parvo

[manyjumps93]

Just a suggestion....
Maybe have a sticky thread about the horrid Parvo. I brought home a 'FREE PUPPY' and it had parvo. I had never seen a parvo puppy nor did I know the signs or what to do to save the dogs life. Recently before my dog died, he had played with a rat poisoning box so I thought it was rat poison. Come to find out it was parvo. My dog died 2007/2008 New Years Day. It was the most horriable thing that had ever happened to my animals. I cried and cried and when I told my friend what had happened she said "Haley, that sounds like Parvo" and when my horsebackriding trainer found out(her hubby's friend gave me the pup) she said her daughters friend's puppy has parvo and was at the vets. Her puppy lived but mine didn't because I didnt know it was parvo. So maybe make a thread here saying the symtoms of parvo and what to do(B12 shot until you can get it to the vet) for a dog with parvo. And I pray anyone else who has a parvo pup, lives.

[clairebee1]

My dog got parvo about 4 years ago my neighbour has dogs and doesn't look after them they are left out the back day and night and barley gets food they are so skinny and frail.
She bought a new dog home and OBV my dog must of sniffed it threw the fence and she caught it.
My dog was bleeding from her end passage and her front she was crawling along the floor it was the worst thing i have ever seen she suffered alot we took her to the vets and they gave her 18 hrs to live and she pulled threw so we where lucky and yes there should be a sticky because its a horrid thing

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[manyjumps93]

Omg I am so glad she lived! Yes it was a HORRID thing to see.

[rachael24]

I def. think we should get a sticky thread about Parvo...I never had any experience with it, but I would like to know about it. Thanks for posting!

[clairebee1]

I have seen many neighbourhood dogs round here die and suffer from it its so cruel thing to see

Yes i am very lucky we caught her in time and because shes so small (pom)
we where EXTRA LUCKY

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[meewolflover]

manyjumps93, I just had a puppy die of Parvo. And the things he did that were unusual, I think was the early signs of Parvo. i'm not sure. He always stayed by the water dish and he drank water every few minutes and he would sometimes lay halfway in the water dish. He also vomited a lot. But it wasn't a lot. to me it was more like spit up. It was clear. I just thought it was from drinking too much water. We didn't know anything about Parvo, we had never been around it. Then after we had him about 2 w. He started having thick milky white diarrhea. Then he started vomiting. He was lethargic and was running a fever. That was Friday. We took him right into the vet. We took in a stool sample with us. She examined him and because I feed a partial raw diet , she thought it was Salmonella. So she treated him for Salmonella. She did not give him a Parvo test, to rule out Parvo. She gave us some pills and told us if he got worse, bring him back in. Then 3 AM sunday morning we had to take him in he had Bloody stools. the emergency vet took a Parvo test and it was positive. the stool sample we took in showed no parasites. So that is the symptoms that I know about. I'm not sure about what i thought was earlier symtoms. But I thought he was doing unusual things. I will always watch and if that happens again I will talk to a vet and maybe have the vet take a Parvo test. Parvo is devastating disease. And what I have read that the shots sometimes don't keep the dog or puppy from getting it. And our vet said there are no guarantees with the vaccine. Another thing if the vaccine isn't handled right and it gets warm it is dangerous for the dog. And the vets usually have the better vaccines. Through the years we have given our own shots from the feed store. But not anymore. I have found out a lot about Parvo since our Puppy died. There is a homeopathic product on the internet. It is said to help with Parvo. You can find out about it at www.ambertech.com Some people don't believe in herbs and homeopathic remedies. I'm just telling about this remedy because I think people should know about anything that might help with Parvo, medical or homeopathic. I'm reading everything i can to find out more about Parvo. Our little guy died the Wed after that Sunday morning.

[manyjumps93]

well now you cant have a puppy under 1 years old for atleast 5-7 years. See my dog had a parvo shot(the one that was almost 1 when I got Santa(the pup that died from parvo) and I was lucky Leviticus was almost 1 or he would have gotten parvo and he was the one that already had his parvo shots. But the parvo shots don't work until there 1 years old. That is where people go wrong with parvo. Sorry about your puppy

[meewolflover]

Our vet said the Parvo virus lives for up to 8 months in warm climates. But if the weather cools off it can live longer. But not 7 years. But I have been reading a lot about Parvo. and it is everywhere. Even places where you wouldn't think it would be. It can be carried by animals that would get in the vomit or poo of the contaminated animal, such as birds, mice, ground squirrels, rabbits. And where we live there are wild dogs or dogs that have owners that let them roam. And most of them don't have their shots. so there is no guarantee about Parvo. My vet said if you run over the feces or vomit with your car. you can carry the Parvo virus home on your tires. We didn't know but just before our puppy came down with Pavo, our next door neighbor's puppy died of it. So it could have been carried to him. They have a dog that jumps the fence all of the time. That dog gets in our yard all of the time.

[meewolflover]

Also puppies that have their shots can get Parvo. They don't usually. But they can. There is no guarantee, our vet says. There are several strains of the virus. Some are stronger than others. Even older dogs that get exposed to parvo can get it even if they have had their shots. They don't usually, but they can get it.