albot 10lb havanese diarrhea looking for petfo expertise

albot 10lb havanese, took him for wellness and shots 5/5/12. He got lepto, rabies, & 3 yr booster, seemed fine.

Saturday 5/12/12, he was fine. Sunday morning he threw up a little and would not eat breakfast, other than that seemed ok. Later Sunday he diarrhea and around 5 became lethargicn no eating or drinking.

Took him to vet 5/14/12, they took bloodwork, CBC and chem profile, said all normal, gave him subQ fluids, he was dehydrated. Gave him metronidazole and I have been giving that each day since.

Yesterday he was no better and still not eating,drinking. Took back to vet, gave him more subQ fluids and took xrays, all normal. Gave us foriflora for when he does eat……

Today no better, STILL having a little diarrhea, but very lethargic and not interested in food at all! I FEEL HELPESS! Am I or the vet missing anything you can think of?

I don’t have any advice to offer, but

sending good thoughts your way for Talbot

He is only 18 mos old and I am beside myself.

His “brother” jumped from the front seat of the truck and had a lexating patella (sp) last Tuesday and is on pain meds. We are $1000.00 to the vet in the last two weeks! I don’t mind that, but not having any answers on this is very dis-heartening.

Repeat blood panels to see if anything

is showing now that it has been a few days?

What are you trying to feed? Maybe try boiled chicken and rice?
boiled chicken and rice, boiled ground meat and rice. He is just not interested in anything. And, he is a chow hound usually! No interest in any treats, not that I would give it to him now.

He doesn’t even want to get up to go outside, have just been carrying him.

I will call vet later today and see if they can do another blood panel, don’t know what else to do.

Jaxson is okay, so I don’t suspect any tainted food or treats. They are on Natural Balance duck & sweet potato, one of the ones not in the recall?

Sounds like bad side effects from

all those shots you gave them….Did the Doctor tell you about the side effects?

yes, he did

I discussed this with him and he said these shots would be needed and would last three years, be did not do the bordetella shots because I didn’t think was necessary. We don’t like to board, but considered doggie daycare for their benefit, but decided against it, seemed like a heck of a lot of shots! I am aware of some opinions on shots, but when the vet says better safe than sorry, I went with that.

Jaxson is only 5 lbs and I was actually more concerned with him because of his size. They both seemed great all week until Talbot had this happen on Sunday……

That’s a lot of vaccinations at one time for

such a small dog. It’s no wonder he’s having a hard time dealing with all those toxins in his body.

While I agree, it’s alot at once, would

the reactions have taken that long to happen? I always assumed it would happen within a day or two. We’re doing titer tests this year to hopefully avoid giving ours any shots. Should hear back this week with Franks results.

Now that I re-read the OP, I see that it

was about 7 days between vax and onset of symptoms. Could be vax related, could be not.

probably not a vaccine reaction

i agree with your veterinarian that it is not likely having to do with the vaccinations. as a technician, i see plenty of dogs get vaccinated with multiple vaccines and do just fine. there are a few who have allergic reactions to these vaccines and may have vomiting or diarrhea, but it tends to be within a few hours of receiving the vaccine. has your dog gotten into anything recently- any people food or something in the yard? i agree with the people who recommended giving boiled chicken and rice as a bland diet until his stomach settles. metronidazole is the drug of choice when diarrhea happens, but as with any antibiotic, it can upset a pets stomach. if you don’t feel comfortable with what your vet is doing, by all means consult another veterinarian.

I got him to take

two syringes of pedialyte mixed with water. He is never given people food and we watch him pretty closely. We were home all week-end. We usually go outside with them to potty, but they were outside all day Saturday. We had some company and we were on the deck most of the day. So, he could have gotten something I guess.

He is just NOT intersted in food at all, so unlike him. I got him to smell some cottage cheese and he licked a few pieces, but chicken & rice or boiled beef & rice he won’t even smell.

I am waiting for the results from the fecal sample yesterday. I was at least glad to get the little liquid in him I did. I am still researching other vets in our area in the meantime.

try an alternative vet

sounds like its time to try alternatives with your pet.  specialize in getting to the root cause of “why” things are happening in pets and balancing their body nutritionally.