Originally Posted by sandil1205 (Post 4386036)

Jake's crazy time is around early evening; he just bounces around getting into as much trouble as he possibly can, harassing Gus the Shih Tsu and chasing the cats non-stop...he's 6 months old and he's gotten a lot better the past month or so though...

Originally Posted by Teegy (Post 4385768)

for stomach upset slippery elm bark works really well, a little probiotic sprinkled on her food may help. I use colloidal silver as a natural antibiotic and human grade diatomaceous earth as a natural dewormer and remover of parasites.

Originally Posted by JadeD (Post 4570457)

One of my puppies just had Giardia and the vet gave them an anti-biotic at the office and sent another one home and it was cleared up within a couple days. He took the medicine for a week, but he was better in 2-3 days. I would recommend getting the anti-biotics, it cleared it up fast and he has been better for a couple weeks now. He got really sick for about 2 days though.

Originally Posted by XenaLee (Post 4570491)

The vet gave her antibiotics but I heard Giardia is hard to cure. She has really bad diarrhea.

Btw as I'm writing this she had to go and.... Whooooooo!! Her stool looked better. I'm praying that she improves. It's been a long road!!

Originally Posted by chickensmith (Post 4570570)

Giardia is not necessarily hard to cure....it is hard to keep re-infection from happening. Our dogs had giardia not too long ago. Metronidazole and a form of probiotic cleared them up within a day or two ....but the vet advised me to treat the yard with diatomaceous earth to keep them from getting it back.....it seems to have worked!

Originally Posted by JadeD (Post 4570615)

I am worried about re-infection. I am thinking the Cat Truffles they dig up is probably how my puppy got it in the first place. I will have to look into that and try to treat the yard so maybe we will not get it again.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by DBlain (Post 4385640)

Lola is three and still does zoomies, especially after baths and sometimes at bed time, my husband and I love it because she is so funny. Our bed sits in the middle of the room and she will run around it like twenty times, we come down to her level on the floor and she runs up to us with a head butt then takes off again at rocket speed. Enjoy this time and get involved with the game. If she is an only puppy she will see you as her playmate and use dog like behavior to engage you into her game. Often it is hard on puppies after leaving a litter where they had playmates, she is probably very bored and lonely at times, so now she will look to you for fun play.

I am assuming the vet ran some tests on her stool to see if she has parasites, this is very important I have seen many new puppies come home with this bug that causes bad diarrhea
Giardia in Dogs - Learn the Signs and Treatment | VCA Animal Hospitals

Sometimes they will even give you antibiotics just to be sure, what did the vet give you? did you change food suddenly, if so that could cause it. When Lola was puppy she went through a good week of severe diarrhea to the point she was screaming when she would have to go, which was very often. I took her to the vet at least twice and he mostly gave her parasite meds even though none were detected. He finally helped me figure out the right dose of children's imodeam and that was the only thing that worked, within a day it was gone. But we ruled out everything else first. I think what caused it was I gave her a greenie (but not that brand) type of chew that looked like a toothbrush and was almost as big. It was hard and I thought this would be something she would chew on for hours, even days. However that was not the case she was in her cage and I was cleaning, in less than a half hour the whole chew was gone. I still regret giving her that to this day and will never giver her any type of edible chews like that especially greenies, they are to dangerous for dogs. I was lucky because this did not have lasting effects on her digestive system but something like this could throw a dog into having pancreatic issues for the rest of their lives, so be careful will all that type of stuff, many yorkies have sensitive stomachs so it is important especially when they are puppies not to be giving them lots of table scraps and things like jerky treats from the pet stores. Also read every label carefully and do not buy ANY treat that is not made in the USA, run from anything that is made in China. Best of luck with your puppy and welcome to Yorkie Talk.