Is my hubby crazy or should I be worried??
 

My hubby pointed out that you can fill my Bella's ribs... I really dont remember ever filling my Bunny's ribs when she was a puppy...

Bella is about 3.5lb ,about 7 months going on 8 and has a pot belly on her... but I can fill her ribs!

My hubby thinks its worms and she is not eating enough..but she always eats her dog food when I feed her and I give her a little bit of what ever I am eating through the day....

I just gave her deworming pill about 8 to 9 weeks ago (which the pill last for 6 weeks) and I dont see any worms in her stool...

Is my hubby crazy or should I be worried? :confused: :confused:

Any one!?

Hi. You might not see any worms in her stool even if she is carrying them. If I were you I'd worm and see if it makes a difference! Worming treatment doesn't cost a lot - even if you get a good one like drontal.

Best of luck! Hope your little baby is well soon.

Do you guys have heartworms in your country? I know when they have heartworms, their stomachs are full, but the worms cause a breakdown in muscle mass, especially along their backs and hips.

When we got Piper not only could you feel her ribs, you could see them.. She ended up having Giardia, which causes anorexia. She ate but very little, once cured, she's a little piggy. She went from 1.3 lbs to 3 lbs in 2 weeks. She goes in Fri for more shots. She is 5 months, & I think she is up to 6 lbs.

Heartworms is in the heart . If the little one had heartworms she wouldn't eat at all and die very fast.
Here is a picture of damaged heart . Excuse if the picture is very gross .

Isn't it possible that there is nothing wrong at all and the puppy is perfectly healthy? If she's eating and behaving as normal and she has been dewormed (and you don't see any signs of worms) she may just have a chubby belly. You SHOULD be able to feel her ribs SLIGHTLY (not see them) - that means she is at a healthy weight. If you couldn't feel her ribs at all she would be considered overweight. My Ruthie gets a little pudgy belly after she eats and in general it is much rounder than Oscar's.

If you're concerned, a visit with your vet wouldn't hurt (take a stool sample to be tested as well).

Good luck!

goodluck with your baby. I would just let the vet ck it when I took her back or if I was worried I would get an appt asap and take her.

I agree. It's better to be safe than sorry. If you're worried about it, take her to the vet for a quick check-up. At least you'll be able to sleep better at night knowing one way or the other.

Definitely take a stool sample to the Vet and have it checked. That would ease your mind a bit!! :thumbup:

Wait a minute, I think everyone here should be able to "feel" their yorkie's ribs if you rub across them. As long as you don't see them you are fine. If she's behaving normally and just had a dewormer then she is fine. I usually take up for husbands because I am one but yes, he may be slight bit crazy on this one:) If it would ease your mind though go to the vet but it doesn't sound like you need to.

Pita was like that until I had her spayed. I couldn't keep weight on her for anything and she was wormed and well fed.

She got spayed in June and I could feel all of her ribs but now you can feel her ribs but there is a layer of fat over them.

I don't know if this is what it is with your dog, but i think the hormones were bringin Pita down. She also got livelier and more playful after her spay.

Yes, I was just about to say this. i think your supposed to FEEL your baby's ribs when you lightly rub across them. My vet has said for me to watch Zoe's weight because his ribs are not easily felt. In other words, my baby's over weight even though I think he's too skinny.

Is it possible for you to post some pictures of her?

Here are a few pix of her..

I am not german I am from Tx :p. Hubby is in the military and we got orders to move over here for 3 yrs. I have both of my girls on heart worm + and even if I was from germany, they have heart worm pills here too!

I can fill her ribs but she dose not look skinny to me. I gave her a bath a few min ago and when she was all wet, she didnt look skinny but didnt look fat either... Oh and She plays and acts like she aways dose...

And to top it off my hubby was soo worried that she was starving, he let her eat a half a can of WET dog food:eek: now her stool is runny! I got all over him for that. I know his heart was in the right place but a half a can:eek: I only give her two teaspoon with her heard food.

I think he is so worried bc he only see's them ever other 4 days (he works 4 and is off 4)

The vet gave her a deworming pill 8 or 9 weeks ago and said she should be good and if I see any more in her stool after 6 weeks, then bring her back in...But I DONT see any more in her stool, so I thought the pill did the job, right?

one more pic

Can't tell her weight by the pics, but she is cute. Here's a link to a weight chart on dogs that should help you out in deciding if she's too thin.

http://www.placervillevet.com/canine...0condition.htm

She looks great .

She is a cutie!!!!!

Going from what you said in your last post, I would say she's probably just fine. And what a cutie! :)

I don't want to sounds like the grim reaper, but I would be concerned. This sounds just like what happened to my baby Katie Lyn (RIP angel). Hubby and I noticed she was thin and we could feel her ribs, so we brought her in to see the vet. After running tons of tests, she was diagnosed with severe kidney disease. :( :(

She was only a littler over 1 year old. :(

I won;t get into details because it was a very painful time for me and it still is, but I would have your baby checked out. Everyone told me not to worry about it because Katie was naturally a tiny dog -- only 2.5 lns full grown. But thank god I listened and immediately brought her to the vet. There was nothing they could do ... she was in the final stages of it, and it was only a matter of time before it would have killed her (although she did not die from the kidney disease ... she was tragically killed in a car accident). But even had that accident not happened, she only have a few months left.

So please, bring your baby to the vet just to be safe. I'm sure she will be fine but you really never know and it's better to safe then sorry. If you want anymore info on kidney disease, just PM me and I will e-mail you all of the info. I have a lot of research saved (as you can imagine, I researched kidney disease to the fullest once she was diagnosed with it).

Good luck with your baby -- I'm sure she will be fine. :)

PS - An EXCELLENT test to determine kidney diease (besides a FULL blood panel) is a FRESH stool sample -- meaning you'd have to catch her pee pee in a vile or tube and bring it to the vet immediately (within 24 hours). That's the best test for them to check the protein levels in the urine.

I apologize -- I made a small type-o. I meant FRESH URINE sample -- not stool. :p

yes, I can feel my puppies ribs when I rub them but I am not worried about mine and I, like you, meant if she is worried it is better to know than to worry. But sometimes its worth the vet trip to help a persons mind. :-)
the baby is pretty to me and looks healthy. hard to tell but in that first picture, he doesnt look skinny to me.

Oh she is adorable :D You know it is better to be safe than sorry or get a ulser worring over her. like my mom always said. your gonna get worry worts worrying so much. Let us know what happens and when you get back to the states if you get stationed at offitt in Nebraska we can have yorkie play dates :p

I'd think a vet could tell you better than we can - all dogs are built differently....but you got good replies and good luck

well today I am going to go to the vets office to make a appointment for her.. Here you have to go by the office and make one:rolleyes: you cant call them..(thats the army for ya:rolleyes: )

Thanks for all the replays!! Y'all are right, its better to be safe then sorry.

her stool has harden up lot today but its still not all the way hard.. its still a little jelly...

So I am off to get dressed to make my appointment...

I will update this when I find out more info!!

Thanks again for all the help!!

Olivia, Bunny And Bella

Boy! That's just so gross and really sad that babies can die so quickly! I'm so glad we don't have heartworms here in NZ!

Find me a place without mosquitos .

Ok i just wanted to add in here that when you give you dog a dewormer you have to treat again in 21 days because the pill only kills live worms not the eggs and the eggs hatch about 21 days later so even if you gave the pill once you should follow up again with a second dose. Good luck

Wow, me too, no mosquitoes and no temps over 85. I can assure you that wouldn't be Texas:aimeeyork

Please let us know about our army puppy. God bless.