We also had a similar experience – fortunately
a young dog and we found out something was wrong the next morning on our run.
It was one the scariest things we have seen. It wasn’t obvious when we left
but by the time we got home he could not see and was staggering. My home
husband rushed him to the vet and he was treated and stabilized. The young vet
scared my husband to death by warning him of all the possibilities – Thank god
for the older more experience vet (and large horses who get all of their
wormer) who called later that day and said Maestro would probably recover. So everyone
be careful and watch out for flavored wormers – I don’t think they fool the
horses but dogs…………………….. Pam Bailie
From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of CTH Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007
8:10 AM To: ridecamp Subject: [RC] dogs and horse
wormers
Just a reminder that wormers can kill your
dog no matter what breed.
My 100 pound dog almost died from horse
wormer.
It was a few years ago but I thought I
should post again.
My hubby wormed the horses. Sid was mad so
Dave gave him a cookie to make him happier. Sid spit out the cookie, the dog
grabbed it. A few hours later Buddy was panicking and blind. He got less then a
teaspoon.
Rushed to the emergency clinic and 2
days in intensive care he survived. The vet said we were lucky. Had Dave not
acted so quickly the outcome would have been different.
The wormer "Quest" attacks the
nervous system. First symptom Blindness. Any wormer can cause a problem.
He is an old dog and it took him months to
get over it.
