I have a chow/lab/huskie puppy two questions!?

She's a recue her name is Jade, i rescued her from a house with about 14 cats and 5 animals. With a redneck yard (garbage everywhere in the yard). She is chalk full of fleas very big ones that i'm not used to seeing (as i've had dogs all my life). I tried pet shampoo /w flea removal in it for puppies didnt work. As well as sleeping her in a crate with a cedar filled pillow. Any ideas to help her remove the fleas?





second question, shes basically potty trained but shes only 4 weeks old (mother died due to poison from a mean neighbor or so i heard) although shes having trouble holding her liquids in, is this normal for a puppy? She can hold her poo till she pops but not her liquid almost as if shes marking spots. Oh and shes eating solid dry dog food at four weeks (water in it so its easier on her teeth).

I have a chow/lab/huskie puppy two questions!?
Get some Advantage or Frontline. You need something that WORKS and is effective!


She may also have tapeworms....but them again, she needs a good general worming and vaccines too.


You REALLY should get her to a vet ASAP. She may be older than you think. She needs a lot of care.
Reply:Please take this dog to see a vet right away! She may have health issues that need to be addressed after living in such a terrible environment. No doubt she will need frontline. The vet will be able to help you with this. Flea shampoos are really not that good for such a severe problem. Let the vet check her over in general to be sure that she gets all the treatment she needs to recover from her bad upbringing. Poor little dog. She really needs some good care.
Reply:Oh she is so young and needed to learn so much from her mom. Bless you for taking her in to your home.





Because she is so young you need to be careful with flee treatments. I would call your vet and ask about the pill that kills fleas as soon as they bite her.





At 4 weeks her little bladder is just that very little. She will need to go out every hour or less. She will also need access to water all the time. Every time you look for her she will have her head in in the water dish.





Larry Harris


TLC Chow Rescue
Reply:ok when you have a pup in this bad of shape there isn't really any home remedies to waste time on, she needs a vet asap, at this young age a flea infestation can kill her, and unfortunately being a rescuer i have seen this same scene twice this past year and both times the owners had more important things to spend money on, and the pups died, as far as her not holding fluids this to could end up being life threatening, if it is the start of parvo or some other disease attacking her little body, please make an appointment and get her checked by a vet, she will thank you
Reply:I would not use Frontline. A pup that young wouldn't be able to handle it. I would use Advantage. If you give her a bath, you need to wait 2 days before applying any topical treatment to give her natural oils time to replenish. The natural oils are what distributes these products into their system. I would first try a bath with a mild detergent like Dawn Dish Detergent. You'll be amazed how many fleas you will get off of her with just that. It suds up so much that the fleas get caught in it!





As far as the second question, I would keep an eye on how much she is drinking. That will give you a better idea as to why she is peeing so much. She should go to the vet for a nice check up and worming. Maybe bring in a urine sample to be checked, just in case.
Reply:This type of post raises lots of questions about private adoptions and sites for private adoptions. An actual shelter would have expertise in dealing with young puppies. My local shelter has trained foster homes for such puppies. A shelter would have vet care. A shelter would place animals with people who had a vet and would bring the animal to it.





Concerned in Lewiston
Reply:You need to get some proper flea treatment for her, from a vets. Flea shampoos, and indeed and flea treatment from a pet store, are not going to work. Stores aren't licensed to sell the appropriate treatments. Also since she's only 4 weeks old, you won't find anything in any store for a pup this young! The only thing you can in fact use is Frontline spray, this can be used on dogs from 2 days of age. Few people on here seem to have heard of it - you're going to be told to bath the dog in dawn dish soap or try to comb the fleas off or use baby oil - don't, just get the spray version of Frontline from your vet.





Second, at 4 weeks of age don't be surprised she's not fully potty trained yet- it's pretty awesome she can hold her poo already! Does she go on a training pad? Continue using this, and move it gradually closer to the door and then outside, until she's able to go outside on command. Let her go out regularly to wee and poo - don't carry her out, she needs to learn to walk to where she's expected to go. Let her out every few hours. Expect accidents for a while longer, but she should be fully potty-trained and able to go on command by 10-12 weeks. Pick a command to use whenever you let her out to go so she learns to associate those words with peeing, something like 'be quick' so she learns to go on command.





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