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Comment by Yuki & Ellie on March 2, 2012 at 5:18pm

I'm so glad to hear you had better luck with the new Vet's office.  You still don't have an answer yet, but at least you're doing something instead of watching poor Lucy feel miserable.  If you notice any more diarrhea or vomiting you should 1) notify the new Vet's office and see if they want to examine her and 2) switch her over to a bland diet for a couple of days.  Boil some hamburger and rice or dish out some cottage cheese and rice.  Since chicken is still on the table as a possible cause for the stomach upset, I would avoid feeding chicken and rice.  That way you can give her poor tummy a rest while they figure this all out.

Good luck and keep us updated!  Hopefully this will turn out to get something easily remedied.  Ellie and Yuki send Corgi hugs and Eskimo kisses your way!

Comment by Bonni B on March 2, 2012 at 4:37pm

I just wanted to give you all an update. I took Lucy to another vet yesterday afternoon and she was really helpful. All I've been wanting are ideas as to what is going on and possible solutions. We're going to start with the least invasive and work our way up from there. They are doing another fecal test to specifically look for giardia and she gave me medication for deworming just in case that's it and antibiotics in case there is a bug. I'm just glad that we're trying something. Thanks for all of your suggestions! Keep them coming and I'll keep you updated.

Comment by Jess, Taryn and Dexter on March 1, 2012 at 3:06pm

Dexter had issues with chicken as well. His poor sensitive tummy couldn't take it. We switched to California Natural Lamb (grain free) and he had has no issues since. California Natural also has a new Kangaroo and red lentils (grain free) flavor. We haven't tried it though.

 

Hope Lucy feels better soon!

Comment by Jane on March 1, 2012 at 9:22am

I'd definitely get a second opinion. There is nothing "healthy" about what you're describing, IMO. Is there always diarrhea along with the vomiting?

Comment by Chris, Kadi & Brodie on February 29, 2012 at 10:18pm

I worked as a vet tech for 13 years--what you are describing is not 'healthy'. My first suggestion to you is seek another vet.

Comment by Kevan hudson on February 29, 2012 at 8:17pm

Hi, just wondering, do you give your dog treats? Dental bones? Check the country of origen, please check the FDA website,not to alarm you but there have been some warnings(got me looking)

Comment by Jane Christensen on February 29, 2012 at 8:16pm

We've been there. Bella kept throwing up and lab work was fine. We had a barium(?) xray and that didn't show any blockage. She was on so many meds and not getting better that I finally told the vet I thought they actually were making her worse. I took her off chicken completely and put her on lamb and now use bison also. This worked great for us. ALSO...I always still add warm water to her food as she was always throwing up the food and not getting enough water. I still do this and it's been 9 months with no problems... Also if you have switched her food that can also cause a great problem if not done over about 10 days.  Good luck, I know how frustrating it is.

Comment by Bonni B on February 29, 2012 at 8:01pm

I just want to vent this because I am officially frustrated with my vet. I have been emailing back and forth with him all day about this and his answers have all been one liners. I asked what food suggestions he has, response: "when was the last time you saw vomiting?". I asked what ideas he has about what is causing this, response: "I don't know what caused this episode but I doubt it was the food".

 

Not helpful.

Comment by Melissa and Franklin! on February 29, 2012 at 6:51pm

Are you still in contact with your breeder? If so I would tell her/him what is going on and see if anything has come up before with any other puppies. It may be worth just trying another round of metronidazole which is an intestinal antibiotic and also gets rid of giardia and see if that helps. If she isn't having diarrhea currently though, then giardia isn't as likely. I hope somebody can figure out what's going on with your little one. Would be worth switching foods as well since its an easy thing to try, remember to not feed any chicken based treats either. Poor girl. 

Comment by Bonni B on February 29, 2012 at 5:41pm

Melissa, Lucy has had 3 fecal tests. One when I brought her in for her very first puppy check up and two during this whole mess. The very first one came back positive for giardia. But the other two have come back negative. I wonder if the giardia is still lingering and the test isn't picking it up. I made an appointment to see another vet for a second opinion for tomorrow so we'll see what they say. I'm so frustrated by this whole thing. All I need is an answer for what's wrong so we can try and fix it and no vet has been able to give me that yet.

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