Soleil's vet had me worried now..

[Brookef18]

Your babies are beautiful!!! I think the vet should have tested for worms and I wouldn't give the meds unless she really has worms....drop a stool sample off and ask them to test!

[Wogger]

Originally Posted by sweetr72

Yesterday I took Soleil to the vet to have her microchipped. Of course Im a proud mommy and loved the ooohs and ahhhs in the waiting room. When the vet did a quick check of her he look dismaid and listed to her heart forEVER and sighed a few times. I asked if anything was wrong and he said he thought maybe she had worms...I asked why he would think that?? He said she is sooooo skinny???
Dawn

Did he think Heart Worms or Intestinal Worms? Did he test for either? I think I'd find a different vet. I have a skinny-ish Yorkie. He gets a high quality food and even leaves some behind, but he is just so high energy. Some are just that way.

She is adorable!!

[tjdmom]

Originally Posted by Bizzymammabee

I think it's just because she is shaved down...what would make him just say she has worms. Did he test her stool? Sounds like he might be a little short on the BMW payment and needs some more cash.

I had to laugh at this. That's what my husband says everytime I take the dogs to the vet.....

[GurleyGirl]

Do you give your dogs heartworm medication now? I didn't know the listening to the heart would detect other than heartworms...

[GinosMommy]

what? how do they say worms with no stool sample and test?

I would have questioned that right away.

[domesticated08]

She looks perfect size to me!!

[Mere_de_Jambo]

They both look adorable and I have the same comment as everyone else. How can he tell if she has heartworms based on just listening to her heart? He didn't even do a test and prescribed medicine based on assumption? That just does not sound right. If you're concerned, I would definitely ask for a test and with a different vet.

[sweetr72]

I just wanted to clear up that he didnt think she had heartworms..just regular old worms lol..I am going there tomorrow to have my himmy's yearly shots done so I am taking in a stool sample..Ill let you all know what the results are..

Dawn

[vanessa19]

i think she looks fine and pretty as ever! Jasmine just turned 2 on January 1st and probobly until she was about 1.5 years she was very thin and now she weighs 7lbs even, for a while she wouldn't get above 4 and that made me nervous!

[Anna Lou]

Why didn't he check to see if she had worms instead of just giving you meds.If you left there guessing what is wrong, I would change vets.

[yorkieusa]

Originally Posted by sweetr72

I just wanted to clear up that he didnt think she had heartworms..just regular old worms lol..I am going there tomorrow to have my himmy's yearly shots done so I am taking in a stool sample..Ill let you all know what the results are..

Dawn

Wow! I can't believe he gave you pills without testing for worms first! I'm betting she doesn't have worms at all!

[sweetr72]

Originally Posted by yorkieusa

Wow! I can't believe he gave you pills without testing for worms first! I'm betting she doesn't have worms at all!

I am quite sure she doesnt either and I really do like him as a vet..I dont want to change. I am going to talk with him again tomorrow now that I have what I want to say clearly in my mind. I imagine he thinks he has done it as a precaution but I will take a stool sample with me to be sure instead of giving her meds that she may not even need.

Thanks,
Dawn

[Ellie May]

Originally Posted by sweetr72

I am quite sure she doesnt either and I really do like him as a vet..I dont want to change. I am going to talk with him again tomorrow now that I have what I want to say clearly in my mind. I imagine he thinks he has done it as a precaution but I will take a stool sample with me to be sure instead of giving her meds that she may not even need.

Thanks,
Dawn

As much as I agree that this just seems "strange" of your vet to deworm without tests, some people deworm their dogs all the time. Once is no big deal and the problem with stool samples is they don't always show positive when they should. So, maybe he would want to treat anyway just in case even if the sample came back negative and he is saving you money by not testing?


When I thought Ellie had a liver problem and her bile acids came back high Ellie's vet consulted an internist. With high bile acids sometimes internists recommend deworming a dog just in case that is what is elevating the numbers. Ellie didn't have a fecal test at all because we may have gotten a false negative...