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SharonSnowbird · 11-16-2015, 08:58 PM

Can you please tell me if you test your puppies stool before selling them to their new owners? If not, I am curious as to why not. I would really like to know the answer to this.

The day after I got my puppy, I took a stool sample in to be tested, and she had Giardia, (an internal parasite) which I am told can be very difficult to get rid of. It is also a tremendous amount of work, keeping the entire playpen area scrupulously clean so that she does not reinfect herself or infect ME. My vet says that if humans catch it, they get extreme diarrhea and can get very sick, and it is very difficult to get rid of. The vet said that a breeder only has to take in one stool sample from one pup, if one has it, they all have it. When I asked her why all breeders wouldn't test their puppies before selling them, she said it was because they did not want to spend the money. Well, if a breeder is getting $2500. for a puppy, can they not afford to test the stool sample to see if the pups have Giardia, and save the future owners a whole lot of trouble and hassles and possible infection from the pup?

When I told my breeder Kathy, that Lacy has Giardia, she said none of her pups has Giardia. But Lacy does. And she was diagnosed with it from stool taken the day after I got her. I only gave her bottled water, canned food and kibble since I got her, so there is no way she could have gotten it while she was with me in those few hours.

Maybe there are other reasons a breeder doesn't test their pups for giardia? If I was a breeder, I would certainly do so, because I would want the transition for the puppy to their new home to be as smooth as possible. And if the new owner ends up with giardia from the puppy that they sold with giardia, wouldn't the breeder feel some sense of responsibility?

Now, please don't shoot me down for this question (for those few here who like to attack, like I have been attacked before) I am curious, and would like to know the answer to this. Many thanks to all of you breeders who will answer this and enlighten me on this subject.

11-16-2015, 08:58 PM	#1
SharonSnowbird YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: B.C. and Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 481	Question for all the breeders on this list Can you please tell me if you test your puppies stool before selling them to their new owners? If not, I am curious as to why not. I would really like to know the answer to this. The day after I got my puppy, I took a stool sample in to be tested, and she had Giardia, (an internal parasite) which I am told can be very difficult to get rid of. It is also a tremendous amount of work, keeping the entire playpen area scrupulously clean so that she does not reinfect herself or infect ME. My vet says that if humans catch it, they get extreme diarrhea and can get very sick, and it is very difficult to get rid of. The vet said that a breeder only has to take in one stool sample from one pup, if one has it, they all have it. When I asked her why all breeders wouldn't test their puppies before selling them, she said it was because they did not want to spend the money. Well, if a breeder is getting $2500. for a puppy, can they not afford to test the stool sample to see if the pups have Giardia, and save the future owners a whole lot of trouble and hassles and possible infection from the pup? When I told my breeder Kathy, that Lacy has Giardia, she said none of her pups has Giardia. But Lacy does. And she was diagnosed with it from stool taken the day after I got her. I only gave her bottled water, canned food and kibble since I got her, so there is no way she could have gotten it while she was with me in those few hours. Maybe there are other reasons a breeder doesn't test their pups for giardia? If I was a breeder, I would certainly do so, because I would want the transition for the puppy to their new home to be as smooth as possible. And if the new owner ends up with giardia from the puppy that they sold with giardia, wouldn't the breeder feel some sense of responsibility? Now, please don't shoot me down for this question (for those few here who like to attack, like I have been attacked before) I am curious, and would like to know the answer to this. Many thanks to all of you breeders who will answer this and enlighten me on this subject.