[quote user="brandy76"]Is this common? Can I catch it?[/quote] If you wash your hands after handling the dog, you are not going to catch Giardia. It is picked up primarily from bad water and from ***. Albon is for Coccidia. Flagyl has been found to be only 60-70% effective in eliminating Giardia...

Please don't vaccinate at 6 weeks. There is research that shows that shots that early delay effective vaccination. Wait until at least 8 weeks. Worming: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/pic/article.cfm?&acatid=400&aid=1083 [quote user="DrsFosterSmith"]Initiate treatments at 2 weeks;...

[quote]ORIGINAL: janet_rose Has your breeder de-wormed the pup? If so, with what med? Worms can make a pup very sick very fast. ORIGINAL: brandy76 Here's what the breeder does for de-worming: - They use strongid. - We also do 3 days of panacur - We also send albon and flagyl with pups for bacterial...

[quote user="kryan"]They're just 8 weeks old. [/quote] Adding a little plain (not spiced), canned pumpkin to their diet will help to firm up the stools. What are you feeding? Did the vet do a stool check yesterday? If not, I wouldn't wait two weeks for a Coccidia check. You can just...

NC_cockermama , here is some info on Coccidia, intestinal worms, and heartworms. First, the previous owner was probably not responsible for the Coccidia and only partially responsible for the roundworms (see link below). Reesee did and still does have roundworms encysted in her tissues (see link below...

[quote user="Katran"]We have a puppy that has started losing weight and isn't showing a lot of interest in eating. [/quote] I do not want to discourage you from finding a vet to check out this pup, but one of the most common causes of this is worms and parasites. You could try worming the...