Questions about Giardia?
 

Hi, first congrats on getting your first Biewer. They are like potatoe chips --you won't stop with just one, lol.

Giardia is common to stress, change of environent, change of water, etc. The medications will help stop the infection. I would give her a little pumpkin as well to settle her tummy.

Can I ask how old she is? Her weight? I am curious why she only had one set of vaccinations.

1 pound and 6 ounces at 7 months??? Are you sure she is that old? Could she be just 7 weeks?

This is Haley
 

Who was her breeder?

I've known her for longer than seven weeks. I have wanted her since August. She is tiny. My Tenci only weighed 1 pound when I brought her home at six months. She was actually alot smaller than Haley is. Tenci is closer to three pounds now. I am hoping Haley will be able to gain too.

She is a cutie! I don't know much about Gardia, hopefully more people will come on to help you out with that. Sending good wishes that she gets healthy and gains weight for you. :)

She is just beautiful but my God she is tiny. If you want to scan the pedigree I might be able to help tell you who the breeder is. Is the pedigree from IBC? or another registry? PM me and I will give you my email address:

Was her sister small also?

Do you mind telling me who the breeder in Florida is?

You might have to force the nutrical into her. This poor little girl has more issues than I realized when I first read this. Stress did not cause her Gardia as she came to you this way. There is a ton of information on the internet about Gardia but it might be a long term battle with it. I am so glad you took her to the vet right away due to her size...You do have to get some food in her so the nutrical will help but if she is not crazy about the chicken then you might try the Little Cesars (I hate it) but it is more important she eats or baby Jr food.

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Omce the giardia is under control she will probably start to put on some weight.

if she does ot eat on her own, I would syringe food into her.. That will also help with dehydration

Do you mean half the dosage. Why would you want to give her half?

i hate giardia!!
 

I HATE Giardia!!!! did the vet tell you that it is contagious to other dogs and to humans?? you must be careful. clean alot with a bleach solution and the dogs pass it to eachother thru contaminated water, like their water bolw. one vet actualy told me to change and wash the water bowl every time puppy drinks from it.....that's crazy!! but i got little disposable paper condiment cups. this giardia issue went on for about 3 months. lost of money to the vet.
there are a couple different view points oin giardia. some vets will treat it until the fecal test comes back negative. other vets say it;s ok if there is a slight positive if there are no symptoms. each dog can have diffferent sympotoms or no symptoms, some dogs may have loud noises coming from the stomach or clear/white jelly like in their stool..
but if there was blood in the stool, this sounds like a serious symptom that has been left untreated. you should tell the person you got the puppy from.
we treated with 5 rounds of medicine from the vet. and also a natural product, that worked the best called kocci free from amber technologies. they also have another produts to use incombination if the kocci free alone doesnt work.
but the most important thing is to make sure the puppy keeps eating, becuase what the virus will do is just digest everything without taking the nutrition out of it and get rid of it. so sometimes puppies with giarradia are pooping a lot and in small pieces.
i think dogs can get it from tap water or bad dog food. also after treating and curing it's good to get a probiotic to restore the lining of the digestive system becuase the meds are hard on the system.
hope that helps!!
giarradia is a stubborne germ, cleaning, cleaning, cleaning all the time;)