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Old 01-21-2007, 04:28 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by prettypuppypink
When my Yorkie had it, she had no symptoms but tested positive. She was on medication because every week that I dropped of a poop sample, it was still positive. I kept seeing the same people in the waiting room at the vet's that had new pups when I brought mine for her check-up, all with Giardia poops. It was a club. After 10 days, I just let her play with the others and cleaned up her poop immediately. I had the other dogs poop checked as well, all negative. She was on medication, also because she was small and the dose was for her weight, for 4 months, Panacur.
When I bought my Mi-Ki I asked the breeder to have Mikki checked for Giardia, positive as where her 15 dogs. She didn't treat her dogs but I paid for my dog's test and medication and she kept him until he was negative which was 1 week on Panacur and a second week off and retested. I didn't pay for her keeping him longer. I also had him tested here 3 times over a 4 month period, all negative. I think if the poop is frozen that it no longer has any active parasites. I would ask your vet. I have had many dogs arrive with Giardia and all breeders act shocked or nasty when I tell them. I just isolate new pups for 10 days, paranoid about Parvo.
so after they test negative to you still have to pick up the poop and worry about them transferring it to other dogs? Thank you for your reply. i did ask the vet about the freezing and they told me to pick it up anyway but i can't pick it up right when she goes i have to take her in clean her and so on so it freezes and i have to chizel it out and i can't always get it all
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