u/No-Geologist1951

She’s a mix of Labrador and something else I’m not sure, she’s almost 3 months old I’ve had her for 3 weeks. I found her when I was coming home from the market she was very dehydrated and I took her to the vet she got an iv and blood test and she seemed fine a week after I took her in and she had giardia, no symptoms, also her hemoglobin was very low so now she’s taking metronidazole and hemolitan. She’s gaining weights and growing really quickly. I have an adult Shih Tzu already and I tried to look for a shelter that could keep her but they are all over capacity (in my country most of them are just run by people that want to help dogs, and most barely make enough money to feed them) I’ve already spent like 400 dollars on her, (I know this doesn’t seem like a lot but it’s a lot of money in my country) She has really bad separation anxiety and even being away for a couple minutes will make her cry and scream, and she’s on that stage where they bite everything and her teeth are really sharp. I know all of this is normal behavior for a puppy but my shih tzu was sooo different when he was a baby, he was really calm and well behaved, he never really bit and he wouldn’t cry much when he was alone, so I don’t know how to deal with this. Right now I’m preparing for an university admission exam, so even though I’d really love to stay with her all day I really have to go out to study. Before I found out she had giardia I gave her a bunch of plushies and made a dummy that kinda looked like me and it seemed to be working a little but since I found out I’ve disinfected everything and I’m trying to not give her many toys until she finishes her treatment. I just don’t know what to do now I really want her to be ok.

My rescue puppy has giardia, she’s starting treatment but I’m concerned about how to disinfect her plushies, bed, my bed sheets and other things that she was in contact with. I read that cyst can’t be killed or removed with alcohol, that they have to be exposed to sunlight and if so, how much time should I expose items before being sure all cysts are gone? Also if I pour boiling water on top of clothes before washing them, will that get rid of the cysts?

sorry if this is horribly written, English is my second language and I’m so very anxious and nervous rn

I rescued a little two month old puppy I found on the street two weeks ago, she was so dehydrated and I took her to the vet that same day. They took a hemogram and a stool sample. Both came back fine and we waited a week to give her first vaccine. This Monday I took her in and I told them some things I noticed throughout the week and the vet decided to take another hemogram this time her hemoglobin was very low at 10, she didn’t have fleas when I found her and hasn’t lost blood so the vet suspected parasites. Test came back about two hours ago and it says she has giardia, she was bloated and gassy yesterday but hasn’t had diarrhea (other than the first day, vet said it was normal bc she gave her an anti parasite). Im truly distraught, I don’t know if I’m making a bigger deal out of this but from what I’ve seen giardia cannot be disinfected with alcohol and can live for months on a surface. And 1-10 cyst is enough to infect a dog. I saw a girl whose dog been fighting recurrent cases of giardia for a year. I don’t know what to do. This puppy I rescued was probably neglected because she has this habit of eating her poop and really bad separation anxiety so when I leave for class she goes nuts on her cradle and steps on her poop and spreads it everywhere. Please any advice

Ayer le mandaron un mensaje con la ubicación aproximada del lugar de trabajo de mi papá y aproximado de nuestra casa, el nombre de mi hermana, mi mamá y el mío y mi lugar de estudio y el de mi hermana. Demandaron 200mil soles (dinero que no tenemos) o amenazaron con hacernos daño. Hicimos la denuncia, pero no creo que la policía haga mucho o pueda hacer mucho. Me han dicho q lo que hacen los extorsionadores es mandar varios mensajes en un día y concentrarse en los que contestan pero la información que dieron me parece mucha y además escribieron mi nombre mal, lo escribieron como se pronuncia no como se escribe por lo que pienso que no sacaron la información de internet. Mi papá es un hombre muy trabajador y no quiere tomar medidas de precaución ya que gran parte de su trabajo involucra responder llamadas de clientes que vienen de números desconocidos. Genuinamente estoy muy asustada. Alguien que haya tenido experiencia con extorsionadores sabe cuál es la posibilidad de que de verdad nos hagan algo o que la policía los localice