thechesters420
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Have you spoken to the breeder yet?Is there any legal action I can take against the breeder?
It is not that simple.I just found out today my 10 month old Scottish Terrier has red mange. This can only be passed from mother to puppy. This was very upsetting to us! I just had to pay the vet $175 today. Is there any legal action I can take against the breeder?
Many veterinarians believe that all dogs have small numbers of Demodex mites residing in the skin and that having a few mites is normal and common. It is when immune related, or nutritional or environmental stresses impact the dog that visible skin lesions from mite infestations become noticeable.
QUESTION: Can Demodex mites be inherited?
ANSWER: No. The mites are not present on the fetus while the fetus is developing from an embryo in the uterus. However, if the mother has Demodex mites present in/on her skin, the mites can invade the new fetus skin immediately after birth. Since many dogs have Demodex mites present in their skin, and never actually develop noticeable skin lesions, the mother may not even be showing any signs of mites and yet transmit mites to the newborn pups. The pups may or may not develop a clinical case of mites.
QUESTION: Why, then, do I keep hearing that Demodex can be inherited.
ANSWER: The problem is the wording. The specific antibodies that will defend against infestation of Demodex can be inherited and most dogs have those immune factors and are able to defend against Demodex. But some individuals have inherited a deficiency of those antibodies and just don't have the ability to fend off the mites. So the ability to resist the mites, or not resist, is inherited. The actual mites are not inherited.
QUESTION: So if I have a pup that has Demodex and it is only six weeks old and has never been in contact with any dogs outside our home, the mites must have come from the mother. But the mother has never had Demodex so how could that happen?
ANSWER: Your assumption that the mother dog has "never had" Demodex is probably not valid. Demodex mites have been proven to inhabit the hair follicles of many, many dogs, humans and other mammals without causing the host any problems at all. So these mites can be present in normal and healthy individuals (who have inherited the immune factors needed to keep the mites suppressed). So just because you have not experienced a visible skin lesion on your dog does not mean that the dog has no mites present.
http://www.chihuahuarescue.com/demofolder/dem.html
OMG, calm down, it's not the end of the world.The vet said it showed up because she will be coming into heat soon(she hasn't yet). She said she needed to be spayed as soon as possible. My husband just contacted the breeder. He said she acted totally surprised and shocked. She said her dogs had never had any symtoms. She said our vet must have misdiagnosed her. I called, they said they did a skin scraping and they couldn't be wrong. So my husband gave her the vets number so she could talk to them herself.
I just gave her the first liquid dose, goodness shes a stong one! I don't really know what to do, I certainly dont want her put down.
I added some comments to my last post.Thanks for the help. Thats exactly why I asked here because I wanted others opinions on the matter. I was spitting mad at the vet! From what I had heard about it I thought the only way dogs could get it is from their mother, so when he told me what it was I was super anger at the breeder. My husband said she seemed really upset about it. I'm reading all I can find out online but its pretty confusing. Thank you again for your input!
I just found out today my 10 month old Scottish Terrier has red mange. This can only be passed from mother to puppy. This was very upsetting to us! I just had to pay the vet $175 today. Is there any legal action I can take against the breeder?
BTW responses like the one above are the exact reason why I am so reluctant to post any questions on the boards. People are so quick to demean and judge others, its sad. I was simply asking questions because I was upset about my dog. I thought maybe I could come to what is supposed to be a friendly place to ask a question. I should have known better. Instead I'm told what is wrong with America. Lady your whats wrong with the boards..........there.............burn! Now tell me how awful I am again
It's you're not your as in you are. At least you got there correct.