We’ve been looking for a playmate/companion for Cheyenne (another husky) and we were about to get one from a guy in the Bay area when ‘J’ found a husky pup at the local animal shelter when he went in to register Cheyenne. This little guy is only about 6 months old and is adorable! We figured he didn’t have any of his shots, so as soon as we got home, I called a vet to schedual an appointment.

 In the meantime, the pup (whom we named Dakoda) and Cheyenne got to know each other and played almost mercilessly the whole day! We noticed Dakoda had some loose teeth and realized that he was loosing his puppy teeth and growing in his adult set.

So, got the appointment all set up with the vet for the next day. Dakoda was eating, drinking, and playing like normal. All he had was a bit of diarreha, but we thought that could be due to the stress of adoption. Wrong!

That night, he started vomiting. I noticed he wouldn’t really drink too much. I still thought this could be due to the adoption. Once I woke up in the morning, I realized he wouldn’t really play too much with Cheyenne or with us. And he wasn’t eating or drinking. Parvo was the one thing that I kept coming back to that he has all the symptoms for. When ‘J’ tried to get Dakoda to drink some water and he ended up vomiting it up, too, it was time to up the time for the vet appointment.

‘J’ took Dakoda while I stayed home with Cheyenne and the boys. Turns out, he tested positive for a mild case of Parvo. No vaccinations today….just treatment for this deadly doggy illness. Dakoda was admitted to the vet hospital and will remain there through Sunday. Hopefully he’ll get better by Monday and we can take him home. Just one day here and everyone fell in love with him.

Please help me send positive healing energy toward Dakoda, so he fights off this disese fast and recoveres just as quickly.