starplott
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Originally posted by dean jamerson
elichria, lymes , or possibly some other ailment, always rule out a medical condition or sickness first.
Usually with the tick illnesses there is MAJOR change. Especially with motor skills.
A gal who bought a pup from me moved to GA while her hubby was deployed. She didn't know about tick born illness and had a major problem. The pup had elichria, toxoplasmosis, and something else. She had thought she was poisoned.
It took almost a year for the dog to fully recover. It freaked her out as she was also pregnant with a 2 year old at home and the pup was a house dog. (not a hound)
Cocci is a protazoa that can cause subtle changes, usually comes w intermittent runny stool and/or straining to deficate without producing much or any output. It can be hard to diagnose, through cheap stool samples. To test you want to gather several pieces over a couple days of samples as an infected dog doesn't shed the ocysts all the time.
There are many things that could be contributing. I agree totally NOT to overlook health issues. Some dogs do go through odd phases, which I have also seen happen. Some bloodless are quite noted for flip flopping, late maturing, etc. In almost 30 years I have seen health issues more so than phases impacting a change in the dogs. I've had a lot of clients who have gone in for vet checks and came back with a clean bill of heath, yet narrow it down and send them back and it surprises me how many of the clean bills of health have turned into a diagnosis.
I really feel for the people who don't have much experience in health/behavior issues. The vets sure know how to charge up the wazzu and still not find anything. I sent one guy to the vets three times to check for inner ear infection. FINALLY, the 3rd time-2nd vet, he got the ear infection diagnosed. I saw the dog 2 weeks after treatment, totally different dog.
I'd say about 1/3 of my clients came to me for a behavioral problem and wound up with health issues creating the issues they came searching for a behaviorist to help them with. Almost all of them have been easy and cheap to treat, even inexpensive to diagnose if you know what you are looking for. If you don't, it can really add up letting the vets have free run.
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