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I would have added diesel but i couldn't find a pic of him not trying to eat mr. grey, let alone one of him smiling 

Oooooh, you're good!  What a cute pic....

I saw Ruckus right away once I found BPO - love that photo of you 2!!     He's a very, VERY handsome Leo!

Bogard is amazing, I am totally in love and sooo happy with him.  Lionslair sounds familiar to me too - you are SO lucky to have visited the pups twice, SO lucky!  I was actually living in Northern CA (San Fran) area when we first started looking for Breeders, so it would have been a easy trip to pick him up near Vancouver- but my move to NYC came up rather suddenly a couple months ago.

Thank you again for you suggestions and help.  I wrote down everything you said to speak with the vet.  I know the feeling of $500 later...we're up to $780 since I got him 6 weeks ago...yikes.  He's worth every penny though, as they all are.  :-) But vet prices in NYC (along with prices for everything else in NYC) are super inflated!

I actually did email the Breeder, and she usually gives such excellent and thorough advise.  She just wrote back that she has never, ever had any problems with parasites in any of her pups, ever.  (It was actually rather odd email I got back from her).  She told me to check with another vet, but a low RBC count and anemia points almost directly to some type of a parasite in a pup this young.  The big thing now is figuring out if we've got one or 2 issues going on here. 

Funny you say it was more pronounced on one side than the other - same thing with Bogard.  His right nostril is the worse, while the other one is just a drip.  I think b/c the vet took a blood sample & realized he had a low RBC count, she kind of stopped with that assuming it was the root of all problems. 

Bogard's energy levels have actually been pretty good (surprising considering he's on so many meds right now).  But hard to tell - as he's still such a sleepy puppy!! 

I bet (in light of the sickness issues and lengthy discussions of snot) we're giving you puppy fever again!!!    Hu?  SO hard to not get it when you see these little guys, so furry and roly-polly at this age!  (This pic is of his first swimming experience!)

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Thanks for your kisses     I spoke with the vet again this morning(she's checking in a LOT on us) ...we'll hang in there! 

Cute new pic of your girl - haven't seen that one before! 

oooh, thanks for the reminder!!  Just turned it on   

Thanks for your thoughts Jenn! 

He's actually only had 2 DHPP shots so far, and they recommend 3 for him because we live in NYC, Manhattan, and the vet says parvo is rampant out here. 

That's the first thing I thought of too    But the vet seems to think that he'd have severe vomiting (chronic) with diarrhea for Distemper - which I thought I remember reading there is no test for? 

Just worried mostly, and hoping maybe someone else has had experience with similar symptoms in a pup.  Thanks again! 

well thanks to you too!  (your Caucasians really do look like big lion-bears!) 

My poor little Bogard is sick!  It all started last Friday, when he started coughing in the morning.  Kind of a gagging, hacking type of cough.   He then developed a thick, green/yellow mucous discharge from his nose mostly, a little bit from his eyes.  I was worried about the new Canine Flu going around, so we took him to the vet.  Plus he’s only 14 weeks old, and my first puppy so I’m nervous about his health all of a sudden taking a turn.

The vet did CBC tests and found out that he is anemic, (his hemoglobin and RBC count are down.)  White cells were good.  Because of the green mucus discharge, she prescribed antibiotics, which he’s been taking for 1 week now.   The low RBC count pointed towards parasites (he’s already been wormed 3 times by the Breeder prior to 8 weeks old) and again by my vet when he was about 9.5 weeks old.  So she ordered Panacur to give him for the parasites (possible hook worms she thought?) and we administered the first tube last night.

His coughing has gotten a little better, but the mucus is still really apparent.  He sneezes it and it flies out everywhere, he shakes his head and it runs down his face, he lays on his side to sleep and it drips out in large droplets onto the floor.  And when he does nothing at all it runs down his little face.

This morning, he woke up vomiting a frothy bile substance, had 2 poops, one a bit on the runny side, and one fairly solid.  He hasn’t had anything else to eat, but drank a little water and seemed to keep that down okay. 

Other than the above he hasn’t had any diarrhea or severe vomiting.  He isn’t much of an eater normally when he’s healthy, but he’s really only taking in about 2 cups/day of kibble right now. 

Does anyone have any advice for us??  I feel like I’m bridging the line of being a freaked out mother and honestly concerned about his health!!

isn't that hillarious?  He actually sleeps like that, crazy guy!!!