Puppy Sold with Parvo?

[YorkieRose]

oops...

[YorkieRose]

IMO there is nothing wrong is buying a cheap puppy with no papers..we do live in a free country...but you can't expect too much, just be aware.

I bought a very tiny Doxie at a yard sale once...she was only $100. I gave her to an elderly friend who loved her for 13 yrs.

PS..I would want your friends vet to talk to the breeders vet..one positive pup is odd...could there be a false positive on the parvo test...?

[livingdustmops]

[QUOTE=YorkieRose;3073854]IMO there is nothing wrong is buying a cheap puppy with no papers..we do live in a free country...but you can't expect too much, just be aware.

I bought a very tiny Doxie at a yard sale once...she was only $100. I gave her to an elderly friend who loved her for 13 yrs.

PS..I would want your friends vet to talk to the breeders vet..one positive pup is odd...could there be a false positive on the parvo test...?[/QUOTE]

I thought the same thing but I can't find anything on the internet where only one dog got parvo.

[topknot]

I thought the same thing but I can't find anything on the internet where only one dog got parvo.

When my litter caught this back in the early 80s (from me bringing it home from my place of work - vets office) and no vaccine was available at the time, the whole litter came down with it. I was lucky and nursed them all back to health. My vet said that since they made it through it, I would never have to worry about any of them catching it again.

One way to tell if they have Parvo is the diarrhea and a bad smell with it - since blood is in it. All the Parvo dogs had the same bad smell to them.

You really need to have all vets communicating together on this.

[horsesnyorkies]

Originally Posted by YorkieRose

IMO there is nothing wrong is buying a cheap puppy with no papers..we do live in a free country...but you can't expect too much, just be aware.

I bought a very tiny Doxie at a yard sale once...she was only $100. I gave her to an elderly friend who loved her for 13 yrs.

PS..I would want your friends vet to talk to the breeders vet..one positive pup is odd...could there be a false positive on the parvo test...?

Or, a false negative? Strangly, the sister that was purchased with the brother also became ill around the same time as the positive brother, but as I mentioned, tested negative. I am going to have my puppy checked, but I am also going to ask for the test to be paid for by the seller.

Fingers crossed. As of this morning, my baby, T.J., has only been a happy, healthy baby, whose as sharp as a tack.