Comments on: do tapeworms in dogs cause poor health? http://www.bestbuyfordogs.com/do-tapeworms-in-dogs-cause-poor-health/ Your Dogs Health Problems Answered Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:16:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Miss Kris http://www.bestbuyfordogs.com/do-tapeworms-in-dogs-cause-poor-health/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Miss Kris Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:00:44 +0000 http://www.bestbuyfordogs.com/do-tapeworms-in-dogs-cause-poor-health/#comment-76 Tapeworms are not highly pathogenic (harmful) to your dog. They may cause debilitation and weight loss when they occur in large numbers. Sometimes, the dog will scoot or drag his anus across the ground or carpet because the segments are irritating to the skin in this area. The adult worm is generally not seen, but the white segments which break away from the tapeworm and pass outside the body rarely fail to get a guardian's attention. Occasionally, a tapeworm will release its attachment in the intestines and move into the stomach. This irritates the stomach, causing the dog to vomit the worm. When this happens, a worm several inches in length will be seen. Tapeworms are not highly pathogenic (harmful) to your dog. They may cause debilitation and weight loss when they occur in large numbers. Sometimes, the dog will scoot or drag his anus across the ground or carpet because the segments are irritating to the skin in this area. The adult worm is generally not seen, but the white segments which break away from the tapeworm and pass outside the body rarely fail to get a guardian’s attention.

Occasionally, a tapeworm will release its attachment in the intestines and move into the stomach. This irritates the stomach, causing the dog to vomit the worm. When this happens, a worm several inches in length will be seen.

]]> By: mojos1966 http://www.bestbuyfordogs.com/do-tapeworms-in-dogs-cause-poor-health/comment-page-1/#comment-75 mojos1966 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:17:47 +0000 http://www.bestbuyfordogs.com/do-tapeworms-in-dogs-cause-poor-health/#comment-75 Tapeworms or any kind of parasite, can and will starve your baby of the nutrients that you provide...Please have dogger wormed, o.k. ? Tapeworms or any kind of parasite, can and will starve your baby of the nutrients that you provide…Please have dogger wormed, o.k. ?

]]> By: Anna-Marie. x)Stoned Ranger(x http://www.bestbuyfordogs.com/do-tapeworms-in-dogs-cause-poor-health/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Anna-Marie. x)Stoned Ranger(x Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:21:48 +0000 http://www.bestbuyfordogs.com/do-tapeworms-in-dogs-cause-poor-health/#comment-74 Yes, very. My dog died of tapeworms. *sigh* xx Yes, very. My dog died of tapeworms. *sigh*
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]]> By: doxie http://www.bestbuyfordogs.com/do-tapeworms-in-dogs-cause-poor-health/comment-page-1/#comment-73 doxie Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:26:43 +0000 http://www.bestbuyfordogs.com/do-tapeworms-in-dogs-cause-poor-health/#comment-73 It is a parasite. It takes up space in the dog and takes nourishment from the dog. Easy to get rid of with proper medicine. Comes from fleas. It is a parasite. It takes up space in the dog and takes nourishment from the dog. Easy to get rid of with proper medicine. Comes from fleas.

]]> By: joanplus4dogs http://www.bestbuyfordogs.com/do-tapeworms-in-dogs-cause-poor-health/comment-page-1/#comment-72 joanplus4dogs Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:18:00 +0000 http://www.bestbuyfordogs.com/do-tapeworms-in-dogs-cause-poor-health/#comment-72 yes, they can cause death if left untreated. yes, they can cause death if left untreated.

]]> By: SB: Has a flooded basement! Ugh. http://www.bestbuyfordogs.com/do-tapeworms-in-dogs-cause-poor-health/comment-page-1/#comment-71 SB: Has a flooded basement! Ugh. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:40:00 +0000 http://www.bestbuyfordogs.com/do-tapeworms-in-dogs-cause-poor-health/#comment-71 Oh you betcha! Imagine what we would feel like if we had a bunch of worms living in our intestines! Not fun! Oh you betcha!
Imagine what we would feel like if we had a bunch of worms living in our intestines! Not fun!

]]> By: RAB in Venus TX http://www.bestbuyfordogs.com/do-tapeworms-in-dogs-cause-poor-health/comment-page-1/#comment-70 RAB in Venus TX Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:29:23 +0000 http://www.bestbuyfordogs.com/do-tapeworms-in-dogs-cause-poor-health/#comment-70 They'll die of malnutrition. Get to the vet. They’ll die of malnutrition. Get to the vet.

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