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

[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 ...

[Nut]

Rice and chickenbreast works great indeed Jack, very easy digestible. Try to feed him a few times a day in small portions instead of once.

Duphalyte would do him good. http://www.cymedica.com/www/en/produ...for-injection/

[Officially Retired]

Agreed, nut.

Rice is binding. And, if it is coccidia, raw meat is the worst thing you can give them ... coccidia thrives in that environment.

[No Quarter Kennel]

Got it guys. Thanks.
I did just that this morning. I gave him boiled rice with some chicken broth and I have some chicken in the fridge I'll cook in just a bit and feed him again. This shit is so thin, it absorbs straight into the ground if he shits on the ground. That was a few days ago. Now, he's up to a clam chowder consistency.

I'm going with Jack's outline and I'll keep you guys posted.

[No Quarter Kennel]

TMZ - exactly what is this?

[No Quarter Kennel]

I've got the other three on hand. Would like to know what TMZ is.