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Originally Posted by Kataliadre  This is how it worked the night we got her: The lady that we got her from said she was shy, and we believed her. She was held in the car (we've bleached our clothes, too) and then we brought her into our home. She laid on my chest until she started acting like she was going to throw up. We got a puppy pad out and she threw up on that. Later, she kept moving around on me, so I put her on the puppy pad again and she pooped and peed. We got that up right away, and at the time we just washed our hands (we didn't know she had parvo yet). Then we went to bed. It was in the middle of the night that I realized it wasn't just an upset tummy from getting shots, it was most likely parvo. She was sleeping in a little carrier that I put up on the dresser by my bed (because I wanted her to be able to see me). We've thrown that carrier away, plus the sheet that I had inside of it to make it softer. My daughter held her as I got dressed to take Lola to the vet, and she held her again in the car.
And of course, Lola never got to come back home with us. Really, that's all that she came into contact with. We've thrown everything away, or bleached it (like our clothes, I didn't want to throw those away.) We have other dogs here and they're fine, I really don't think there's any parvo left in this house. She was so sick, didn't move on her own, and only got placed where we put her (which was mainly on my chest because I knew she felt bad)
But thank you for your feedback! I do believe our house is parvo-free, but I will speak to the vet before I bring her home just to be safe!  |
You walked in to the breeders home. That home had Parvo in it. You then sat in your car, your feet touched the carpet in the car. Your hand touched Lola. then your hand touched the inside of the car. Every time you now go in and out of your car, you risk coming in contact again with the virus and bringing it back in to your home. It can live for months on surfaces. A toy gets dropped on a contaminated surface and then gets taken to another room...the virus spreads...
Your other dogs have been fine because they are hopefully fully vaccinated. But the Parvo virus can take anywhere from 4 -14 days from infection to symptoms.
Please, please use an abundance of caution before you risk bringing an unvaccinated pup in to your house. I would hate to hear you had lost another pup so young.