Both dogs ill very worried

It was a field near Exeter

Joseann

Poor doggies. We take ours up on the moor (Devon), and on Tuesday evening he wouldn't touch his dinner, and was off colour for the next 24 hours. He is a puddle drinker, muddy field water slurper, river swimmer, beach sniffer, all usually with no problems. The ground is a breeding ground for nasties at the moment because it is like a bog. I hope yours get better quickly like ours.

One dog does drink from puddles but the other never did until this time she copied.
It started with not eating for 2 days then D&V. V stopped after first dose of panacur with first dog but not the other one. It's severe D with both of them but sick once or twice a day now. They both seem bright and alert You wouldn't know there's anything wrong if you called in.

Poor doggies. We take ours up on the moor (Devon), and on Tuesday evening he wouldn't touch his dinner, and was off colour for the next 24 hours. He is a puddle drinker, muddy field water slurper, river swimmer, beach sniffer, all usually with no problems. The ground is a breeding ground for nasties at the moment because it is like a bog. I hope yours get better quickly like ours.

Just googled it and it is transmissible to humans and can hang around for a long time. Are you giving them probiotics eg Pro kolin? I’d switch to Royal Canin gastrointestinal food for a while, too. I always keep some in stock if my dogs been poorly: I buy it from Pet drugs online. I’d phone the vet and ask if they can do test because if it’s negative at least you won’t have to continue to clean everything for a long time. You can buy Panacur from some chemists: when my dog kept getting tummy trouble when she was young I wormed my dog with it instead of mile max ( I did own up to my vet when I spoke to her).

They are both fully vaccinated including Lepto 4. and KC. We are giving them small portions of cooked chicken or hard boiled egg with boiled rice as per vet instruction. Last dose of panacur is today so will go tomorrow if no improvement overnight. Vet said we can definitely catch it so being very careful. It started 2 days after drinking the dirty water.

Going off on a tangent slightly but there was an article on the news just last night. Apparently, Alabama Rot is on the increase in the UK and this is makes dogs very poorly.
I don't have my own dog but my AC does and also a few of my friends - I hope your dogs get better soon sazz.

I’m sure there’s a test for Giardia. It usually causes diahorrea and you have to take a sample to the vets. I’ve never heard of it being passed onto people. This wet weather is causing no end of problems. I think my dogs nail bed infection is a result of walking through muddy fields where cows have been. I’ll ask about Giardia.

Catching it myself would be the least of my worries. Are your dogs fully vaccinated, including against leptospirosis (rat jaundice)? I would be taking my dogs back to the vet immediately - ie today.