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Before any panic ensues, I'm not talking about Chi 
I have a friend who adopted a Pug mix (looks like a Puggle to me) about 6 weeks ago. Now I have issues with the way this adoption has gone down. She thought she was just taking the dog from people who could no longer keep it and then was contacted a few weeks later from an organization saying they needed her to fill out adoption paper work and come and do a home check (make sense to you?). As far as she knew the dog was spayed and current on her shots but then found out that although spayed nobody knew where she stood on vaccines. So this past tuesday Princess went to the vet and I made sure to call and remind my friend to have a HW check done and get her on preventative (she's new to the dog world). Sadly the check came back positive :-( She goes in tomorrow for more tests to see how bad they are and I think for her first treatment. She was told that Princess would have to be crated for 8 weeks. How "crated" does she have to be? Is it OK to take her for short, calm walks? Can she chill on the sofa as long as she doesn't get excited? This is a pretty mellow dog... What kind of side effects to the drugs can she expect? I ask you because I'm not sure she has the sense to ask these questions herself... Any suggestions, ideas or experience y'all have had with this is greatly appreciated....
I feel awful about this because a couple weeks ago she called and told me that Princess had been coughing and throwing up... I know these are tell-tale signs and completely spaced it... Told her I wasn't sure, could be just about anything and to get her in to the vet... Maybe if I had made the connection she would have gotten her in sooner...
I have a friend who adopted a Pug mix (looks like a Puggle to me) about 6 weeks ago. Now I have issues with the way this adoption has gone down. She thought she was just taking the dog from people who could no longer keep it and then was contacted a few weeks later from an organization saying they needed her to fill out adoption paper work and come and do a home check (make sense to you?). As far as she knew the dog was spayed and current on her shots but then found out that although spayed nobody knew where she stood on vaccines. So this past tuesday Princess went to the vet and I made sure to call and remind my friend to have a HW check done and get her on preventative (she's new to the dog world). Sadly the check came back positive :-( She goes in tomorrow for more tests to see how bad they are and I think for her first treatment. She was told that Princess would have to be crated for 8 weeks. How "crated" does she have to be? Is it OK to take her for short, calm walks? Can she chill on the sofa as long as she doesn't get excited? This is a pretty mellow dog... What kind of side effects to the drugs can she expect? I ask you because I'm not sure she has the sense to ask these questions herself... Any suggestions, ideas or experience y'all have had with this is greatly appreciated....
I feel awful about this because a couple weeks ago she called and told me that Princess had been coughing and throwing up... I know these are tell-tale signs and completely spaced it... Told her I wasn't sure, could be just about anything and to get her in to the vet... Maybe if I had made the connection she would have gotten her in sooner...