Herman Poodle is Overcoming Many Medical issues

Wags & Walks rescued Herman the 7-year-old poodle from a shelter in Los Angeles.   We quickly noticed that he was having trouble with his mouth and took him to the vet.  The vet said that Herman has severe dental disease and numerous rotten/infected teeth that would need to be removed.  Unfortunately we couldn't do the dental right away because Herman started showing signs of kennel cough (upper respiratory infection) so we had to wait for that to resolve first.  Instead of getting better, Herman got worse and ended up hospitalized for pneumonia!  The Dr. explained that the infection in his mouth had weakened his immune system which is why he was more susceptible to catching kennel cough and also why the kennel cough quickly turned into pneumonia.  Fortunately, the doctors believe that Herman will make a full recovery and when he is feeling better and able to go under anesthesia we will finally be able to fix his mouth.  Poor Herman!  He can't catch a break.