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Question by bubbalucie: Fleas…..not my puppy(part2)?
ok so I gave my friends puppy a bath with dishwasing liquid like a couple of people suggested.(im puppysitting for her and the puppy hd fleas all over even after I asked her if the dog had fleas and she told me no)My maltese/yorkie has never had fleas and thats how I would like to keep her.Whta should I do with the puppy now.She is in the pet carrier and she keeps crying and whining.She doesnt want to walk around though she wants to come up on the bed and sleep with my puppy and im sorry but i am not having that.I take my puppy to the groomers all the time and they always tell me how well kept she is.I dont want to bring her back with fleas all over her.Please what should i do.She is crying and wont stop but i dont want to take her out and then have fleas evrywhere.Ive been keeping my puppy from her.(and she also seems quite vicious.We went to pet her and she snapped at us.This was before we put her in the pet carrier)UGHHHH….FRUSTRATED
I def understand Anxiously Awaiting but she should have never given me her flea infested pup.The crate is huge and was meant for my aunts rotti when she came to visit and needed a crate for him so its huge.Shes running around in it and is playing.As for reimbursement my friend is out of town on a job interview so getting money back probably wont happen.

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Answer by Liligirl
go to the pet store and plunk $ 40 down for a flea drop remedy. it works within 8 hours and that poor puppy is just miserable as can be right now, not to mention the possibility of getting sick from the bites. She isn’t vicious, she’s in pain and suffering/

Act now, don’t buy the cheap stuff, it doesn’t work.

Also, fleas may lie dormant for long periods of time, months even, waiting for a host to come along. And then they jump the host again so if you are in contact with a flea dog, the fleas will be on your clothes and make a home in yours if you let them.

unfortunately for you, as you didn’t sign up for all this, you must bomb the house at least twice in a row, while you and the puppy are out (the day after you put the flea drops on the puppy). fleas expel live eggs when they die and so bombing once isn’t enough, you must bomb the eggs as they are hatching (about ten hours after they are expelled). flea larva will not release eggs so get them right away.

And charge your friend a bundle for all of this work they left you with.

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Question by kanunesbr: How should I “introduce” my pug puppy to a German Shepherd that is not mine?
I live in a house that belongs to a family, with 4 independent floors. My husband and I rent one of them.The house is located on a private, closed, small lane, with lots of trees and shade, that is perfect for me to take my pug puppy (8 WEEKS old) for short walks. But down, in the entrance, there is a watch man with a dog (German Shepherd; his name is King ), and the dog is very calm, so much that he hardly moves when we go in and out. But still, he is very big. I would like to go down to the entrance and to the front of the house with my pup, but don’t know how to “introduce” her to King. He is never on a leash and don’t know if he even has one. Should I bring my pup in my arms and let him sniff her firstly? Or in her carrier, so that he can see, smell her through the holes first? How do I do this? I live abroad, in India. And the watch man is a good person, but you can’t expect of him to know or understand anything about dogs. Nobody else in the whole house has pets, so I’m afraid mine will be the first one that King will be seeing, ever… He could eat my little pug in one bite! And I just don’t want to let that happen! . I play with King everytime I see him, even feed him with dog food that we keep in our car. So, he knows me and I think likes me. But how will he/could he react to the pup? Help, guidance, please!

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Answer by Heather S
Tell the watchman that you want to introduce your pug to the Shepard. Ask him to put King on a leash just as a precaution. Then, bring your pug to him. A leash may be best so that both dogs can smell each other on their own terms. If the dogs don’t get along, you can pull each of them back on their leashes.

In my experience with pugs, they seem to be the ones growling and biting more than the big dogs. My aunt’s pug, at about 10 wks old, tried to take on a full grown Husky. It was hilarious.

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Question by Jamie J: Is it better carry our 6 weelk old chinese crested puppy in our hands or in a pet carrier?
We do not want to leave our pup home alone when we visit my wife’s parents today. We have a small pet carrier, but I worry that this will scare her in the way a jail cell may scare a prisoner. My wife contends that this is the best method because it is after all a “pet carrier” and that is what it is designed for. She also makes the point that this method will free our hands up for other things- however I remain leary of this method because I worry about my pups stress level and how being in this carrier may potentially agravate or scare her.

Please tell me which is a better way to transport our puppy, by holding her in our hands, or by putting her in a pet carrier- she is 6 1/2 weeks with 1st shots.

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Answer by Guinea Pig Lover
Hold her in your hands! If she is only 6 and a half weeks old, she will learn to love you if you keep making contact with her. Surely, as she gets older, pet carriers will be out of the question. Leashes will give her much freedom when she gets older. For now, spoil her, brush her, pet her, and spoil her rotten. She’ll grow to love you!
Good luck!

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Question by jade: Just saved a 7 week old puppy, what now?
We have 2 other dogs, 1 year and 3 years. I’ve never had a puppy so small. She has no idea how to pee outside, and we obviously can’t give her free roam. We thought about putting her in a cat carrier. She’ll need to pee. How long can we keep her in there? What if we have to leave for 9 hours, what should we do then?

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Answer by Brenton Fowler
Take the pup to the vet they will know what to do

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