didn't have the sores last night as i cut allt he hair all over his body including his legs ect just last night..... I'm almost sure that he didnt' have it this morning either..but i didnt' actually LOOK there.. whatever it is has come on in a very short time within 24 hours but most likely a lot less time!
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