I hear you there. Beau's was an unplanned breeding. His young mother arrived from Ukraine at 5 mos. old in December. Hopefully all of the dogs get tested before breeding!
That is just plain scary! Thank you so much for the information! Our city water tastes like chlorine -- I can smell it Monday mornings. I drink bottled water!
Thank you! Our vet wants to let his immune system fight it for a while anyway. He is very active, normal temp, good appetite, drinks a lot of water, pooping and peeing normally. The blood usually appears at the end of his bowel movement.
Beau has had blood in his stool since we got him. The breeder treated them all for Coccidia because of the bloody stool but that did nothing for Beau. Our vet tested him for coccidia and it was negative. Then we had him tested for 13 different parasites and he was positive for 5. YIKES...
He still pees and poops in the house sometimes but he also takes himself out the pet door and goes. We made the mistake of taking him out the back door to potty in the yard at first so if we don't hear him scratch at the door he goes on the floor in front of the door. He also goes on his potty...
Beau is 7+ lbs and Buster is 45 lbs. Beau uses his small size well when wrestling. He is amazingly resilient in his bouncy, boing boing way. He is using the pet door on his own and on his own, without Buster, is taking himself out to potty! He still has accidents in the house and goes on his...