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FADING PUPPY SYNDROME
Dehydration 
            1.  Check the puppy by picking the skin up at the back of the neck (by the shoulder blades) and releasing it.  If the skin stays up in the air or returns to normal very slowly, the puppy is dehydrated.  Compare with normal puppy's, whose skin should feel fat, resilient, and return to a normal position immediately.
                a.  You must rehydrate the puppy.  Either by taking it to the vet's and having fluid put under the puppy's skin or putting it there yourself.  You can have your vet show you how to do this.
 

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