In order to reach to that conclusion i had to change the vet 3 times. The first i took him was a woman who initially told me that i had to put the dog down since he has a serious problem. I could not accept such a behaviour form a vet. The easy solution for her, to kill the dog. The next one was more porfessional but did not test him for parasites. HE was the first to talk about SIBO and IBD. He gave him flagyl of 1000mg per day for 3 weeks! Sinc this did not imporve his condition i took him to tha largest vet clinic in Greece 2 hours away from where i live. It is a clinic responsible for the caring of the animals in the Athens zoo. There they tested him for Giardia. The total cost reached more than 1000 Euros. Forgive me for being bold but i do not give a shit about the cost if i can make my frined feel good. I am not going to ask anybody to compensate me for this. The problem is that he is going under a heavier treatment than flagyl since Giardia has been immune to the specific drug after taking half of the dose he should have for 3 weeks. (in order for Giardia to pass he should have taken 2500mg per day and he was given 1000mg a day). I already talked to the vet and the breeder. The vet told me that either he got it form the kennel or froma pet hotel i took him for 4 days. Even if he got it from the kennel (the pet had taken the pill against parasites from the breeder) there is a big chance that the breeder did not know about it. You see the eggs sit around until the dog is stressed or very anxious only then do they hatch and the parasites get out of the cyst. My friend flew to Athens and the trip cause him enough stress to turn him from a carrier to a patient. The other animals are not stressed. The good thing is that at least we know what hte problem is and we can fix it.
Best,
Nick
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