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ANIMAL MATTERS 19
Starting an occasional series of articles on the care of pets,
Liz Haynes from Shaw Veterinary Clinic writes on
Your New Puppy and Your Children

I am delighted to see families Nearly all puppies are born may be reinfected from its in the environment for a very long
bringing their puppies to Shaw with roundworms. This is mother's milk as long as it is time).
Veterinary Centre forvaccination. because larvae can become sucking and it can also reinfest Heavy infestations of
Ownership of a dog can be a encysted in the body tissues of a itself. It is therefore necessary to roundworms can cause digestive
rewarding experience for both bitch where they remain dormant worm repeatedly. You may not upsets, respiratory problems and
parents and children alike. and resistant to worming see any worms but eggs which retarded growth in puppies but if
Clients often ask me if their puppy treatments until she has a litter of are too small to see may well be your puppy is showing any sign
will be safe with their baby or puppies. Larvae then pass into present. Remember to follow of ill health it is better to mention
toddler but there is no need to the intestines of the unborn these simple guidelines. this to your vet when you bring it
worry as there are very few puppies and into the the bitch's 1. Worm your dog regularly - along for its first check-up. We
infections that can be passed from milk. The breeder may have at least every 6 months. Puppies will be glad to advise you as to
your puppy to your child and the wormed the puppy at lest once and lactating bitches should be which worming course is
risk is negligible provided simple before selling it but the puppy wormed very frequently. appropriate as tapeworms can
rules of hygiene are followed. 2. Discourage your puppy also be present. Do not forget
The disease that does cause Below: Liz Haynes, ready to advise from licking your child's face. that vaccination is also essential
both veterinary surgeons and Little hands should be washed for the continued good health of
doctors some concern is after handling a puppy and your pup. If you would like some
toxocariasis. This is caused by especially so before eating. free leaflets on this subject you
the larval stages of the dog 3. Train your dog to pass its can pop into the veterinary
roundworm Toxocara canis faeces well away from childrens' surgery or send a stamped
which can migrate through play areas and clean up any faeces addressed envelope to The Pet
human tissues. The disease is from the garden and public Health Council, 4Bedford Square,
very rare - there are only about places. (The eggs remain viable London WCIB 3RA.
100-200 cases recorded each year
but the symptoms can be quite -_
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Getting their special message across, from the left, Suzanne Fear, Daniel
Meriott, Adam Raikes, Timothy Hobbs, Daniel Leith and Craig Bailey
• LATE NIGHT
A local playgroup is appealing to supervisorjenny Woodman. "It's
dog owners to keep their dogs a pain having to clean up the SURGERIES
away from their front door. floors and the children get
The Oliver Tomkins Under 5's distressed because we have to
Centre where the playgroup make a fuss about cleaning their • 24 HOUR
meets is located on the edge of shoes. EMERGENCY
the Kiln Park open space off "Some owners are cooperative
Beaumaris Road, Toothill. The if we ask them to take their dogs TREATMENT
grassed front lawn in front of the further into the park. Others
building is not fenced which ignore us and let their animals
means that unsupervised dogs foul right outsideour front door."
continually make a mess just And in a bluntly put request,
where children walk. Jenny said, "Please could dog TEL: 881919
"You can imagine how bad it is owners who use Kiln Park take a
when a child brings the muck in little more care near our
on their shoes," said playgroup playgroup building."