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Originally Posted by nicholas
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.
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I am not so sure about this. If the pup brought it from the kennel, you can be sure it would appear at the other pups at the kennel too. I had my pup under treatment for giardia for about two days, when the breeder called that his other pups started diarrhoea too and asked me what kind of treatment we used.. And they were still at his kennel, so no big change for them happened.
But I agree with the vet, that the pup could pick it up easily somewhere else, especially if the poor little pup was in some pet hotel
Anyways, good that you found finally good and reasonable veterinarian. The puppy must weakened by all this giardia and diarrhoea for so long, poor guy! Oh and I remember that after we finished the antibiotics for giardia, our vet gave us some special pasta with the right bacteria to restore the microflora in the pups intestines (cause the antibiotics killed everything). I can´t remember the name unfortunatelly, perhaps Ina will know. Maybe you should ask for that thing too, it will help the pup get back in shape.