Now it is *possible* that a couple other things happened with this dog. First is that if a dog has a heavy infestation of hookworms to the point where it compromised the overall system it is possible that the dog was impacted by the coccidia. More than likely though the dog was just a carrier of the bug.

What concerns me more is Pat is all of these creepy crawlies coming together in such a heavy infestation. Out of curiosity did you dog in memory catch a wild bird, rat, or go garbage diving? Also are you feeding your dog outside where they can drag their food through the dirt? Also you mentioned that your dog is a sniffer, sometimes... well they find kitty roca even from feral cats or raccoons and down the hatch it goes. If you're feeding your dog outside and even leaving a chew bone outside you are encouraging these wild critters into your yard.

Another thing you can do is add DE (animal grade) to your dog's regular diet.

Thanks again for all helpful comments. I feel a lot more comfortable now to slowly get her back to raw diet after 1-2 weeks of boiled chicken and rice. For beef neck bones, she gets the bone and we have to meat. For salmon, she eats the same parts (but smaller) as we do.

She is mostly a house (literally) dog who spends about 1.5 hours outside each day for walks and sniffing around. And, she seems to get tired easily which first I think it is because the warm weather. Now, I’m not sure if that is also caused by all those parasites.

She has “always” under close supervision and never been let out of sight especially when we are outside. Sometimes (actually more like once in a while), we let her roam around the park but really do not recall seeing her eat a large amount of something. Sometimes, she picked up some small things in the grass which could possibly be small poops of small animals.

She has always been fed in the kitchen. And, her food is the same quality with ours. From a whole chicken, she gets neck, back, winks, and sometimes breast. And, we have the rest.

I think the theory of her overall system being compromised by hook worms also crossed my mind. If so, is there anything we should do in particular, to help her get her system revamped?

We went through a similar experience with my pup and lots nad lots of probiotics and a really great diet would be my main suggestions to get her back on track.
For a while I did kefir in the morning, Yogurt in the afternoon and then a probiotic supplement in the evening just to get him re-balanced after all the worms and coccidia plus the medication to get rid of them all.

After the late vet emergency visit Sunday night, she has been on midecations (Metronidazole and coccidiostats) and boiled chicken and rice diet and not yet pooped onc. Should we be concerened?

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After the late vet emergency visit Sunday night, she has been on midecations (Metronidazole and coccidiostats) and boiled chicken and rice diet and not yet pooped onc. Should we be concerened?

Three days? Yes. I would probably call the vet.

You could also add a little plain canned pumpkin to the chicken and rice - that bland diet tends to stop things up in some dogs (as it's supposed to do, really) and it may take a few days for her system to move things through. The same thing happens to my dog, though as Connie noted, 3 days is starting to push it... I'd feed a little pumpkin this evening and if nothing happens by morning, a vet visit is in order.

~Natalya

Thanks. I called the vet this evening. She said it was not that unusual and suggested that we wait another day (which will be 4 days). She has been acting pretty normal with cheerful attitude and big appetite. Will give her some pumpkin for a late night snack and keep fingers crossed for tomorrow morning.

Finally, she did it (on the fourth day)!!! Phewwwww....
Pumpkin seemed to help. Thanks again.

Can't wait to get her back on bones. She has seemed to be really craving the chewing.