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punkybunny300
10-13-2007, 02:35 PM
Hi! My husband and I just adopted a puppy from a shelter in Rehovot, Israel yesterday. He seemed in pretty good health at the shelter and they assured us he had been checked by a vet very frequently. They also told us he had the second of three common vaccinations (though they didn't tell us what it was for!) on Thursday and that he could NOT go outside for another 9 days, which is when he has the next vaccination.
We have never owned a pupp before and don't know how much he should be eating, but he isn't eating alot. Yesterday he ate maybe 10 pellets out of his dish. He is drinking relatively regularly. He hasn't eaten anything from his dish yet today and it is 5pm. Though he did get 3 treats for going to the bathroom in the correct place.
He has had 3 stools since we got him, 2 of them were diarrhea and the other (he had this inbetween diarrhea stools) was what I would call normal. He has been relatively playful but he slept from 10am-4pm straight today and is just lying around now. And he doesn't seem as interested in his toys as he was this morning or yesterday.

Should we be worried?

d3boy2002
10-13-2007, 04:37 PM
Well, I don't think I would be TOO worried...The puppy is going through a hard time, having left his home and mother and playmates...just give him time :)

Leonidas300
10-13-2007, 07:22 PM
I would call the vet. Just to be on the safe side.

ClarkFarm
10-14-2007, 02:38 AM
Can you ask which vaccines he was given?

blue lacy lover
10-15-2007, 05:43 PM
why dont you call the vet and ask and just keep an eye on him for a while. thats what i would do. :) good luck i hope he is just geting into his new home! :)

pyrnamedbear
12-11-2007, 03:42 PM
It sounds like maybe Puppy Parvo,i would take him to the vet asap.