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i need any suggestions i can get! i recently got my yorkie jack a brother and it has turned into a disaster.....i purchased a standard poodle puppy 4 months ago when he was 8 weeks old. (needless to say not from a good "breeder") since the day i got him he has had chronic diariah, he has been diagnosed and treated for hookworms, roundworms, whipworms (treated multiple times with albon) coccidia, giardiah (treated with panacur and amoxicillan) campylobacter (treated with metrinitizole) we have tried prescription diet food, he has visited with over 5 different vets (most recently with the louisiana state university veterinary school) he has showed no improvement, increasingly dehydrated regardless of drinking sooo much water! he is also slowing in weight gain and not acting like the 6 month old puppy he is.. any opinions or ideas are welcome! maybe someone can come up with something the vets are overlooking? by the way, come to find out, this same jerk of a "breeder" is selling yorkie puppies on a web site http://www.yorkiespoodlesandmore.com/ he needs to be shut down! after getting my puppy i did a little research and found that other people are having the same problems with their yorkies! i cant imagine a tiny 2lb yorkie puppy going through the same thing!!

Did they do blood work on him???

Have you reported this breeder? I hate your dog and any other has to go thru that. It's all about the almighty dollar these days, some people just don't care about how they breed. They just want to make money, it's sad!

Wow! On the site, it says, "We believe the smaller the better" that's just disgusting! :thumbdown :thumbdown :thumbdown

Whoops, I forgot to add that I'm sorry you and your little pup are going through all of this, I hope everything gets better.

i think i blood work with be the next step since they have done fecal testing everytime we go...

On the fecal testing, did they do just a fecal float for parasites or did they also do a bacterial screening for bad bacteria?
If there is some bad bacteria that require a specific antibiotic, the course he has received won't do the trick.

OMG I am so sorry he is so sick.......... there is also a line under yorkie moms that says All Yorkie moms are under 3 pounds :thumbdown :thumbdown :thumbdown :thumbdown :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

How sad for this pup. I hope you can find all that is wrong with him and get him treated

WOW! I am sorry your baby isnt well... I am in B.R. too... Was LSU able to help you? They are top notch! I sure hope someone is able to help you!
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I'm so sorry. Did you do bile acid test for liver shunt? I can relate with my Yorkie that I bought from a show breeder almost 3 months ago, Ajendas in Fl. He has been sick on and off since he arrived. He's back on metronizadole, lost weight, can't eat ID or any prescription food, right now only on white rice. We don't know if it's food allergy or worse. He reacts badly to poultry. He is vicious towards one of my dogs. The animal hospital treated him by day because he seems to have been abused, does circles all the time and they didn't want to stress him by caging him more and admitting him. I've had to cancel two trips. I wanted a traveling companion and was lied to and bought a disaster.
He sees a gastro specialist wed. and will have a blood panel , biochemical profile, chest and adominal x-rays, abdominal ultrasound, and whatever needs to follow. He has had so many fecal exams that I've lost track. He's vet bills so far exceed the $3,000. I paid for this poor dog. I never received his health guarentee or contract from this awful breeder. She hung up on me when I questioned his behavoir on arrival. I know she wanted to get rid of him fast, wanted to ship him two days later, asked me nothing. I thought she was reputable from posts here but have since found out otherwise from others. She knew what she was dumping on me and was happy to do it, laughed afterwards. So don't beat yourself up, anyone can get stuck.
Good Luck, you sure need some!
Jessica

Just wanted to let you know that I left you a personal message. Hope you got it.
Val

good news!! (:hopefully:) i decided to take spencer to a vet i use to go to out in "the country" (prairieville) we stopped going to him because it was such a drive but i really liked him and he always had some unconventional remedies for my yorkie.. anyway after literally five minutes of looking through the pile of paper work i brought from other vets he had the answer.. tylan.. usually used on his horse and cow patients! his vet tech was having the same exact problems with her lab puppy and said it cleared up in 3 days!! dr. griffith said that it happens with these large pure breeds sometimes, some kind of growth of bacteria in the colon that gets out of control that doesnt let his little body fight off all these other parasites! i am surprised that if this is the case that lsu could not have figured this out.. they called this morning to tell me the only thing they found in his fecal lab tests were salmonella!! ohh well lets hope this works!! thanks for all the replies!!

Somewhere on this forum is a place for a list of bad breeders. Please put that breeder on the list!

Salmonella? Damnnnnnnn!!!! Yea, please put the breeder in that section, so NOBODY else buys from them.

Hoping your baby gets well this time!

Pretty pup needs to put this breeder up in the bad breeders post to. I wonder can you do it without them knowing it was you. I would hate for the breeder to know my address and telephone and try to retaliate.:confused: