Just got this guy a week or two ago. He had belonged to my office manager's neighbors, who neglected him pretty badly. I bet he has not seen two dozen people in his entire life. When we picked him up, his fur was sort of weird. He is not a year old, and he looked like he was going grey. Stripe down his back, and on both sides. Really brittle fur, like straw, rough to the touch. His previous owner said that was his "puppy hair" which I have never heard of before. Wife took him to the vet to get checked out. Vet says his gums are too pale, maybe he is a little anemic. Check him for worms, and he has them worse than the vet has seen before, and she is no kid. Said the sample was more eggs and worms than feces, with every type of worm there is. I had no idea there were numerous types. She said that judging by the way the worms looked, he had been infested at least two years, which is a neat trick for a 10 month old dog. My wife had them get a blood sample, which the vet did not feel was necessary, because he really looked pretty good overall. Called later and said to bring him back because he needed a blood transfusion, he was so anemic. We did not do that, but dewormed him, and have been giving him iron supplement every other day. He looks a lot better now, and seems to be getting along with the 15 year old dog pretty well. She has had to straighten him out a few times, but he is doing better. Better on a leash now, really sweet natured already. Vet said he would have died in about a month if he had stayed where he was before we got him.
