Diaherra stricken puppy

Question
I have a GSD puppy that is 6 months old. For the past month and a half she has been having almost liquid poop every day. We keep her in a kennel at night and she will poop and eat it if she can. Sometimes there is so much poop that she has to sit in it. She eats the puupy science diet. I tried a remedy of white rice and scrambled egg which worked once, but it keeps coming back. She had been dewormed. Gets her heartguard from the vet, etc. The vet says that it might be anxiety. Do you agree? What should we do?

Answer
Hi Jennifer,  Take her off the science diet and switch her to another puppy food.  I would put her on rice & boiled chicken for a week and then switch her slowly to another puppy food.  I would also take a stool sample into a vet and have it checked for parasites.  It is a good possiblity the puppy has coccidia which is a very difficult parasite to get rid of.  It causes diarrhea and can stay in the soil for a very long time.  What kind of anxiety is she under?  Is she in a kennel situation with other dogs around?  What is her living arrangements?

Dawn