It means you better take it to the VET, and is you cant afford a 20-30 dollar vet visit take it to and aspca they will treat it and find it a good home where as city shelters usually kill after 30 days and dont treat. But you may be lucky and have a no kill shelter in your area. you could also put dog in a portable kennel and drop it off at a vet, BEFORE they open most vets will treat the dog and then find it a home.
your dog could be infested with fleas causing excessive scratch-itching and biting. easy fix a flea bath and advantix applied to skin behind neck. skinny-lack of food or worms, feed it and get a 4-5 in 1 wormer from local petco/smart or Walmart/kmart give it he should crap out dead worms if its worms within 24 hours.
if you gave more info it may have been easier to give right answer. how long you had dog. did you find stray, how old etc.
The dog is very thin and covered in sores due to neglect from its owners. They likely abandoned the dog or forgot to feed and care for it, leading to its poor health and physical condition. This serves as a symbol of the overall decline and neglect of nature and animals in the story.
my dog has small sores on the upper lip what is it?
One example of a simile in "There Will Come Soft Rains" is when Bradbury describes the house as, "The front door recognized the dog voice and opened. The dog, once huge and fleshy, but now gone to bone and covered with sores, moved in and through the house searching for the family that was not there." This is a simile comparing the dog to bone and covered with sores.
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A few causes of sores on dogs backs that bleed are anemia, blood pressure, or dog lice. Dog lice irritate the skin causing oozing sores and crusty ear tips.
If your dog has yellow sores on its paws, it may be having an allergic reaction to something. A veterinarian can diagnose and treat your dog properly.
Can the bacteria in a dogs mouth possibly give a human being a canker sore? I have owned my dog for about four months and she is a very lovable dog and we cuddle once in a while and she'll occasionally lick my face and around my lips when we are close. I've noticed a much higher icidence of canker sores since I got her. Is she the potential culprit?
I caught my cousin hung to a large dog what is the danger in this?
Blisters or sores below the lower lip in dogs can be caused by various issues such as allergies, infections, trauma, or autoimmune diseases. It's important to have your dog examined by a veterinarian to determine the underlying cause and provide appropriate treatment.
Whippets are a skinny, greyhound-like dog. If a person is whippet thin, they have qualities similar to the dog, in that they are thin, with a slight connotation of athleticism and poise, rather than thin and weak.
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Could it have been a kit fox?