I'm So Sad....

[Amber_lv]

I feel so bad for Daisy i don't know what to do. As some of you know she has Giardia and i have to isolate her. It's so hard for me she wants to play and run around but the risk of infection to Peeka and us scares me. We found out 4 days after we got her i'm scared Peeka has it now to. He is constantly licking her butt. Also the poop in my yard i don't pick up they poop in the corner and it's out of the way well for 4 days she pooped in my yard and it snowed i have no way to find all her poop and dispose of it. i'm so stressed out. Does anyone have any advise on what to do with her? she just finished her last pill last night. Also when i take her out to poop i let her do her business i come in wipe her wash my hands go put on gloves and go out to pick up her poop well it's so cold here by the time i get back out there the poop is frozen and it's so hard to get it up and it's so sticky it like cements itself to what ever it touches.aaggghhhh

[pepe mint]

I"m so sorry you are having these troubles. I have never heard of this condition but it doesn't sound good good luck to you!! sorry I dont have any advice on this. I wish I could help

[Gracie2006]

If she has finished her medication hopefully Giardia is no longer in her poop. Take a fecal sample in to the vet and have it checked to be sure. Just use gloves to clean up the yard waste. Probably not much more you can do.

[Amber_lv]

Originally Posted by Gracie2006

If she has finished her medication hopefully Giardia is no longer in her poop. Take a fecal sample in to the vet and have it checked to be sure. Just use gloves to clean up the yard waste. Probably not much more you can do.

she has it so bad they go by # like 1+,2+,3+ and 4+ she has 3+ and i'm pretty sure she still has it her poop is so foul smelling and sticky i have to wait a month to do another sample and my vet said it could take 9 months to get rid of because it can go dormant

[Amber_lv]

Originally Posted by pepe mint

I"m so sorry you are having these troubles. I have never heard of this condition but it doesn't sound good good luck to you!! sorry I dont have any advice on this. I wish I could help

thank you. Giardia is a parasite in the intestines and it's nasty

[chattiesmom]

Amber I am so very sorry. Just hang tough, girlfriend, it'll be over before you know it. Sending hugs

[Toybox Yorkies]

What was the treatment they used? I know when we treat for Giardia we also treat for Coccidia. We use Metronitizole for 5 days, Albon for 8 to 10 days and then Metronitizole for another 5 days. That seems to knock out the problem.

You have to remember that they are now carriers (lifetime). Once they have it they go dormant but you have to treat all puppies from them also with the same as above.

[Kodak]

Hopefully it's all over with.

[Amber_lv]

Originally Posted by Toybox Yorkies

What was the treatment they used? I know when we treat for Giardia we also treat for Coccidia. We use Metronitizole for 5 days, Albon for 8 to 10 days and then Metronitizole for another 5 days. That seems to knock out the problem.

You have to remember that they are now carriers (lifetime). Once they have it they go dormant but you have to treat all puppies from them also with the same as above.

OMG are you serious? Forever? so i will always have to pick her poop up and isolate her? they put her on Praz+Pyrant+Feba for 6 days. what about my kids? this is so heat breaking to hear but she doesn't have coccidia

[Amber_lv]

Originally Posted by chattiesmom

Amber I am so very sorry. Just hang tough, girlfriend, it'll be over before you know it. Sending hugs

thank you. i'm just bawling over here i feel so overwelmed with it. if she has it forever i don't know what to do. I'm so emotional today

[AllieJo's Mama]

I'm sorry, Amber I found this..

Infection may be traeted using one of a number of drugs. Unfortunately there is no treatment licenced for the control of giardias in dogs, though fenbendazole (Panacur, Hoechst Animal Health) is licenced for treatment of worms in dogs. Treatments from the literature are shown in table 1. Whatever treatment is chosen, itis very unlikely to eliminate 100% of the infection in all dogs. Adaptations that may be made to try to improve the success rate of a treatment regime include extending the duration and dose of the treatment. Care must obviously be taken with this approach to make sure that an adequate safety margin is always maintained. Another approach is to retreat after an interval of one week. Alternatively, repeat faecal samples may be collected one week after the treatment and dogs which are still passing cysts can be identified and treated. It should be recognised that, when treating a large number of dogs, whichever of these treatment strategies is adopted, there may be one or two dogs that remain as carriers of infection that will act as a potential sources of infection in future.

Did she have this when you got her? Did you contact your breeder?

[Amber_lv]

So how do they know if she is a carrier or just infected? i don't know if i can handle this. what do i do?

[Amber_lv]

Originally Posted by AllieJo's Mama

I'm sorry, Amber I found this..


Did she have this when you got her? Did you contact your breeder?

Yes she had it when we got her i did contact the breeder and she was shocked and now she is treating everydog she has for it. I'm not mad at her but now i don't know what to do.

[AllieJo's Mama]

I'm sorry I'm not sure what I'd do either.
Here is this link maybe it can help you? I have never heard of this until coming to YT.
http://www.priory.com/vet/giardia.htm

[Amber_lv]

Is there any hope she will be able to get rid of it and not be a carrier? is there anyone who's dog has had it that no longer carries it?