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Treatment 

Your veterinarian will first address the underlying disease; it must be corrected as quickly as possible. If the anemia is severe, your dog will need a transfusion of whole blood, or packed red blood cells. Iron replacement therapy will begin with an injection, and will be followed by oral iron supplements.

Dogs with severe iron deficiency are not able to absorb iron very well, so oral supplements do not help much until iron levels have been brought up. For that reason, the iron will be either administered through an IV or injected until some replacement has occurred. This will take at least a month and up to two months. Iron supplements will then be administered orally for another one to two months, or until the iron deficiency has been resolved.

Living and Management 

You will need to take your dog to the veterinarian for iron injections regularly for up to two months. Afterwards, you will need to administer the oral medication for another one to two months. Frequent clinical tests are conducted to monitor the dog’s progress. And a complete blood count should be taken every one to four weeks.

If the anemia is severe, more frequent monitoring will be necessary. Your veterinarian will be looking for an increase in the volume of cells in the blood. Protecting your pet from other animals until it get stronger is vital. Keeping it in a cage, at least part of the time, is a good way to accomplish this.