UPDATE about MY Murphy and the VACCINE Sickness!!!
 

I spoke with my vet this evening about our Murphy, and she told me because of his size that doing a bloodtest would be very hard or impossible at this stage. She wanted to put him on some more antibotics but said he has had so many, she would wonder how he would cope. I have decided to return to doing what the Breeder did and not to listen soley on this vet.

I am not giving him this Canine A/D softfood because the Breeder has him used to another brand, and I was told changing his food could upset his balance and make him sick. The vaccine she gave him did not help matters as he got ILL from it all.

Tonight I just put out his Royal canine Dry food and water, he has been playing and eating and drinking loads ( I never seen him drink so much ) but I wont complain because he used to not drink at all. He seems like a new pup at this very moment. How he will be tomorrow is another matter, but maybe this will help his tummy to get back to normal..and his poop will return to normal and the Diarreha will go away.

I read from other YT members that changing Food and vaccine combo can upset yorkies systems. So I am going to see how things work out just trying to get him back to the way he was when I picked him up from the breeder this past saturday.

I ask the vet if she had treated other Yorkies or small dogs alot, how much experience she had and she admitted not alot ...the smallest she ever had was a 3pound Chihuahua, needless to say Hmmm I am not sure about all of this now. We have NO Vets around where I live that specialize in treating small dogs ...or have seen many in their practice. *major sigh*

Well thats the UPDATE so far, Keep your fingers crossed and please keep My Murphy in your prayers.

Katharine :aimeeyork

I am definitely keeping Murphy in my prayers.
Jessica

Glad to hear your baby is looking better... it is so hard when these little babies are so small and fragile.... d

I just wanted to let you know that I went through something similar with TJ.

He was 4 months old and 1.8 lbs when I got him. After 1 week he too started to have diarrhea and then it went to globs of mucus and sometimes a drop of blood here and there. His little tummy would make these noises that I swear sounded like a monster at the other end of the house! He didn't want to eat or drink or play, nothing but just sit there with that look like I am so sick mommy. Sometimes he would throw up that yellow bile.

I was constantly at the Vets office. Either his food was bothering his digestive track or he was eating other things from around the house. We did the Flagly (sp?) 3x and it didn't help. Then we went to a limited diet. I chose Duck and Potato, and that was ALL he got.

He got way worse before he got better. TJ would chew and eat all sorts of stuff around the house (poop included). So it was hard to figure out what was causing the problem, b/c this was going on for months.

FINALLY, the Vet did blood work. We found that his Folate level were SKY HIGH. The Vet told me they couldn't be sure unless they did surgery to see inside, but they could venture to guess that means he has an overgrowth of bacteria in his intestines = IBD - Inflammatory Bowel Disease

The Vet said lets try something, it's called Tylan Powder. I was to give TJ a tiny, tiny pinch of this powder everyday mixed in with his food.

Well, this is what finally got his "episodes" to stop. It took months, but now he is FREE and can eat any kind of diet.

Anyway, do a search for IBD or Inflammatory Bowel Disease here on YT and you'll find lots of my threads talking about how sick TJ was.

Best of Luck!

TLC thankyou for the Info...
 

Hi TLC,

well thankyou for replying to my post. My Murphy has Bloody diarrhea and Vomiting with these terrible noises comming from his stomach... Like ALIEN is about to pop out through his little tummy. Murphy is 4 months old and 1pound 11 onces. He got alittle dehydrated and was put into the Hospital for the day.

The Vet gave him 2 meds for 7 days plus a speical diet.

Reglan is one medicine and Flagly is the other. The diet consist of Canine A/D and Canine I/D softfoods, he can also have his Royal Canin Dry if he wants.

At first the Vet thought PARVO but did a stool test and it came back negative, I was happy about that yet my baby is still sick.

The vet is thinking its problem with his intestines and bowels ..they are inflamed. What meds was your baby on and whats the diet.

Did it take a long time to get better, and when you said it was worse before getting better....How?

I need suggestions please. Did the vet pick the diet?

Please tell me all about it. My Vet said this is not uncommon in small breeds and Yorkies get it.

I am just hearbroken to see him sick so much

thanks you again, and thankyou to everyone...

Kay

Kay,
Just try to stay focused, he will be ok. I know it is so hard b/c they are so little and when they are sick it really hurts us.

From the breeder he was on Eukanuba. One week of having TJ (4 months old and 1.8 lbs) he started to have diarrhea, with a little mucus and a little drop of blood here and there. Going into week 3 and for the next approx. 8 months, TJ would have horrible episodes.

After 3 weeks of having him and finding YT for advice, I changed his food to Innova, but the Innova seemed to be too rich - very stinky poops. So that only lasted 1 bag long.

The episodes that TJ would have would be at least every 3 days. When he woke up, I could hear those noises coming from his little body. He would just sit there in his bed. No food and No water, just sitting there sick. I think I started to try boiled chicken and white rice now, he would eat a piece and then 5 minutes later he would poop it out whole :eek: Literally, the food went right through him, it was bizarre. But that only happened a couple of times, b/c for the most part during the episodes he didn't eat.

Anyway, sometimes, only 1 hour would go by (other times 10 hours) and he would poop a normal 1 inch poop and then just pure orange/yellow mucus - globs of it. Once he got this out, he was a new man, he would run to eat and drink and everything was just fine.

Of course I was at the Vet at least 2-3 times a week. They would give him a shot, we did the flagyl (2x) - but nothing really stopped it. The Vet said, he might have a food allergy, he might be eating things from around the house that is upsetting him, or there is an intestinal problem.

Well, TJ was certainly eating things from around the house. #1 poop, which could have been causing the episodes, #2 he would chew on the wood mouldings and the wood doors, pretty much anything he could put in his mouth, he did. I tried to 'puppy' proof as much as I could, but I just couldn't stop the poop eating completely.

So, than we tried a restricted diet from the Vet. I chose IVD - Duck and Potato, and that was the ONLY thing he ate. We went through 2 BIG bags of this food. The episodes didn't really get better, they happened less, but now he was starting to vomit really, really bad too!

I am not thrilled at all with Vet food. I didn't want to feed my dogs anything with corn and def. nothing with By-products. So I stopped the IVD and bought Natural Balance Duck and Potato. But like I said the episodes were not stopping.

So, now the Vet did a blood test. Everything was good, except his folate levels were really really high. They told me he has some form of IBD - an over growth of bacteria some where in his intestines. The Vet said lets try Tylan Powder, it may or may not work. I had to give TJ a very tiny pinch of the Tylan Powder everyday in a small 'meat ball' of wet food so I knew he ate it. Well, what a miracle the Tylan Powder was. Weeks started to just roll by and the episodes got less and less and less.

So, I started to wean TJ off the Tylan. I went to every other day for the next month. Then every 3 days and so on, month by month. I got down to giving it to him every 6 day. By that time, the Vet said that I could stop, b/c the Tylan had worked. TJ was episode free! He could eat anything, no more restricted diet.

The Vet did say though that TJ will always have IBD and he may have to back on the Tylan Powder, but at least we know it works. Tylan Powder is very safe, hardly no long term side effects for dogs, so even if TJ had to be on it his whole life, there's no worries.

Well, sorry this was so long. I have tried to remember everything, but like I said you can do a search here on YT and you'll find my past posts of desperation and my TJ story.

Keep us posted ;)

Nicole TJ mom
 

Hi Nicole

Thankyou for your reply, never think its too long, I love to read.

My Murphy is acting alot like your TJ was. He is up playing at the moment.

I boiled white rice and added it to the Prescription Diet I/D ...he ate some of it, but the problem is ...How do I keep him Hydrated? He wont touch the water now and his pee is abit yellow in color.

I tried putting a pinch of brown sugar in the water but its a no go.

He used to drink the water ...I am afraid he will dehydrate on me

Got any ideas ...hints...suggestions...pass them along to me

thanks kay

Well, canned food dog have a lot of water in it, so don't be too alarmed if he isn't drinking as much water when he was eating dry food.

I got baby plain pedialite and I forced him to take it by syringe (a lot of it). Other than that I don't know much to make him drink :confused: