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Warlock7:
We just bought a 6 week old female black and rust. Her dad weighs 125 and mom 85. She weighed 4.5 pounds at the Vet's. She has worms: guardia and coxsillus <sp?>. Meds give her loose stools. 4 days later she's up to 5.2 pounds but still has loose stool even with Kaopectate. She wants to have fun and be energetic but lays down a lot. We love her dearly and wouldn't give her up. Not sure what all we can do to turn this possible tragedy around. Would appreciate any constructive help.

VdogLover:
6 weeks is young to be away from her litter, plus to me she is very small for her age. Which leads me to beleive she has not thrived as she should. Coccidia and Giardia can both be tough on a young pup be sure to follow your vets full advise. As for sleeping pups that young do sleep alot but I would bring it up to your vet anyhow.

patrick:
Standard treatment for coccidiosis is 28 days so she needs to stay on her meds. It is not the meds causing the diarrhea but the underlying infections. Treatment for giardia is a different medicine but for a much shorter period of time. If you use Panacur for the giardia that will also thoroughly deworm her as well. Both need to be treated adequately.  Plus some time will be needed for her gut to heal and not be inflamed.  Special attention to her diet will help her out- some yogurt and pumpkin can both help with the loose stools.  She also should be getting frequent small meals- a pup this young would be prone to low blood sugars as well

Warlock7:
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Thanks for the responses. We will have had her a week tomorrow and she seems to be out of the woods. We should have been more wary. We saw a pic of her in the Ft Worth Star Telegram online and fell in love with her. The breeder, we feel, was deceptive. She only showed us the one puppy, none of the others. She kept her on her back so we couldn't see the ribs showing along her backside. Taylur is on 2 meds, 3 days on one and 10 days on the other. She eats well on puppy Science Diet. Don't know if we should but are supplementing about a tablespoon on colustrum milk powder mixed in a little water per day. She is active a lot now with our 2 Miniature Schnauzers but sleeps her share. Thank you again. She weighed 6.0 lbs this morning and is 7 weeks old now.

patrick:
Good news- keep up the good work!

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