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Originally Posted by McheleM  Okay, so I am bringing Noah home today and spent last night in a frenzy cleaning and bleaching everything....I bleached my walls, cabinets, floors, baseboards, even my ceiling fans and door knobs. I literally worked my way backwards, making sure not to go back into an area that had already been cleaned and then immediately after, I took a shower and bathed Allie with me (I had her in my bathroom crated in a bleached crate, then immediately bleached it again). Noah will be getting a bath the minute we walk in the door and my car will be bleached again.
How do I keep this stuff out of my house??? I have no control over what people touch or get on their clothes, and even if I implement a shoes off before you come in the house rule, it still won't clean it off their clothes or body, then they sit on my couch and then the dogs are up there and the whole dang cycle starts again.... short of installing a shower at my door or requiring people to wear hazmat suits, I don't know what else to do. |
Glad he is getting to come home.
Besides from tearing your house down and re-building once you have parvo it will hang around for a long time. It can stay in the yard for 10 years not to mention what other people and animals will bring over so it never goes away. Getting it out of the house is a little easier but it can still be brought in. Now that he has already had it he should not get it again. Only pets that have not been properly vaccinated are at risk of getting it. In the future any NEW pet that you get you will want them to have 3 full sets of shots before they come to your house. I also would let anyone know that has new puppies and if they come over that you have had it in the past.
I am not sure giving Noah a bath right now is a good thing. With him being sick you don't want him to get cold and get sick again. Your girl should be fine otherwise she would already show signs. So your dogs are safe right now only ones that have not been properly vaccinated and the old with decreased immunity are at great risk. I have never seen a dog get parvo twice.