I HATE Giardia!!!! did the vet tell you that it is contagious to other dogs and to humans?? you must be careful. clean alot with a bleach solution and the dogs pass it to eachother thru contaminated water, like their water bolw. one vet actualy told me to change and wash the water bowl every time puppy drinks from it.....that's crazy!! but i got little disposable paper condiment cups. this giardia issue went on for about 3 months. lost of money to the vet.
there are a couple different view points oin giardia. some vets will treat it until the fecal test comes back negative. other vets say it;s ok if there is a slight positive if there are no symptoms. each dog can have diffferent sympotoms or no symptoms, some dogs may have loud noises coming from the stomach or clear/white jelly like in their stool..
but if there was blood in the stool, this sounds like a serious symptom that has been left untreated. you should tell the person you got the puppy from.
we treated with 5 rounds of medicine from the vet. and also a natural product, that worked the best called kocci free from amber technologies. they also have another produts to use incombination if the kocci free alone doesnt work.
but the most important thing is to make sure the puppy keeps eating, becuase what the virus will do is just digest everything without taking the nutrition out of it and get rid of it. so sometimes puppies with giarradia are pooping a lot and in small pieces.
i think dogs can get it from tap water or bad dog food. also after treating and curing it's good to get a probiotic to restore the lining of the digestive system becuase the meds are hard on the system.
hope that helps!!
giarradia is a stubborne germ, cleaning, cleaning, cleaning all the time
