Parvo is so alive in our area, the vet staff and I have come up with these safety steps for my puppies and we all agree it's best for their protection. Whenever I take new puppies to our vet....no one on staff is allowed to touch them until they wash their hands and I ask the vet and tech to put on clean coats to handle them. The puppies do not get on common area's (floors, floor scale, outside yards) until a month after they have had their last shots & I take my own coverings (disposable) for the exam tables.
We had an appt one day at our vet and they had a person bring in a parvo infected puppy for treatment (the pup died). The people that had treated the pup scrubbed and changed clothing and the office was closed for cleaning, appointments were changed and emergencies were sent to another vet. That's how frightening Parvo is here. |