Hello!
We got Charlie from a breeder at 8 weeks, he's now 12 weeks. He has been a really good boy and I understand now why everyone here is so in love with Frenchies! He came to us a little underweight (3 pounds), but we switched him to Orijen and he has more than doubled his weight already. He had horribly runny stools from day one and a vet diagnosed him with giardia the day after we got him. We treated it with panacur and a week later the vet said he was all clear. We weren't in love with that vet, so we switched to someone else and asked them to check his stool again. They just called and said that he has coccidia. I'm confused how he could go from giardia to all clear to coccidia in a matter of 3 1/2 weeks when he has never been around other dogs and we are next to him at all times in our fenced in yard. Has anyone ever experienced this? Could one of the vets be wrong?
He is doing pretty well with going to the bathroom outside, but he hasn't figured out not to go inside yet. Of course, we expect it to take a few months before he fully understands, but the hard part is that he only goes in the house when he is alone. If we are in the same room, he will hold it for 2 hours or so until we take him out, but if we are gone or in another room he will go several times in very short periods. We will take him outside and give him plenty of time, run our kids to school down the street, and return in 10 minutes to a big mess in the crate. We've been doing the usual treats and lots of praise when he goes outside. Any advice on how to address him going to the bathroom as soon as he's unsupervised would be great.
Sorry this was such a long intro! Thanks for any advice! Here's a few pics of his cuteness.
We got Charlie from a breeder at 8 weeks, he's now 12 weeks. He has been a really good boy and I understand now why everyone here is so in love with Frenchies! He came to us a little underweight (3 pounds), but we switched him to Orijen and he has more than doubled his weight already. He had horribly runny stools from day one and a vet diagnosed him with giardia the day after we got him. We treated it with panacur and a week later the vet said he was all clear. We weren't in love with that vet, so we switched to someone else and asked them to check his stool again. They just called and said that he has coccidia. I'm confused how he could go from giardia to all clear to coccidia in a matter of 3 1/2 weeks when he has never been around other dogs and we are next to him at all times in our fenced in yard. Has anyone ever experienced this? Could one of the vets be wrong?
He is doing pretty well with going to the bathroom outside, but he hasn't figured out not to go inside yet. Of course, we expect it to take a few months before he fully understands, but the hard part is that he only goes in the house when he is alone. If we are in the same room, he will hold it for 2 hours or so until we take him out, but if we are gone or in another room he will go several times in very short periods. We will take him outside and give him plenty of time, run our kids to school down the street, and return in 10 minutes to a big mess in the crate. We've been doing the usual treats and lots of praise when he goes outside. Any advice on how to address him going to the bathroom as soon as he's unsupervised would be great.
Sorry this was such a long intro! Thanks for any advice! Here's a few pics of his cuteness.
