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I found a Newfie Landseer in a pet store mall, and brought him home. There's a lot behind this decision. I didn't want to support puppy mill suppliers, but when looking at the Newfie rescue groups, the most prevalent reason Newfies were given up was that the owners didn't understand what they were bringing home. The drooling, shedding, or size was too much. And as I was standing there, someone expressing serious interest in buying the puppy was asking how they were around children, do they tolerate heat... basically all questions you should know the answer to long before considering getting a dog. Long story short, after two days of deliberation, I came back and brought him home. His name is Murphy.
He's wonderful, and as a bonus surprise, both his parents have been certified for their eyes, elbows/knees, and hearts. As a not welcome surprise, I found that he'd arrived at the pet store with a respiratory infection, coccidia, and giardia. He immediately began treatment for these conditions. I brought him home Friday night, and Saturday morning had him in to see the vet with a stool sample. The vet ran tests, and found that the respiratory infection and coccidia were gone, but that he still had a mild case of giardia. I was prescribed a liquid to give him once per day named 'panacur', 100mg/ml, and was told to give him 8cc's daily. I also was prescribed a twice-daily pill of 'metronidazole' 250 mg.
He's very happy and became instant best friends with my brown Newfie Ozzy. His appetite is pretty good, and he has a lot of energy. However, he's got some blood in his stool. I'm picking up his stool whenever he goes, and am giving his lots of water and his meds. I feed both my Newfies 'Taste of the Wild' puppy food with the salmon flavor, and they get some extra supplements my breeder suggested. So, with the things I'm already doing, is there anything else I should do to help my little guy get better? The blood in his stool doesn't have me in a paranoid state, but I'm a bit concerned and want to make certain he doesn't develop a serious problem. He was tested just yesterday, and the vet gave him a good bill of health except for the mild giardia.
Any advice?
He's wonderful, and as a bonus surprise, both his parents have been certified for their eyes, elbows/knees, and hearts. As a not welcome surprise, I found that he'd arrived at the pet store with a respiratory infection, coccidia, and giardia. He immediately began treatment for these conditions. I brought him home Friday night, and Saturday morning had him in to see the vet with a stool sample. The vet ran tests, and found that the respiratory infection and coccidia were gone, but that he still had a mild case of giardia. I was prescribed a liquid to give him once per day named 'panacur', 100mg/ml, and was told to give him 8cc's daily. I also was prescribed a twice-daily pill of 'metronidazole' 250 mg.
He's very happy and became instant best friends with my brown Newfie Ozzy. His appetite is pretty good, and he has a lot of energy. However, he's got some blood in his stool. I'm picking up his stool whenever he goes, and am giving his lots of water and his meds. I feed both my Newfies 'Taste of the Wild' puppy food with the salmon flavor, and they get some extra supplements my breeder suggested. So, with the things I'm already doing, is there anything else I should do to help my little guy get better? The blood in his stool doesn't have me in a paranoid state, but I'm a bit concerned and want to make certain he doesn't develop a serious problem. He was tested just yesterday, and the vet gave him a good bill of health except for the mild giardia.
Any advice?
