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Hello Everyone,
We have read many posts and value everyone's opinion on YT. Please… We’re welcoming ANY and ALL suggestions that could help us with our puppy?

We bought Phoebe from a breeder last Sunday morning (11/22/09), and unfortunately, she endured a 9-hour car ride home. She was not interested in food or water on the way home and vomited twice. We just assumed it was car-sickness but called the breeder on the way home to make sure it was safe to continue. She told us that Phoebe was probably not enjoying the car ride and to keep supplementing her with NutraCal. She assured us, “When she gets hungry, she’ll eat”. That same night we got home (around 10pm) and offered her moistened food from the breeder (Nutrisource Small Breed mixed w/ Warm Water) and sure enough by 4am we were relieved to hear her eating and lapping up water. We wished our new puppy would be a little more playful, but the breeder told us that she was a quiet pup – that her sister was more of a player and that ours was more of a cuddle-monster. Our “Well puppy” check went really well on Tuesday afternoon, but the Vet was a little taken back that she was not interested in any of his treats. We explained to him what the breeder had told us, and he assumed it was just her temperament. Over the next day or so, her appetite slowly began to diminish to eating mostly in the morning, some in the afternoon and very little for dinner. On Thanksgiving, she would not eat anything past 1:30pm, so we supplemented her with NutraCal. Our hearts sank on Friday morning when she suffered a seizure and we rushed her to a 24-hour ER vet. They gave her a bolus of dextrose and kept her there all day Friday. They told us it was safe to take her home since her blood sugar was remaining stable and she was eating every hour on the hour. We were scared, and wanted to see this with our own eyes… So low and behold she ate from our very own hands. They had weaned her off the I.V. and had her eating Gerber Stage 2 baby food (Ham flavor). Scarier than ever, when we got her home – Phoebe reverted to not eating. We were instructed to start force-feeding her via syringe with A/D food the vet gave us. That Saturday, she started having diarrhea and our personal vet kept her at his facility to see if she would eat and he was worried of a possible liver shunt (but blood glucose was pretty stable). By Sunday, her diarrhea worsened. Also, her lab results came back as positive for Coccidia. When we tried giving her the prescribed Albon, she started vomiting. She continued the diarrhea and vomiting through the rest of the night. Monday morning she was hospitalized again for dehydration. We went to visit her today and everyone’s concern is that she still won't eat ANYTHING. She is on an IV drip (50% dextrose) to maintain fluids/electrolytes, but she can’t keep that up forever. The Vet is questioning whether or not she has some other underlying infection, so he has her on some strong antibiotics.

We don't know what to do! The breeder stated that she has always been quiet and only played really when her sister would play. I just feel like something is REALLY wrong if my puppy has been hospitalized twice in eight days. The vet is really impressed on how well we have maintained her blood glucose and her force feedings. I just want her to want to eat. We've tried everything!