Canine Distemper

[livingwith]

It began with typical cold-like symptoms lots of sneezing, coughing, loss of appetite, heavy panting. We adopted her from a rescue and the first week all she did was lay around and sleep, she was very weak and her temperature shot through the roof, the highest recorded was 103-103.5. We took her to our vet and they initially diagnosed her with bronchitis and then pneumonia but a blood culture was performed and we found out she had distemper She was incubated for about a month and a half and the...Read the full article

[bani]

Dear EC,

It is nice to know that your dog has survived this fatal disease, my dog Simba has also pulled through this disease and the only thing which still remains of the distemper effects is twitching in his back legs. I am treating him with homeopathy for this. You are right another dog makes all the difference for getting your sick dog on his feet. I had also got a puppy - Golden Retriever to give Simba company in his loneliness and it worked wonders, Simba and Droopy ( the new pup - now 6 months ) do not sit idle for even a moment, they are always playing and running around the house, Simba is always trying to prove that he is better and makes the extra effort to be active and that makes him stronger by the day and he has become very very active.

I am sure your dog would also recover from the twitching in his legs soon.

Bani