No improvements to talk about. This dog can be a little hard to read. Shes lazy,so sleeping all day really isnt out of the norm for her. Shes never sucked a water bowl dry.its actually kinda rare to see or hear her drinking. But food is a different story. She will pass up dog food but she has never passed up any human foods. The vet told me when she starts sleeping all the time,stops eating or drinking,the end is near.
She did finally eat yesterday. On mondays,my wife brings her home some meatballs and other trimmings from work. So when my wife came home,she was expecting meatballs (she knows when meatball day is). My wife said she was jumping and hopping around waiting for meat balls. She told her there werent any and she snorted at my wife and ran in the room and ate the food i gave her.
The bad breath seems to be a come and go thing. It hasnt been the rancid make you want to puke smell. More of a lingering fart smell.you kinda gotta be right next to her to smell it.the rancid smell could be smelled across the room.
The drooling and licking isnt as bad as it was
FOR THE WHACKOS WHO FEEL THEY NEED TO MESSAGE ME SAYING IM POISONING AND KILLING MY DOG. i discussed this with my vet. It is safe. I can double what im giving her if i want too. The vet gave me the fenben.if it wasnt safe,i doubt he woulda gave me the stuff and id doubt you could walk into tractor supply and buy it off the shelf without a prescription. Dont waste your time messaging me,im just gonna block and ignore you.
You and your shepherd mix are fortunate, I'm so happy that it worked for him.
Though an allergic reaction can happen to other breeds besides collies, shepherds are one of them, however it sounds like your pup didn't have the gene in him that would have triggered the allergic reaction.
These breeds are:
Old English Sheepdog
English Shepherd
Shetland Sheepdog
Bearded Collies
Australian Shepherd
German Shepherd
Certain Whippets
Silken Windhound
Skye Terrier
Border Collie
Collie
Miniature American Shepherd
https://nationalpurebreddogday.com/ivermectin-is-your-dog-at-risk/
I had a dog that we didn't know had a small % of collie in her had severe reactions, came on fast and almost lost her. This is why I dna test our dogs now, thankfully our dogs now don't have any of the breeds in them that can cause this reaction.
Some other links on this also:
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/heartworm-medication-side-effects/
https://www.pethealthnetwork.com/dog-health/dog-diseases-conditions-a-z/ivermectin-toxicity-dogs