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Het, My final miserable penny's worth! Above anything else, I admire your guts and honesty in revealing all that you have. I also wish now that I'd raised the chicken business by way of e-mail instead of here! I never meant to intimate that, in this particular instance, pup's death was directly related to your poultry - others appear to have made that assumption! My point is that chickens and newborn pups are not a good mix in general, or as an ongoing proposition. (If nothing else, it only makes for greater difficulty in identifying cause of any future ailments as may arise!) It's simply what I was led to believe by others more expert over many decades. After earlier post, I searched Google for some scientific backing (and there's one Site that lists 140 different diseases) but, although there are endless references to do with individual diseases and humans (and meats), failed to come up with much directly related to dogs. But, in the end, chickens are medically renowned for their ability to carry a range of unhappy pathogens (and I wasn't concerned with droppings particularly) and I believe a wise Breeder should avoid keeping them. Again, only for what it's worth. Regards.

well im glad you got to the bottom of it and as i said in my earlier post birds cause so much trouble for our beloved dogs but i will say cocci never returned to my kennels even though it was bought in by a different source and i willagree with breeder if you have ever seen a pup with cocci with the way the pup looks with the runs etc the pup looks very ill and it does frighten you when we experienced this problem and you look at the poor pup i dont know how they left it so long with the problem before taking to the vets and the lady works in ER frightening i wish you good luck in the future and thank heavens the others are ok

Heather, Thankyou for sharing what you are going through.

The one male pup who was said to have Distemper is doing great....The owner is so happy, she didn't relize that vets would/could do what they did to her. This vet just told her the pup would die...take it back to the breeder. Thank God she called me and I was able to get the pup on some albon and then off to my vet. He stayed here overnight I put him on some Nura Cal and the albon along with some clavamox...by the next morning he was chasing my shoes as I was walking accross the room. He is such a good pup. I got the best email ever from his new owners...I am going to share it with you...this is why we as the breeders need to share and learn from eachother... Hunter is doing great. Besides the fact I can see it in his eyes, there are other signs. He kept trying to instigate Nikki into play, he was looking for toys to play with, and he has been exploring a lot more. However, two extreme positive signs...he ate some ground meat mixed with the food the vet had recommended, but even better...he pooped...but not just anything trivial...he pooped the most perfect poop I could have ever hoped for----I know sounds stupid, but it was what one of my friends once called "curling the danish" types. It was almost solid, but it curled perfect! Then today he already had 2 solid ones, little logs. He's going to be just fine We are out in the barn because the kittens missed him, but he is exploring more out here than paying attention to them. He has been looking for Ron, going up to his office door, but then he goes back to exploring. this is the email from 'Hunters' new mom.... Thanks again Heather, for everything. You were a true professional through it all. Even though this is a business, anyone should be able to realize your first priority is the well being of the puppies, that was obvious to me from the beginning. You stepped right up to the plate and did what was right. Thank you. What a difference 24 hours makes! I think I should address this with the vet, her diagnosis sent a domino affect of emotions. You have to have confidence in your vet, I think more than your pediatrician. An animal is never going to be able to tell you what's happening in words. I could have possibly tolerated a misdiagnosis, but pronouncing a death sentence of a puppy and possibly the whole little without even bothering to get a second opinion...that's unacceptable. I will be in touch soon. Hunter just barked at one of the cats for hissing at him....very cute. Thank you for picking a profession that you are obvious meant for. Debra

I thank Heather for being so honest and for helping to make all of us more aware of the dangers that we may sometimes become complasent to. cocci is very dangerous and proper vetting of especially young pups is of the utmost importance. Sorry for the loss but thank you for sharing and maybe some will be saved for it.

Thanks everyone...I will not hesitate next time to bring up somethign that I think we can all learn from. Heather

Heather--I just found the thread--learned a lot. I am SO very sorry you had to go through all of that. Thanks for tolerating the "slings & arrows" so that others of us can learn from it... Julia