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said she had some done but who knows if it's true. She's gonna go to the vet and run some this week.

The puppy is eating royal canin for large breed dogs..but for puppy.

I'll told her that. The dog seems to do really fine...she just dont wanna eat her kibbles much. So she is starting to lose weight again.

I also forgot to mention that when the family who bought her brought her back....the puppy was also having blood in her stools but with only eating boiled rice it all went away...just recently she starting to lose weight again.

Okay, obviously I'm biased but I'd try giving her some raw... I read a few articles today where vets couldn't figure out what was wrong with a dog and it was basically failing to thrive  with similar symptoms and the owners were instructed as a last resort to switch to raw and it saved the dog's life. I would try that. I would also add some benebac or Fortiflora. (even if he doesn't decide to try raw) - Also, raw is complicated so if he's not studdied up on it, and he may not have the time, then try processed raw first? - Other girls may have better advise but this seams like a minimally invasive option... 

Was the dog throwing up it's food? I was thinking maybe an obstruction but if that were the case it would bloat and throw it's food up. Then when I read about a preforation I was thinking that couldn't be the case (but I'm not a vet so don't take my word) because if it had a preforation the dog would bloat up and the food would eventually rot in it's stomach and it would become septic and die before it even got to that emaciated point.

Maybe try some fading puppy drops.. I don't know exactly what's in them but I know breeders use them when they have puppies who are failing to thrive and they've been known to save entire litters.

I don't remember if you said whether or not they checked for worms (rather than just worming) because the puppy could have hookworms too. Sometimes worming doesn't do the trick because hookworms can sort of hide and lie dormant... the worms could have been picked up through the bitch's milk or in the earth around the puppies new home. If this is the case maybe the wormer did the trick on the first batch of hookworms but other's had already gone dormat and then the worms started to reproduce and take affect again.

I'm hesitant to think that it's worms though.. The puppy was the smallest of the litter and that could just be a coincidence or there could be something causing both. It's just odd to me that he was able to recover the puppy to such a degree so quickly.

So here is another idea... it's not that solid of an idea but woould give the vet something to run a test for and rule out for sure... It could also be a poisoning of some sort... Some kid in the neighborhood, maybe they used insecticidse or their neighbors did and the stuff ran down hill. Arsenic poisoning can cause those symptoms... If it ate just enough to make it sick but somehow not enough to kill it... maybe it would recover? But arsenic tends to damage the liver and the liver would still likely start to shut down from the damage and then it could cause the puppy to go down hill again. The rice may have soaked up some of the poison too allowing the dog to recover just enough to start to gain weight? - Again it's a long shot but most tests won't show up these sorts of poison.. They'll have to run a test to look at liver enzymes. -I had a friend who's dog died from this type of poisoning because her neighbor sprayed their fenceline with pesticide while the dog was standing on the otherside near the fence.

Another idea is that the dog ate something bad? Or maybe these people were just starving it? - But then again, why would it start to lose weight again?

Has it had an EKG or any sort of heart tests? There is a chance, that since this puppy was smaller to begin with, that it has some sort of heart defect. With heart defects they can go from thriving to not thriving and back again fairly quickly. Some ride roller coasters all of their life and some just go straight down hill.... few recover with surgery

"Longevity and quality of life in dogs with this disease vary with the severity of the valve damage and the amount of blood leakage into the upper chambers of the heart. Concurrent medical conditions, age, and the physical status of the pet play a large role in determining the animal's prognosis. Clinical signs are progressive, and although they may be decreased, they never entirely resolve. Medical therapy can enhance the quality of life of the pet as well as increase life expectancy. Dogs with left-sided valvular heart disease treated with medication and a low-salt diet have an average life expectancy of about 9 months from the time heart failure begins. Abdominal fluid accumulation and body emaciation are signs of right-sided heart failure."

Another thing to consider is that she could have heartworms. I know she's very young for that but it is a possibility and there would be no worms or worm eggs in her stool. Heartworms can only be detected by a blood draw.

Other ideas that come to mine are Lyme disease which symptoms come and go...

or was the dog covered in fleas when he got it back? Possibly anemic due to fleas or ticks?

Any chance they were feeding the dog raisins or grapse as treats? (now I'm just throwing ideas out there)

Hopefully the solution is much more simple and less worriesome than the ideas I've come up with.... but these are the ones I came up with off the top of my head. I sincerely hope someone on this board or a vet is able to help soon! This pup will be in my thoughts.

She needs to get this puppy to a vet. Soon. I would suspect a few things, but none can be proved without some blood work or a urinalysis. 

Is she planning on keeping this baby now? Where is this pup located? Just curious.

She isn't absorbing the nutrients and needs assistance right away. I think she needs a vet's intervention right now to get her up and running. I couldn't remember if it was enzymes though....I am getting too old to remember words like that:-) Kidding. 

im sending her a message right now.