blasted parvo

[chesterhunter 4]

i think my new lurcher pup has parvo absolutley gutted.ive been waiting for this type of lurcher for a while and finally see a litter available make a 400 mile round trip and after 8 hours at home with her she been struck down with all the signs of parvo.was wondering if the blood tests come back tmorrrow positive for parvo what would be the best thing for me to do as ive read that they can survive but be poorly most of there life.has anyone had any experience with this?

[DogMagic 461]

This might seem like a strange question but does the pup smell? If not it aint parvo. If its got parvo it f*****g stinks! Its like a metallic sort of "off" smell. Anyway, if it is or aint, obviously theres SOMETHING wrong so (and here it comes again) GET IT TO A VET!!! Im guessing youve already done that as your talking about blood tests so i wish you the best of luck. As far as i know (and im no expert) it CAN be treated and sorted proper if caught early enough.

[gss 2]

i think my new lurcher pup has parvo absolutley gutted.ive been waiting for this type of lurcher for a while and finally see a litter available make a 400 mile round trip and after 8 hours at home with her she been struck down with all the signs of parvo.was wondering if the blood tests come back tmorrrow positive for parvo what would be the best thing for me to do as ive read that they can survive but be poorly most of there life.has anyone had any experience with this?

dont know how it would turn out but if i wes you i would be straight on the phone and demand my money back in no unsertane terms if you only had it 8 hours then it came with parvo .and if the seller is a decent dog man then you should get your money back .if not make a point of telling everybody u can name names and warn everybdy else.good luck with the pup and i hope its neg

[happylamper 7]

my dog got took to dog rescue at the age of 8mth,he was only there a night got him home the next morning,took him for a walk a few hours later,notice is sh*t had blood in it,so still walked on abit but notice my dog ralfie was running out of steam very qwickly so got him back home rang the vets got him in straight away i was told by the vet possibly parvo as expected.he pulled thro very well within a couple of days on a drip.he's now 12yr old showing is age abit now but never had another illness since.

[mC HULL 13,313]

i have just lost a 14 month old dog with it his litter brother pulled through its took me about 5-6 week to get the one that survived back right the best thing you can do is get it on a drip ifs it stays hydrated it might pull through the one that died had it a day o so before and vet took a blood test and sent him home with a shot of antibiotic by the next morning he was worse so took him back and they put him on a drip and the litter brother as well who was as bad as the other was a day before he survived the one that died had had to much feaces in its blood stream the mother of the pups didnt show no signs thankfully at one point i thought id be empty kenneled its sickening but what can you do

[chesterhunter 4]

i have just lost a 14 month old dog with it his litter brother pulled through its took me about 5-6 week to get the one that survived back right the best thing you can do is get it on a drip ifs it stays hydrated it might pull through the one that died had it a day o so before and vet took a blood test and sent him home with a shot of antibiotic by the next morning he was worse so took him back and they put him on a drip and the litter brother as well who was as bad as the other was a day before he survived the one that died had had to much feaces in its blood stream the mother of the pups didnt show no signs thankfully at one point i thought id be empty kenneled its sickening but what can you do

the vet has done the same with mine but on two diffrent occasions i gotta go back tomorrow so gonna get them to put her on a drip.big worry for me same as you is ive got another pup from the litter and another lurcher and terrier who are 15 month old.so far the sister to the poorly pup is showing no signs just keeping my fingers crossed

[bigoy19706 276]

i had a half x bull that was on a drip 4 day in the end the vet put him to sleep he live with 2 over dogs wich did not get it

[Guest chook]

A lot depends on what strain and how sevear it is,

but 90% of the time if they pull through there fine.

http://www.vetinfo.com/the-long-term-effects-of-parvo-in-dogs.html

 

There is another illness that mimicks parvo aswell ( cant remember the name just now)

but if it has parvo, you deffanatly know about it.

 

 

happylamper - it takes at least 7-10 days from the time of exposure for them to start showing symptoms

doubt your dog would have got it from the rescue, if it was parvo, your dog would have had to have it

before being picked up.

[william slater mcgregor 2]

remember this desease can be carried through peoples feet from one kennel to another all the best of luck with your pup

[samba 534]

parvo one of the worst things ive seen/had in a dog terrible even

had inoculated dogs get it

[fresh earth 47]

Touch wood the disease doesnt seem so prolific up here but i have a bassin of strong black disinfectant that i step in before i go in my kennels and the runs are scrubed out twice a day even though none of my dogs ever soil there pens i try to keep on top of it the ferrets are disinfected every other day. Hope the little un pulls through for you bud .

[foyrious 13]

Baught a staffy pup off a smackhead back in Jan/Feb as he was selling it in the snow at 4.5 weeks .. he asked 120, and i gave him 60.. Didn't want it myself, but it would've died if i didn't take it. Anyway, i fed it, wormed it etc for a few weeks, then when it was strong, i gave it to a friend as a companion. It was out all day, real happy and she had her jabs in july.. got a distraught phhonecall last week, and was told the pup had died of parvovirus Real bad news, as she had a really good life. At least she had a life though, no matter how short, so i'm glad i rescued her.. TO ANYONE WHO HAS LOST A DOG BEFORE IT'S TIME, ESPECIALLY PARVO, MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU ALL NASTY NASTY DISEASE..

[CarraghsGem 92]

touch wood none of my dogs have ever had parvo. i hope none of them ever do either.

[Guest deerhound hunter]

hope your pup is alright ,never had 2 deal with it before but hope i never do ,keep us updated hope its good news today..atb....dh

[Guest vin]

lost a little jack russel in the old days to parvo..one of the worsst days in my life..more than 20 years ago and it still seems like yesterday.