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Originally Posted by SoCalyorkiLvr I guess I was lucky with my breeder/broker but my second breeder was the same way. She knows more than the vets and the other breeders I have met recently while searching for my new baby have said the same thing and most of them have been bredding for 20+ years, so I think it's true and it actually makes sense when you think about it. The average vet sees all kinds of different animals, not just dogs and it would be hard, actually impossible, to learn everything, all the idiosyncracies of a particular breed unless you "specialize" in small bred dogs.
If anyone knows of a small breed dog vet in southern California, I would love the referral. |
I'm not saying anything mean here - I'm just freaking out over all these posts about something that may be common... but CAN BE LIFE THREATENING !!!
I just really would leave some of this to the EXPERTS instead of posting so much information that sends mixed signals ....
when someone has coccidia or any illness - a VET visit is in order - not all breeders will own up to it nor should they treat the puppy - POSTING how common this is can give the wrong signal - They can Dehydrate VERY VERY EASILY with coccidia and DIE.
I'm sorry to post like this but I feel VERY strongly about this - Chanel did ALMOST DIE because of HER BREEDER - if I hadn't taken her to the emergency room I'd have had a DEAD BABY and this is NOT the advise to be giving new Yorkie Parents.
Coccidia and any illness need a doctors care. PERIOD.
Again - this isn't directed as a personal attack....I would say this to anyone because I feel very strongly about this ....
I stress that anyone with a new puppy who has a parasite needs to be under a VETS CARE.