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Hi...this is my first post here. I'm Geri and I'm so thankful to have found you all :) We got our first and only Yorkie a while ago. Within a week of bringing her home she was dead. She came to us from the breeder with parvo. She returned what we paid and I don't have an issue with her. But now we are looking into getting another Yorkie...since we fell completely in love with sweet Nikki in a matter of moments :) I made the mistake of not coming here first and made a $100 deposit with the infamous ( I've found out) Jason Hill. After reading all the problems with him and his pups I emailed him and told him I've totally changed my mind and do not charge my account. I also was looking at the sweet little Rocky on his website...which it turns out has been sold before. What the heck?
If he does charge me it sounds like I've dodged a much more expensive bullet.

I've been communicating with Kathy Murphy about her pups. Anyone have experience with her?

Welcome to Yorkie Talk. I'm sorry you had a heartbreaking loss with your first Yorkie.

I do not have any information relative to the breeders, but I want to wish you well in your search for a healthy, adorable puppy.

Hi and welcome to YT :)!!

Yes, my Marcel (my avatar) is from Kathy Murphy...she lives here in AZ.

Good luck with a new purchase on another baby....but you have another issue to address before you bring another puppy into your home.

You have contaminated your home with parvo virus from that precious baby that died from parvo.

You need to de-contaminate your entire home with Vircon, before bringing another baby onto your property, especially if your new baby has NOT had a complete series of vaccinations and is at least 16 weeks old.

When I started breeding, I used to let people come and look and handle my babies....someone brought parvo onto my property and it cost wme well in excess of $40,000.00 to not only save a litter of babies that all came down with parvo, I had to totally completely treat my entire home, throw everything that had anything to do with that litter of babies (all toys, blankets, anything they had come in contact with) and it shut my breeding business down for almost 2 years. This is not something to be taken casually or lightly. THIS ALONE is enough of a reason for people buying puppies to NOT buy a puppy that is not completely vaccinated with all puppy shots....and that makes the baby right at 16 weeks old......Insist on vet records that show the babies have been vaccinated or if the breeder gives her own shots like I do, the LABELS from each bottle of vaccine should be attached to your shot record by the breeder.....dont take anyones "word" that the baby has been vaccinated....you get the actual shot record, with the actual label from the vaccine bottle taped to the shot record.

If you bring another unvaccinated or only partially vaccinated, under aged baby into your contaminated home, you are exposing your new baby to parvo. Decontaminate your entire home...all your floors where YOU have walked with contaminated shoes, anywhere that sick puppy walked or played, furniture, all toys and dishes, blankets, etc have to be washed in hot water and Vircon or discarded....please do not buy another underaged (less than 16 weeks old), unvaccinated baby, and get started cleaning and decontaminating your entire home with Vircon. I would strongly caution you NOT to bring another baby into your property/home for at least 6 months, and during that time, you decontaminate your entire home and everywhere you walked, touched, clothes you wore, etc..... Parvo is highly contagious and deadly....but you have already had to deal with THAT heartbreaking situation.....

Welcome to YT :)

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: GREAT advise Judy

Welcome to YT and good luck with your new baby

Hi...I so appreciate your reply! Right after our puppy died we aggressively disinfected everything. Steam cleaned the carpet, cloroxed the yard and floors in the house, threw away toys and blankets and bowls. All shoes stay in the laundry room. And our other dog went for a booster. The breeder I've spoken with is willing to keep the puppy I'm interested in until he's had all his shots. I hadn't heard of the Virkon...my vet said to use chlorine bleach.

Great that you disinfected your home and discarded what needed to be, even GREATER that the breeder will keep your baby until he has had all his shots. Better to be safe then sorry.

Virkon specifically kills the parvo virus on contact...my vet didnt know about Virkon either...it is what was used when the fear of mad cow disease was infecting Europe....everyone had to walk thru trays of that solution at every airport in Europe and major airports in the USA.....

Geri
 

You certainly did dodge a bullet. If only I had seen this site before I dealt with him 👿

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