Tired pup with runny poop

I don't know if Giardia could cause them to be tired, but it'll definitely give them diarrhea, which my pup had when I got him at 7 weeks. The breeder had already treated him (finished the treatment the day I picked him up), and the poor thing just kept having runny stools. We ended up doing 3 more round of meds (the 3rd round I finally told the vet I wanted to try something different), and it worked. Poor baby had diarrhea every time he pooped for about the first 3-4 weeks I had him. As soon as we started the last round of meds, it cleared up and he started gaining weight.

The lack of energy could also be a side-effect of the diarrhea itself, not necessarily whatever is causing the diarrhea, if that makes sense. Make sure he's drinking a lot - you could use baited water, just make sure if you bait it with chicken broth or something, that it doesn't have salt in it. That would make dehydration worse. you could just boil some chicken without seasonings and give him the cooled broth, if he's not wanting to drink plain water.

Good luck! Let us know what they say!

Ok, so the vet came around (not my regular one) and he said it didn't look too bad, but that he probably ate something he shouldn't and that his incestines seems swollen/infected.

Poor Thor just met this guy and the first thing he does is put a termometer up his behind (no fever) and then 10 minutes later 3 shots in a row... Thor went into the bathroom to hide..

Vet is going to do another fecal test to get more information.

These are the shots he gave (hard to read his handwriting but I think it's something like this):
Anitbiotics: Jistresencil
Antiinflamatory: Biletam
And something for the stomac pain: vetiloc

And told me to give him a regular "Buscapina", some carbon pills and put him on a rice/chicken, rice/meet (like you guys mentioned) diet until monday (when we get the fecal exam results).

Now all I can do is wait for the results to see if they show anything different from before and see if the medicin/rice helps. But I feel better with the vet saying it didn't seem too serious.

Btw, the vet said that giving him too much sausage/ham and the like could be the reason for this... I have to admit I give him a lot of treats since I am almost constantly training.. Could that be the case?

To show why I did it I put on a little show of thor's tricks and the vet was mighty impressed

Thanks all for the information. I passed it on to the vet so he can specifically look for those things as well.

-Thomas-

Treat suggestions noted, thanks

Back to the original subject;

Went to the (new) vet today for the fecal exam results and he told me it was loaded with parasites. Apparently a normal parasite (can't remember the name right now) and nothing too serious (a couple of pills with his meal and tomorrow he is supposed to be fine). I am very happy to know what the cause of all this, but;

How come my usual vet didn't catch up on this? The new vet went like; it's impossible that someone has done on a fecal test without noticing this - and my usual vet did one thursday (first day I noticed this).

So basically thor has been sick for 4 days because my normal vet up, so from now on my "new" vet will become my day-to-day vet..

Interesting side-note; after 3 days on rice/chicken/meat he is no longer scratching himself (was doing that a lot before). So I guess that's a pretty good sign he was reacting to something in his current kibble. I am going to move to RAW soon, but I want him to be in tip shape first.

-thomas-