DIARRHEA

[No Quarter Kennel]

Got a quality stud dog from a prominent breeder. He's worked on this dog for about a month now. He's in tight with his vet.
Diarrhea non stop. He's run every wormer he can think of through the dog and tried just about everything but immodeum. I offered to help, so he sent him home with me.
I can't post pictures as I'd set myself up for all kinds of shit.

1. He acts good, wags his tail and his eyes look great.
2. He has a good appetite. So for, I've had my best luck with oatmeal and salmon. He likes my yogurt, gizzards/liver/egg and oil mixture as well.
3. I've had him a week and although he eats great, twice a day, he shits pure liquid diarrhea.

Any and all help would be appreciated.
The dog is a skeleton

[loot]

I would check for coccidia. I had 1 a while ago doing the same thing. Treated him with Sumlet. An did the trick. Good luck.

Jack or someone else may have a better answer

[Officially Retired]

1. Stop feeding him pure meat.
2. Start feeding him 2 cups of rice, plus boneless chicken breast (cooked).
3. Add 1 cup of Pedialyte with his feed.
4. Give him Immodium AD.

The dog needs FLUIDS and ELECTROLYTES if he's having so much diarrhea

I don't know what "run different kinds of wormers" means, exactly, as each one could have been given inadequately

At this point, I would suspect (as Loot says) coccidia, giardia, or some other microbe. There are 2 ways you can do this:

1. Use a combination of Fenbendazole (23 mg/lb/TWICE DAILY for 5 days + Pyrantel (16 mg/lb, also for 5 days). A synergistic effect between pyrantel and febantel has now been proven.

2. Metronidazole (12 mg/kg, TWICE DAILY for 5 days) + TMZ (50 mg/kg the first day and 25 mg/kg/day) for 2–3 wk thereafter

Given his condition, you might want to do all 4 of these, just to be sure.

If he's still symptomatic after this, then I am stumped.

Good luck,

Jack

[No Quarter Kennel]

1. Stop feeding him pure meat.
2. Start feeding him 2 cups of rice, plus boneless chicken breast (cooked).
3. Add 1 cup of Pedialyte with his feed.
4. Give him Immodium AD.

The dog needs FLUIDS and ELECTROLYTES if he's having so much diarrhea

I don't know what "run different kinds of wormers" means, exactly, as each one could have been given inadequately

At this point, I would suspect (as Loot says) coccidia, giardia, or some other microbe. There are 2 ways you can do this:

1. Use a combination of Fenbendazole (23 mg/lb/TWICE DAILY for 5 days + Pyrantel (16 mg/lb, also for 5 days). A synergistic effect between pyrantel and febantel has now been proven.

2. Metronidazole (12 mg/kg, TWICE DAILY for 5 days) + TMZ (50 mg/kg the first day and 25 mg/kg/day) for 2–3 wk thereafter

Given his condition, you might want to do all 4 of these, just to be sure.

If he's still symptomatic after this, then I am stumped.

Good luck,

Jack

Since I posted this, my dog gets a cup and a half of boiled rice along with cooked white chicken meet. About a cup to a cup and a half. He gets this twice a day.
He's been on immodium AD, from 5, up to 7 cc now, twice a day. He's skinny as a skeleton but is about a 55lb dog healthy.
He's getting plenty of electrolytes and according to the "skin test" he's hydrated.
I have run a full 5 day course of Fenben and Pyrantal through him.
He started with pancake batter shits and now has exactly the same pancake batter shits. Absolutely no fucking change. Extremely frustrating.

I started him on the Metronidazole and TMZ this morning, so we'll see how this goes.

The dog acts great. He acts just like a completely healthy dog. However, if animal control saw him, I'd be up shit creek.
It's extremely frustrating to have no change. His appetite is awesome. He can't wait for his next meal.

Oh yeah, Limey - I started the supplement you recommended as well this morning.

If anyone has any helpful info - let me know. I'll do my part on my end.

[waccamaw]

Since I posted this, my dog gets a cup and a half of boiled rice along with cooked white chicken meet. About a cup to a cup and a half. He gets this twice a day.
He's been on immodium AD, from 5, up to 7 cc now, twice a day. He's skinny as a skeleton but is about a 55lb dog healthy.
He's getting plenty of electrolytes and according to the "skin test" he's hydrated.
I have run a full 5 day course of Fenben and Pyrantal through him.
He started with pancake batter shits and now has exactly the same pancake batter shits. Absolutely no fucking change. Extremely frustrating.

I started him on the Metronidazole and TMZ this morning, so we'll see how this goes.

The dog acts great. He acts just like a completely healthy dog. However, if animal control saw him, I'd be up shit creek.
It's extremely frustrating to have no change. His appetite is awesome. He can't wait for his next meal.

Oh yeah, Limey - I started the supplement you recommended as well this morning.

If anyone has any helpful info - let me know. I'll do my part on my end.

My advice is dont eat the pancakes(LOL)

[No Quarter Kennel]

My advice is dont eat the pancakes(LOL)

No shit.....pun intended.
After I run this TMZ treatment through him, I'll give the corrid a try if he's still bad off.

[waccamaw]

You can also get a fecal exam done .could be a severe case of whip worms

[Officially Retired]

My advice is dont eat the pancakes(LOL)

[waccamaw]

Get a bottle of corrid from tractor supply go by the bottle .if a puppy give 2 cc in the mouth and add to the water as directed .

[Officially Retired]

Get a bottle of corrid from tractor supply go by the bottle .if a puppy give 2 cc in the mouth and add to the water as directed .

For one thing, the guy said he had an adult dog, so this may be way beyond coccidia.

And for another, Corrid is decent at treating coccidia, but not as effective as TMZ.

The regimens I suggested will also not only handle coccida, but also giardia, worms, and a whole host of bacterial/protozoal infections besides coccidia ...