Finnegan the puppy

The Continuing Tale of Puppy and Human Ringworm

More on the story of ringworm and getting rid of it… This is a short blog on the status of ringworm in my Norfolk terrier, Finnegan, and in myself. Yes, I caught it–twice actually. Read the original story here… The Timeline Puppy comes to me from the breeder with ringworm (end of January 2020). I catch the ringworm (early February). Puppy is treated (early February). I’m treated with oral meds (late February). My ringworm goes…

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Finnegan the puppy

A Puppy, Ringworm, and COVID-19

Life With a Puppy Named Finnegan, Ringworm, and COVID-19     “I can’t send him back because I fell in love with him.” Those are the words I wrote to the breeder of my barely 4-month-old Norfolk terrier puppy “Finnegan” when he was diagnosed with ringworm and she offered to take him back. How did I discover he had it? I woke up, in my daughter’s house in Florida, my chin and neck sporting round,…

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