general dog health - parvo
 

at 3am this monring i was awoken by my cell phone ringing off the charger. there was much crying and broken sentences to make my way through but the bottom line came to be this: one of my friends for many years had just let the emergency vet. her dog diagnosed w/parvo and another at home coming down with it. with proper care they should be ok. but by the time i got her consoled about her dogs she was livid w/good reason. she carefully screened her breeders- the vet has confirmed that she had these dogs too long for it to have come from there and only show up now. she's never taken her dogs out to the pet store or to dog parks or anywhere outside of her home/yard. they have not been boarded or let socialize with other dogs in the vets waiting room. they were up to date in shots. she did everythin g in her power to keep her dogs safe and they still got this sickness bc someone else didn't take the proper care of their dog somewhere a long the line. even i was taken a back with the harsh reminder that even when we do everything absolutely perfect- our dogs can still become seriously ill. i thought everyone else could be able to use the reminder- to always be careful and try to minimize your risks as well. :(

if anyone else has more info on the illness or has more specific advice to tips for attending dog parks and the like please add on! we can never have too much info!

I have been told by several people who raise other types of dogs that giving your dog children's tylenol helps. I haven't had the personal experience (thank God!) but they swear by it.

I'm so sorry about your friends dogs getting Parvo.

You say both of them have it, and they are both up to date on their Parvo vaccination? I was looking at the statistics online, because this scared me a little, and the chances of this occurring in two dogs of the same household who are up to date on vaccination is slim to none.

I'm sorry, the reason I'm checking is that this scared me to death. Are these puppies that are in the middle of their 3-4 allocations, or are these grown dogs? Also there have been recalls for certain vaccinations, but your friend should have been notified of a recall.

Hope everything goes well.

I hope they recover quickly. That is scary.

parvo can be transmitted from place to place on the hair and feet of dogs, as well as on the clothes and shoes of people ,so your friend or anyone who came in to her house could of brought it in on there shoes. also some dogs get it even when they have had there jabs but its rare so if both dogs have it i would say something was wrong with the jabs,go to the vet who done it and complain also if it was a batch of it that thats got something wrong with it there could be other dogs that the owners think are covered and there not so the vet should re call them all. i hope they get better soon.

This is strange, the OP has been banned??

i would research giving dogs tylenol before i did it. i think most agree it is very dangerous for dogs. only buffered aspirin should be given according to my research.

I was told by several vets never to give tylenol to dogs, it is very toxic and dangerous for them!!! :(

I was thinking the same thing :rolleyes:

Tylenol
 

CHECK WITH YOUR VET FIRST

parvo
 

The chances of vaccinated dogs who are home bound getting parvo is just about nil...I would look for a false positive and another problem.

My vet told me this as well. Dolores is 9,5weeks now and my vet said that she should have a strong enough immune system to stand against parvo from nursing her mommy in combination with the first vaccine until about 12 weeks when her final parvoshot is taken.. But she also told me that this is not "foolproof" and that we could transfer parvo to her just by our shoes etc if we would've waited with the first parvoshot until she was 12 weeks old (there is some discussion about parvoshots having very negative, even fatal, effects on puppies, so breeders are becoming more and more aware of this). I'm not an expert, but this is atleast what I've been told now.

Parvo is such a horrible disease, I hope her puppies will be ok..