Help! I could use some advice. We have a nearly four year-old mini Dachshund who is having some gut problems. We aren't sure what is causing them. Schatzi was spayed at under a year old and was very healthy prior to that. However, after spaying, her abdomen was never quite right and we found out that a student vet had done the op instead of our regular vet. Meanwhile, we had neighbors move in next door who shared our fence both sides, both with dogs. One was very clean, the other not, and we soon had loads of fleas in the yard although we sprayed and cleaned madly. We moved last year to a much nicer place and no fleas.
Now, for the past year, we have thought that Schatzi had something strange going on with her tummy. She would eat regularly but the gut wouldn't go down, just stay hard as if she had just eaten half a turkey.
We took her to the vet and he didn't say anything about it except she looked fat (not the way of most of our dogs so we don't know why). He put her on Revolution for flea/tick/worms and we haven't seen any improvement in the tummy. We didn't notice any worms in the poo, either.
We are beginning to believe that she must have a serious tapeworm problem that may have started back in the old yard and went unnoticed or didn't respond to treatment. She doesn't seem to get much out of her food and seems depressed. Any advice would be appreciated. Her gut is tight and round and hard most of the time, even after a good night and a trip outside. Does anyone know more about the symptoms of a very serious tapeworm problem?
Dog with Tapeworm? 
