Hi All. I have a 15 week old rescue GSD. All my previous pups have come from breeders where the worming regime was the normal routine which we carried on. Our newest wee boy is a rescue with an unknown history. We got him at 12 weeks. He had supposedly been wormed routinely but noone really knew for sure. The vet didn't want me to worm him right away as he was getting his first vaccination. 2 days ago he had diarrhea and there were wiggly worms in it-roundworm. I immediately wormed him with panacur. The vet had told me just to give him the one sachet but that was just for a routine worming, not with the knowledge that he actually had worms.The sachet instructions say to give 3 treatments on 3 consecutive days. I have looked on line but no real help to be found. Also should I worm my older girl who is fascinated with his bum and has been cleaning it for him regularly since he arrived? LOL!

I find worming a really difficult one. All advice on this one appreciated and also on the most effective product and an ongoing regime for him. he is a poop eater! :(

Three treatments on consecutive days is what is recommended for baby puppies but it does depend on the dosage as this is smaller than the single dose given  to older dogs and yes I would most definitely worm your older dog aswell.

I have only ever used Panacur 10% liquid and treat all the dogs as suggested be they pups through to pregnant bitches, so easy to dose based on weight and using a syringe.

One dose is not going to be enough and you may have to repeat the treatment sooner to be sure of knocking them out altogether, none of mine have ever had worms but did see a pic of some taken by a friend who had taken over the handrearing of a newborn pup whose dam hadn't been wormed during pregnancy, I was horrified that so many worms were inside such a tiny pup, she looked quite deflated at the end of the 3 days treatment but did start to eat and thrive better.

Any dogs in contact with yours need to be treated too

Just to say that I totally agree with the 3 day worming on your pup - would repeat in 3 weeks actually.  But remember that your bitch will be on a normal adult dose for ONE day.  The Panacur 10% dose is 1ml per kg for your girl.

Brilliant will do exactly that. I take it since everyone has mentioned Panacur that is the wormer of choice? I have found that mine have always been  very sick after Drontal but is there another way to cover us for tapeworm? Thanks.

Don't panic about worms. They might be not nice to us humans but they're part of life. In fact I know of a particular line of research that indicates that human's do not have enough parasites!!! Panacur is great. I find Drontal great too! Millbemax I avoid as I have a group of dogs that can be very sensitive to it. Do as others have recommended, but do remember ... worms are grosse but they aint that bad on a scale of 1 to 5!!

Lol! That's easy to say when you haven't been the one who had to pull one about 8 inches long hanging out your dogs bum. Teehee! We've had fun naming his wormy pets-wormy,squirmy,prancer, dancer and of course let's not forget the one at the bottom of his bottom wiggly woo. Poor puppy. Three days of panacur should hope fully see him on the way back to good health. I lost my 2 older dogs in the last 3 weeks so at least something has raised a little chuckle. x

puppies get half the adult dose daily for 3 days so that is 0.5ml of Panacur 10% suspension per kg of bodyweight and should be done monthly to 6 months.

As he hasn't been done properly before I would do as suggested and worm again in 3 weeks, and then monthly.

I have wormed bitches in pregnancy for 6 generations and their pups twice by 7 weeks, and have never seen a worm.

A friend took in a rescue GSD litter at 6 weeks with typical staring coats, dull eyes and pot bellies.  they were so anaemic from a huge worm burden that they also had hardly any appetite.  She very nearly lost one bitch.

So a low worm burden may be no big deal but a heavy worm burden can kill puppies or cause life long digestive issues.

The granules work out loads more expensive.

Thanks. I will follow the advice.

Only 8"?! How about 18" of tapeworm? Admittedly on one of my sheep but does mean tagliatelle is no longer something I eat :-O

Panacur will sort it, just don't worry if you see more worms for a bit. They should be dead so wormer will be doing its job.

Sorry to hear about your losses. I lost my 18 month old girl 3 weeks ago, I know chuckles are rare in my house at present too :-(

Trialist totally get your feelings re tagliatelle. I feel the same about spaghetti and beansprouts ;).
I am so glad you posted about continuing to see dead worms. I was getting concerned. He has had his 3 days of Panacur and they are still appearing but all most definitely dead. 

So very sorry to hear about your wee girl :(.  It must be dreadful to lose such a youngster. My 2 girls were 12 and 9 but my 4 children have grown up from little people to teens/young adults with them so we all feel like we have lost a third of our family in some dreadful tragedy whereas my older girl(lab) was just too tired to keep fighting the diabetes and gave up and I suppose my wee bichon always followed her everywhere even to the last.

My wormy rescue pup Loki is doing well weight wise and is full of energy so hopefully the worms will not have done too much damage! I have never seen worms on a dog of mine so this has been an education! I definitely wondered about whether or not the grief had pushed me over the edge when I found myself out in the frosty garden at 5am in my dressing gown and furry boots wiping the pup's wormy bottom with loo roll by torch light :(. The things we do :)

 

> I have never seen worms on a dog of mine so this has been an education!

The Panacur works on larval stages and they would be dissolved, it is only in cases like this where the gut is full of mature worms that your seeing worms and thankfully dead ones being expelled after the worming.

Probably when you next treat him you will either see none or or only the odd one.