| Yorkiemom1 | 02-02-2012 07:05 PM |
McheleM is RIGHT on target. This is exactly why I am a "closed breeder"...NO people are allowed on my property until after the babies are fully vaccinated.(My experience with Parvo cost me in excess of $18,000.00 in vet bills alone 8 years ago...but my vet saved two litters of puppies...they had everything from blood transfusions, to accupuncture to praying over them!) I give my breeding ladies NeoPar a week before they are bred. Neopar is not "over-ridden" by the mothers immunity, and provides the babies super protection...at 3 week of age, the babies are given NeoPar, and I start their vaccinations at 6 weeks. Virkon kills parvo virus, and I use it once a week THROUGHOUT my home, mopping floors and cleaning crates...it is used from ceiling to floor in my "Yorkie room", my nursery, and my kennel area once a month, ....once a month, I put it in a sprayer and spray my entire out door area where the kids all run and play...patio, flag stone areas, etc.....I will do ANYTHING I can possibly do to prevent subjecting my babies to this horrific disease, and my business to this devastating financial loss. When my buyers come to get their puppy, they walk on rugs that have been sprayed with Virkon (this is the same chemical you used to have to walk thru at all airports when mad cow disease was rampant overseas), they have to wash hands with sanitizer, and everyone is sprayed with Odo-ban before coming into the house, and surgical shoe covers are put on everyones shoes.......and they are only allowed as far as the dining room where we close the "adoption"....no one walks ANYWHERE any of my dogs are allowed to walk. I have only lost a couple of sales, by NOT allowing them to "TOUR MY FACILITY"! This is not a "facility", this is my private home!.......SMALL price to pay! McheleM, we are clearly unwilling members of the same club!! | 