Raven and I Are Sooo Sad!!!
 

As you all know I posted in December about getting another yorkie. Well the time finally came Friday night I picked Scrappy up. He looked so cute, the breeder had a red Valentine bow around his neck. Raven didn't really want anything to do with Scrappy. But when we got the puppy home and they started to play, they were getting along fine. So heres the sad part......
On the way home Scrappy threw up on me. I figured the car ride, the bumpy road, stress leaving his litter mates, didn't think much of it because when we got home he ate again, played everything was fine. Saturday morning he got up ate, and I took Scrappy to my vet for a check-up. I noticed he was a little tired but didn't think to much about since he played so much the night before.
My vet checked him and said he looked really healthy. He was impressed by him. He did tell me to bring a stool sample in and he needed to be checked for coccidia, because these babies can get it really easy and stress can bring it on. (By the way Scrappy is 14 weeks today and weighed 1.6 at the vets Sat.)
On the way home he threw up on me again. So I'm thinking Scrappy is going to be one of those dogs that gets car sick. We get home Scrappy plays with Raven and acts normal. When I tried to offer food he wasn't interested. He drank water though. Early evening I decided to give nutri-cal because he hasn't had anything to eat all day because he threw up his morning meal. I got up about 2:00 a.m. to check on him to find that he had diarhea. Gave him more nutrical, he took water, and he had the diarhea a couple hours later around 6:00 a.m. I patiently waited until 7:00 a.m. to call for breeder. She thought since maybe he was on Royal Canine 33, and she forgot to bring me some, so she told me to feed him what I feed Raven which is Royan Canine Yorkshire Terrier that maybe his stomach was upset. I was only going to feed it to him that night until I could get some the next morning.
Long story short, I tried several things she told me to do which didn't work. Such as Immodium for kids to stop the diarhea. I tried to feed him chicken and rice blended in a dropper that came back up. Finally when the poor baby was dry heaving because he has nothing in his stomach, he is whimpering, I call the breeder back. She tells me that she is calling her vet, to have hime meet us at his office. While I'm getting directions he has diarhea again with blood in it this time. We get to the vets they discuss several things such as coccidia which they ruled out in the stool sample.
Next issue was Parvo..... The vet gave him 4 different shots some for fluid, antibiotics, and nausea. I took him back home with me because there is no one there around the clock. I dropped Scrappy back off this morning so he could be on a IV all day and they were going to test for Parvo. I can't call the vet until about 4:30 to see how he is doing. Im so sad, and my 11 year old son is in tears thinking that Scrappy is going to die. Hoping it turns out to be something else and fluids and antibiotics bring him around. Keep us in your thoughts please.
I should mention the breeder has been extremly nice and caring. She told the vet to put all charges on her account and assured me she guarantees all her puppies that if something would happen to this one it would be replaced. I know I only had him for a short time, but you know how quickly they steal your hearts.
Kim

Oh you poor thing, you must be exhauted, I pray, everything works out, and he is ok and they figure out what is going on.. That is great that the breeder is being so involved,and covering all of it, she must be a good breeder.
Keep us posted on his details,and how he's doing. :(

Check out he Thread I posted on Yorkie Health/Diet please.. It might ge what you are dealing with. I'm so glad your breeder is there for you. It is rare these days. Good Luck and keep us posted. :( I'ts titled Yorkie Owners Please Read.

I hope and pray the puppy gets better. They do go through allot of stress going from all they knew into something they know nothing about......
Please keep us posted on how the puppy is doing.

I hope he gets better soon.
Wow, you lucked out with your breeder. That's very impressive that she's paying for his vet bills. Luckey you!

Bless his little heart. :( I will keep my fingers crossed that it is nothing...maybe just stressed from adapting to his new home? :)

i hope your baby gets better soon. sending prayers your way.

I hope that your little baby get well soon. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers and I am glad that you found a good and caring breeder that is standing behind you through this!

Oh this is just so sad. :( Please know that you and Scrappy are in my thoughts and prayers. HUGS to you girl.

Oh no...I hope he's going to be ok ! I said a prayer for you and hugs to you and to your son....

How scary ...and hopefully it's something easily treated and Scrappy comes home really soon feeling better....and your breeder does sound really nice. Get well wishes to Scrappy !!

It's always so sad when they are sick. :( Will say prayer for all to be well.
You have found yourself a very caring breeder.

Get well soon Scrappy!
 

Its so hard when these babies get sick! Keeping you and your little chap in my thoughts and prayers.

Poor little Scrappy.....I hope they find out what it is and they treat him and he recovers quickly. If it is Parvo, I have heard great things about Parvo Guard which you can get over the internet. Please keep us updated.

I cant imagine the worry you must have , they are so tiny and all .well I"ll be doing puppy prayers for him and sending you lovenlight to get through whatever this may be , know for sure your not alone ..and YT members seem to have alot of goodness in high places .

Oh no. Hope your baby gets better. Please keep us posted.
:getwellso

I'm sorry to hear your puppy is sick. Hopefully it will be something easily treated and he'll be running and playing soon. We're sending prayers your way!!

Thinking of you and your little one.

Any update? I am praying for Scrappy to have a quick recovery.

I was hoping for an update. I want to let you know that you and your loved ones are in my prayers. This is so sad!
It does sound as if your breeder is caring and doing the right thing...

Update On Scrappy
 

The Vet called me around 4:00 to let me know that Scrappys test results came back positive for Parvo. He said Scrappy was still having the bloody diarhea, but he was not vomiting. He warned me that it will get worse before it gets better. I just don't know how much more he can take. The Vet did talk to the breeder before he called me to also update her on his condition.
The breeder told the vet that whatever it costs he is to continue with treatment at her expense. She later called me to see how I was doing, and again informed me that she will pay for all Scrappys bills, but if I wasn't happy starting out with a sick puppy I could have one from her next litter.
She also said if something happened and Scrappy didn't make it she would also replace him with one from her next litter. I'm so lucky to have such a caring breeder. Right now I just have these mental pictures of my little one
so sick. Everytime the phone rings I pray it's not the vet with bad news.

The breeder feels horrible about this. She gives her puppies the shots and it was exactly a week ago last Friday that she gave Scrappy his immunization
for Parvo. Apparently parvo has a 7 to 10 day incubation period. She feels and the Vet said it was possible that the shot actually brought on the Parvo.
She explained that like a flu shot, sometimes you can get the flu from the shot because these are like live viruses you inject into them???? I don't know if this makes sense anyone else ever hear this?

Bad enough I'm worried about Scrappy, now I was worried about Raven because she is only 16 months old. I called my vet and told them everything that was happening with Scrappy do I need to be concerned for Raven because it's highly contagious. They said most likely shes already old enough and is current on all shots, but was due for one early March, to go ahead and bring her in today.

Sorry for the long posts, and thank you for all your prayers I feel like we are going to really need them. I will post tommorrow after I call and see how she is doing.
Kim

I am so very sorry that you have a very sick baby. Hope he starts to improve soon......

What a stroke of luck to have such a caring concerned breeder. Please keep us updated on little Scrappy's progress. Sending hugs your way....

She explained that like a flu shot, sometimes you can get the flu from the shot because these are like live viruses you inject into them???? I don't know if this makes sense anyone else ever hear this?

So sorry to hear about your baby! I don't know anything about parvo but I do know that the flu shot cannot give you the flu. It does take approx 2 weeks to build up immunity, so if you were already exposed to the flu the shot wouldn't do any good. Maybe that is the way with parvo. REgardless, I will keep you and your baby in my prayers.
Renee

I hope this turns out well for you, scrappy and Raven. U r in our prayers.

Im so sorry to hear about the baby. I would clean every thing he played with. and the food dishes clean to a boil. I will keep them both in my prayers.

Unfortunately, my vet has warned me about the dangers of vaccines actually CAUSING the very disease it was designed to prevent. In fact my vet said the only dogs he has ever known to get distemper were vaccinated against it!

That is scary stuff. Most in here know that I am very cutious when it come to vaccines and I am a proponent of allowing as few as possible and doing titer blood tests instead of continuing to vaccinate a dog for thier entire lives.

As for Raven, I would ask for a titer to determine his immunity to parvo before I would let the vet vaccinate him again. No need if he is already immune as the shot is hard on them.

Did you check out Parvo Guard as I suggested earlier in the thread. It sounds like you caught it early and I am so sorry he is so sick :( but he pull through and you should give your breeder a rave review in the breeder section as it is nice to know that she is so compassionate. :thumbup:

I just found this post, and I am so sorry to hear about your new puppy.

You have an amazing breeder.

Lots of prayers and good wishes coming your way, and please keep us updated on the progress.

I am thinking very positive for all of you.

Kate

Sounds like you have one great breeder--you should consider yourself VERY lucky. I truly hope everything works out...this is a very difficult situation to have to deal with.
Yes, I have heard of vaccinations causing the disease they're meant to protect against. I've never heard of it in dogs, but it makes sense. I sounds like (knock on wood) that it isn't going to affect your other baby, which is great news.
Good luck and keep us updated on the recovery! :)

Scrappy passed away this morning. I have posted in the R.I.P.
Kim

Oh no! I'm so sorry. :cry8:

Bless your heart!!! Im am so sorry for your loss! You will be in my prayers.