My husband and I just adopted 2 puppies from an Animal rescue, one puppy is very active and playful, eats and drinks well. The other puppy has not eaten in 2 days, drinks some water, and sleeps all the time, even when we take him out to potty. I took them to the vet today and the vet said to put warm water in his dry food and he should eat. I have tried this and he will not eat from my hand or the bowl. The Vet also said to give him lemon lime gatorade and he will not drink that either. Any suggestions on how to get him to eat something? The vet is closed for the day and it is worrying me that I can't get him to eat anything! (the puppies are appx 5-7 weeks old, not sure how long they have been away from the mother, they were abandoned at an animal rescue)

Not eating isn't near the threat to your puppy that whatever is causing it not to eat may be. If the puppy doesn't have a serious problem, it will be eating in a day or too. If it does have a problem, managing to tempt it into eating won't save it. Rich food won't cure an infection. I certainly would get back to the vet in the morning. I am leaning toward saying find a vet that is open now. The first one may have missed something. You might check https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/dogs/i...tml#post254171 I usually counsel waiting out a dog that isn't eating, but I see too many cases where a sick puppy dies of something the vet missed the first visit.

We seem to be having a run of cases where parvo doesn't start with diarrhea.

For start the are missing there mum.a dog normanly feeds off there mother up to 6 weeks until their weined off her.find out what the dogs home was feeding the dog maybe the change of diet has affected her.dry food is the best thing to feed your dogs there is a gravy you can get from any pet store that you pour over their food to give it a meatier taste that should work and gradually use less and less on it until the dog gets used to the food.I did this with my dog when I introduced him to dry food,even a stock cube should do the trick.the only other thing a dog will eat almost anything if he's or she is hungry just leave her food down with her and don't make a fuss,leave the dog come back in a half an hour and see did it eat.hope this is helpful to you if all else fails go back to the vets with the dog and get her on some fluids via a drip

The vet said that he has an Upper respiratory infection and put him on antibiotics, I did get him to eat a little last night, maybe 3 or 4 bites of food. He is drinking some water, but will not drink the gatorade like the vet said. He seems to be a little more alert today, yesterday he wouldn't walk anywhere, I had to lay him down next to the water for him to drink. Today he walks to the water, drinks a little and then walks back to his blanket and goes back to sleep. Family is telling me to let the antibiotics work their course for the next couple of days and not to worry so much. I guess I just can't help but worry about the little guy.

I am glad he is responding to the antibiotics. Did you follow the link on evaluating a dogs weight in the sticky? Even if he isn't the butterball most puppies from a breeder are, missing eating a few days shouldn't hurt. I would stick with the chow you have chosen, perhaps wetting it as the vet said. How concerned was the vet about eating? The vet not only is better trained than I am, but has seen the puppy.

The vet seemed more concerned that I get him to drink the gatorade. He said that he thought that he wasn't eating because he has a very runny nose and probably couldn't smell the food. The puppy drinks a lot of water and is fine, he will not touch the gatorade and when I tried to give it to him in a dropper, I got about 3 dropper fulls in him and he threw it back up about 10 minutes later. He has not thrown up yet today, but I have not given him any gatorade. I have tried wetting food for him, he just doesn't have any interest in that either.

I am not sure of the spelling, but there is a product meant for dehydrated babies, Pedilyte or such. The Gatorade is a cheaper, easier to find substitute for it. I am sure it is the electrolytes the vet wants him to have, not the lemon lime flavoring. Personally, I prefer the fruit punch Gatorade.

I wanted to thank you for all of your help and support, unfortunately Chip went into the emergency vet last night and his upper respiratory infection had turned into pneumonia, and he passed away.

BMJ, I just saw your thread. I'm so sorry Chip didn't make it. It sounds like you did everything you could to help the little guy. My condolences.

As I just posted to another question: ''It is unfortunate so many puppies get such a bad start. I hope she continues to improve. I encourage people to adopt from shelters. While it is true, there are too many sad stories where even after expensive treatment, the puppy doesn't make it; but there are many more stories of people enjoying a greatly loved companion they rescued from a shelter. I hope yours will be one of them. You vet is your best source of info on her progress.

At times I may seem to be harsh with people that don't spay/neuter their dogs. The puppy you are struggling with is the result of somebody having an unspayed female they allowed to become pregnant. That couldn't have happened without the availability of an unneutered male. At some point the puppies were exposed to distemper. I so hate seeing good people such as you being put through the wringer with a puppy you want to have to love, because of others' irresponsibility. I can't see how anybody that know and loves dogs, can help but be very concerned.''

It is very difficult for me to read reports like yours. I wish I knew how to get through to the public that dogs are a responsibility and to spare people your misery.

We are still blessed with having Chip's brother, a healthy active puppy who my husband named Tattoo. I am having a heck of a time getting Tattoo to sleep through the night. Every night since we got him we put him in his crate and he cries and cries all night. Last night I was reading some of the other messages involving crate training and tried laying down next to the crate when I put him in it. This worked and he fell asleep, I waited about 10 minutes after he slept and got up as quietly as I could and he immediately woke up and started crying again. I laid back down and repeated the process with the same results, so I ended up sleeping on the floor next to the crate, he slept for maybe an hour and then it didn't matter if I was laying there or not, he still cried. He has only had his first 2 shots, is it too early to try walking him before bed, or should I wait until after his next shot? Any other advice would be great! Between Tattoo's crying and Chips passing I have only slepy a total of about 8 hours in the last 4 nights, I'm not going to make it much longer on this schedule!

I am really surprised the laying down in front of the crate didn't work. I have used it on well over a dozen puppies and it has worked every time. Some require laying there longer than others and talking to them. You may need to give him just a little longer to get sound asleep. Tiring him out first should help. Try fetch, and hope he drops before you do.

What are you doing to relieve him? In many cases, they need to move around a little, best done outside. Part of the reason I fenced my yard was to keep out strange dogs reducing the chance of it being contaminated. If you don't have a fenced yard, you could treat a small area with bleach and put up an X-pen as his relief area. He may still need to relieve himself over night for another week or 2. With the tragedy of losing Chip, I undersigned your concern for Tattoo. Rather than try to explain the vulnerability to infection, I will give you a link to the AVMA, Canine Parvovirus, What you should know about