PARVO

[10Key]

Sad end to this, Parvo is scary stuff. Sorry for your loss

[Don Fischer]

Parvo is ugly. I had a 10mo old shorthair here for about a year, belonged to a friend. He came down with it. Took him to my vet and had to keep him outside till they tested him. had my choice of leaving him or taking him home with all the short's and several IV bags. made a pad on the small couch for him. He barely moved for the better part of a week and got shots twice a day and 1/2 bag of ringer lactate twice a day. took about 4 days till he was getting around at all again, didn't even go out first three days, didn't even move. I would see sign's he might be getting better then he'd crash a bit, broke my heart. I moved out on the big couch to sleep just to be near.On the sixth day I had hum outside going to the toilet and he passed a huge amount of blood. Called my vet right away and it was alright. parvo attacks the intestine and the blood passing was normal, unloading bad intestine.

If it happen's again I would either leave him with the vet until it's finished or take him home with all the shots and IV's you need. I would not run a pup back and forth. Leaving at the vet would have cost $800, taking him home cost $400 and included all the shots I needed and IV bags. I had to go back for some extra shots and a couple extra IV bags but all the extra's were part of the $400. Duke made it but that was one of the most heartbreaking time's of my life. Get up hope every day and by the evening see it trashed, not good at all!

[wildweeds]

That SUCKS! I hope you contact the person you got those pups from and read them the riot act,I'll bet they (the pups) NEVER got a puppy shot at all!

[jkhbuchanan]

yeah I tried to get ahold of him and he wont answer the phone. I texted him and he swears up and down they were completely fine and he had no idea. Well I call BS. anyways I texted him tonight and let him know that we basically drained our bank account to try andkeep them alive and they didn't make it. there might have been a few choice words in there as well.

[huntingfool7]

So sorry for you and your family.  I was hoping for a happy ending to this story.  Could you PM me with the breeder info?

[WRL]

So sorry.

WRL

[AspenBud]

Sorry for your loss. I had a bad feeling this would go sideways when I saw the title of the thread.

Parvo is a horrid disease for pups to catch and is really the biggest reason why vets and breeders will often tell you to keep them isolated from world until the last of their series of parvo vaccines is administered. Unfortunately that advise isn't always followed. I can't tell you the number of times I've seen new pups brought into a dog park or a field trial area etc. A lot of guys want to take advantage of early development asap when they get a pup and there is sense to that, but they're also playing with fire.
 

[jkhbuchanan]

huntingfool7 the guy we got them from is not a breeder he just had the litter posted in the giant nickel. I guess that's the last time I ever buy dogs that are not from a breeder. I just looked his add is still in the giant nickel. The title is WIREHAIR POINTERS

[Stilly bay]

huntingfool7 the guy we got them from is not a breeder he just had the litter posted in the giant nickel. I guess that's the last time I ever buy dogs that are not from a breeder. I just looked his add is still in the giant nickel. The title is WIREHAIR POINTERS

Do other potential buyers a favor and post an ad in the same place stating what happened to you.

[pens fan]

I had two cockers that got it and survived. Three from their litters. I think they contracted it from the park next door to us somehow. Never expose pups to other strange dogs when they are young, before thier parvo shots. When we have new owners pick up pups we always tell them not to stop at rest stops and let the pup out at the dog area. You never know what other dogs have that use those areas.

[lokidog]

Sorry to hear about your pups!  The seller needs a good thrashing for not taking care of them properly.

[JJD]

That's very sad, Parvo is nasty stuff.
Something that many do not understand is that the Parvo vaccine does not work very well until the entire series of inoculations is complete.
I had a young dog get it and it cost me hundreds (some years back) and I didn't want to go through it again.  Therefore, I never take my pup to public places (parks, rest areas, dog parks or even dog tests, where there are dogs who's care is unknown) until several weeks after the last injection in the series.


see;
http://www.marvistavet.com/html/how_parvo_infection_happens.html

Quote;We recommend that puppies be restricted from public outdoor areas
until their vaccination series is completed at age 16 weeks. :unquote

[dallygirl]

So sorry to hear that it ended this way.  What an awful ordeal for you and your family. 

[bearpaw]

I don't think parvo will ever be wiped out. We always vaccinate pups after they are 4 to 5 weeks. As soon as they start eating dog food they need parvo shots, too bad many people do not understand how important this is. Very sorry that you lost your pups, but I doubt the guy did it intentionally, doesn't sound like he's a breeder and was probably just ignorant to the dangers of dog diseases.