You advised her to take the puppy to the vet, that's all you can do. These are hard times for a lot of people. 
Neighbor puppy sick...NEED ADvice!!
Okay, I am in a middle of a crisis with my neighbor and don't know what else to tell her, as I told her that puppy needs VET attention right now. Please know that I did stress that....she is crying and told me she absolutely does not have the money and she doesn't know what else to do.
Puppy is a three month old Sheltie, she also has his littermate as well. He is lethargic, eyes a bit dull, not eating nor drinking and vomiting. He vomited twice when I was there for 10 minutes, vomit is clear and looked like stomach acid. I looked at his gums and they seem a bit pale. I pulled the skin on his back and it did go back very fast, so I don't think he is all that dehyrated, YET. Although I am no vet so I can't say for sure. I asked about shots and she promised he was up to date. She stresses she cannot afford emergency vet but I said I can call my vet tomorrow and maybe they can work something out (as of right now she has no vet....) I can't afford to lend her money as I myself just spent almost 500 dollars on my own vet bill for one of my cats. She mentioned that this just happened today, he was fine yesterday...(although I wonder as she is a wonderful person not very observant about things....)
The other puppy seems fine, gums nice and pink although it may be too late I told her to keep both puppies seperated, and put the sick puppy in his crate. As of now she was letting him in the backyard in his condition, i told her not a bright idea. She said he was trying to eat grass but I said not good if he is vomiting again and again...(most of the grass is weed anyways..)
I would hate to tell her to try and force feed water or pedialyte in case it is something more serious...he cant hold down anything anyways....
I also asked if he could have gotten into anything...she swears no..although she was at work all day today and the puppy was with the kids and babysitter..
any advice would be helpful although I know I may be grasping for straws...without a vet I just don't know what to tell her, she came to me as I know more about dogs than she ever will. I feel bad for the puppy, he looked really bad, her husband says the puppy just has a cold and will be alright... If it were my dogs they would have been at the vet hours ago....Thanks for letting me vent...
argh....
thanks...sorry so long....
Puppy is a three month old Sheltie, she also has his littermate as well. He is lethargic, eyes a bit dull, not eating nor drinking and vomiting. He vomited twice when I was there for 10 minutes, vomit is clear and looked like stomach acid. I looked at his gums and they seem a bit pale. I pulled the skin on his back and it did go back very fast, so I don't think he is all that dehyrated, YET. Although I am no vet so I can't say for sure. I asked about shots and she promised he was up to date. She stresses she cannot afford emergency vet but I said I can call my vet tomorrow and maybe they can work something out (as of right now she has no vet....) I can't afford to lend her money as I myself just spent almost 500 dollars on my own vet bill for one of my cats. She mentioned that this just happened today, he was fine yesterday...(although I wonder as she is a wonderful person not very observant about things....)
The other puppy seems fine, gums nice and pink although it may be too late I told her to keep both puppies seperated, and put the sick puppy in his crate. As of now she was letting him in the backyard in his condition, i told her not a bright idea. She said he was trying to eat grass but I said not good if he is vomiting again and again...(most of the grass is weed anyways..)
I would hate to tell her to try and force feed water or pedialyte in case it is something more serious...he cant hold down anything anyways....
I also asked if he could have gotten into anything...she swears no..although she was at work all day today and the puppy was with the kids and babysitter..
any advice would be helpful although I know I may be grasping for straws...without a vet I just don't know what to tell her, she came to me as I know more about dogs than she ever will. I feel bad for the puppy, he looked really bad, her husband says the puppy just has a cold and will be alright...
If it were my dogs they would have been at the vet hours ago....Thanks for letting me vent...argh....
thanks...sorry so long....
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Thanks for the replies, I am going to check up on the pup today, Hookworms as well crossed my mind. My dog as a puppy when I first got him had a big infestiation of them......ew. No, puppies are NOT on any prevenitives, nor will they ever be knowing her. She's nice like I said, but won't spend the needed money on stuff like that, she buys her dog food from the dollar general store, their brand and even that is not the greatest food as we know. (low quality food causing anemia crossed my mind as well....sigh...)
I feel bad for the dogs but they are hers and nothing I can really do...unfortunatly. At least mine are healthy, on prevenitives, shots updated, and they are on a great diet. (still gonna keep mine away from her pups until this thing is figured out in case it is catching...) Any advice I give just falls on deaf ears...(she won't even get them neutered...says she wants to breed the two boys because she loves puppies...thats another story... )
I feel bad for the dogs but they are hers and nothing I can really do...unfortunatly. At least mine are healthy, on prevenitives, shots updated, and they are on a great diet. (still gonna keep mine away from her pups until this thing is figured out in case it is catching...) Any advice I give just falls on deaf ears...(she won't even get them neutered...says she wants to breed the two boys because she loves puppies...thats another story...
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