How exactly do dogs get worms?

Question

I just bought a 3 week old dog today, and i think it might have worms, what are some signs or symptoms that your dog have them, and how do they get worms?

i meant 3 months not 3 weeks

Answer 1

Signs of intestinal parasites: vomiting, diarrhea,cough
pot-bellied appearance
lethargy,raised 3rd eyelid
The mother infects her pups through her milk.
Also a dog can become infected through the environment.

Answer 2

There are a number of ways animals can get worms:

1) eating an infected carcass (like a mouse or rat) that's infested with worms
2) Eating poo from an animal with worms
3) Tapeworms are transmitted by fleas
4) They can be born infected from their mother

As your dog is only 3 weeks old, it's most likely he got them from his mother - why on earth have you got a dog this young anyway? They're supposed to be with their mothers until they are at least 8 weeks, this dog will still need puppy milk formula!!

You need to worm puppies at 2, 4, 8 and 12 weeks and then monthly until 6 months old, regardless of whether worms are present or not.

Go to a vets and pick up some proper worming treatment. While you're there, ask about proper vaccination and fleaing protocols, when to neuter and how to care for such a young pup. Don't use pet store products.

Chalice

Answer 3

Signs of worms include runny or bloody stools, a belly that swells up a lot right after the dog eats, and worms (alive or dead) in the dog's stool. (Tape worms look like little white flecks of moving rice; round worms usually come out whole.)

Dogs can get worms in different ways: round worms and whipworms can be passed from mother to puppy through the placenta at birth; dogs can get worms from stepping in or eating other dogs' stools (that have worms in the feces); heartworms can be carried by mosquitoes and fleas; tape worms are carried by fleas...

Your dog is old enough that it should have been wormed at least twice already. If the infestation is severe, over-the-counter wormers won't be strong enough to kill all of the worms.

Take a sample of the dog's poop to the vet (in a Ziploc bag) and have the vet check it. He can tell if the dog has worms and what kind of worms the dog may have... and can prescribe a wormer that will specifically target the kind of worms your dog may have.

Worms can make puppies very sick, so you need to treat your puppy as quickly as you can.

Answer 4

Symptoms: Seeing worms in the stool, diarrhea, weight loss, unhealthy hair lethargic, bloated tummy, vomitting...though in my experience it takes a SEVER infestation to show any symptoms.

They get them from other parasites, like fleas, from being around stool with the worms in them, from their mom or from other dogs .

Also, where did you buy a 3 week old puppy?! 3 weeks old is FAR too young. That baby should be with it's mother. At 3 weeks old the baby is still nursing. That is very very irresponsible for someone to sell a dog that young. That baby needs special care if it cannot be with its mother, please see a vet to see what you need to do to take care of it.

Answer 5

3 WEEKS!
are you kidding, where did you get a three week old dog from? it needs to be with its mother at that age, you dont get a dog for like, 12 weeks.
you must be mistaken i would hope.
they get it from birth, or they get it from fleas, or they get it from outside, ie stepping in other doo doo or near other doo doo.
if he has worms and hes a puppy, his belly is always fat and hard, then, look at his poop everytime, little white things in there wiggling around, thats worms, then hes not getting nutrients cause the worms are and he will eat a lot and the worms will get bigger and bigger and he will get very sick.
please tell my your dog is not 3 weeks old.

Answer 6

3 weeks old?? This dog is way too little to be away from his mother. Take him back so he can gain immunity to diseases and learn to be a normal dog.

Answer 7

often times scooting ability tapeworms, or his anal glands could desire to be emptied. in case you notice little white rice looking issues in his stool it particularly is a tape pc virus so the wormer will could desire to be especially for tapes. Your vet ought to verify a sparkling stool pattern to make certain what he has.

Answer 8

Tape worms (in the poop) are flea larvae.
They have to have eaten fleas.

Answer 9

a swollen tummy
If you see them in there BM

Answer 10

masquitoos those bugs that bite u. love bug neways! they give u diseases