I am so frightned!!!! I just found out yesterday at the vet that my 4 month old puppy has PARVO! I know little about the virus, although i have a borchure on it and it states my rights etc. Upon purchasing the puppy from the breeder (march 6th, 2005) I was told by her that along with the free voucher for a free pet examination to a vet she reffered me to in HER area...that the shot records etc. would be at the vet for me to pick up and get copies of to take to a vet of my choice. I basically just wanted to go there for a "Free" examination. So i go there, forgetting to get records of her shots etc. I get her examined and she had Hookworms. She got treated for that and that was that..i left. Now, a week 1/2 later my puppy threw up her treat i gave her the other night and was acting lethargic so i called the vet and once i said "threw up the treat" they got worried and wanted to test for PARVO. Sure enough it tested positive, they took her away immediatley and she is being hospitalized for 4-6 days with IV treatments. The doctor said she is progressing very well. We caught it in the EARLY stages..and she only has diareah-sp? ...NO fever, bloody diareah, high white cell count, etc. So that is a good thing they say. I went and visited her today and it was the saddest thing..she was very happy to see me though...I want to try and get the breeder to pay for my vet bills. Does anybody have any advice on what i should do? Im having all documentation and writing a statement (what the brochure says to do) and telling her it's against the law (florida statue 828.29) to sell a dog without proper shots, or if the dog is unfit/unhealthy at the time of purchase. (sigh) ...any suggestions????
