Can’t stress this enough,get your puppies parvo shots!

[RowanTheRed]

we lost our puppy Kimber to Parvo

this past February. We were so devastated. She had part of the parvo series when we bought her. First she became sick with a partial bowel obstruction and then the parvo hit her hard. Being a NICU nurse and taking care of tiny beings, I knew she was sick with barely any symptoms at all and had her at the vet IMMEDIATELY. Sadly, after 5 days of intensive therapy we had to put her down. She had appeared to be getting better and I went to see her at the vet. I noticed some remarkable symptoms of something very serious. Turns out I was correct and within 3 hours her heart tried to stop. We were able to rush back to the vet and had the opportunity to hold her while she passed away.

Parvo is very deadly and now there is what is being referred to as SUPER parvo in our area. It has had more than an 80% death rate in puppies. And parvo can live in the soil for well over the year that is commonly told.
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I hope your puppy gets better soon. If you notice any purplish looking rash on the belly or anywhere else on your pup, get it to a vet ASAP. That is a sigh that things are taking a very rapid change for the worse and time is very critical.

Good luck

RIP Kimber

 

[Folly's place]

So sorry!

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Yes,read labs are much more susceptible to it,he is mostly lab.
Anyhow,he is still alive,if he makes these next few hours supposedly that usually means their gonna be fine,I have hope.I have been keeping him very hydrated,and giving some sorta gummy vitamins the vet recommended to rub on his gums.I actually got his shots Saturday for parvo and he got sick Monday.Were almost positive he caught it at the vet,they didn’t even let us finish explaining his issues,they New almost instantly.Thry should have just said let’s get his treatment ready or something,just extremely too strange for hen to right off the bat say,”He has parvo”Grandma barely finished her sentence!
Anyeho,I think he is goign to get fine.He is sticking up his head and walking around.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Wow she was cute,I’m so sorry.

we lost our puppy Kimber to Parvo

this past February. We were so devastated. She had part of the parvo series when we bought her. First she became sick with a partial bowel obstruction and then the parvo hit her hard. Being a NICU nurse and taking care of tiny beings, I knew she was sick with barely any symptoms at all and had her at the vet IMMEDIATELY. Sadly, after 5 days of intensive therapy we had to put her down. She had appeared to be getting better and I went to see her at the vet. I noticed some remarkable symptoms of something very serious. Turns out I was correct and within 3 hours her heart tried to stop. We were able to rush back to the vet and had the opportunity to hold her while she passed away.

Parvo is very deadly and now there is what is being referred to as SUPER parvo in our area. It has had more than an 80% death rate in puppies. And parvo can live in the soil for well over the year that is commonly told.
​

I hope your puppy gets better soon. If you notice any purplish looking rash on the belly or anywhere else on your pup, get it to a vet ASAP. That is a sigh that things are taking a very rapid change for the worse and time is very critical.

Good luck

RIP Kimber
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[TheTwoRoos]

He doesn’t have the serious major symptom bloody poop,we are praying we caught in time.

 

[lilmillefleur]

Hope your poor puppy makes a full recovery.

 

[Ladybird CA]

I'm sorry your pup died

While I believe that vaccines are important, my Maltipoo puppy died at 8 weeks after we went to get her and her siblings dewormed (their mom was a pregnant stray). The vet insisted they get Parvo shots. I found out later that they weren't supposed to get them until about 4 months old. They were all fine except Polly wouldn't eat. Took her back to the vet who put her on an IV and had me feed her by a syringe but she died 5 days later. The vet said she probably had an allergic reaction. When my Jack Russell died years prior another vet said she was allergic to the anesthesia and didn't wake up after her tumor was operated on. Makes me wonder if one or both vets gave them lethal doses.

 

[llombardo]

Such a dreadful disease. All the shots in the world does not mean they will take at the exact time when the mothers antibodies wear off. That is why they are given every 3 weeks starting at 8 works to hit that time.

I will say that the puppy series is important, but it doesn't always work. Once they hit a year old, I would suggest a 3 year distemper/parvo. The dose in the one and three year is the same--only difference is the label. Over vaccinating can also cause issues. I would suggest after that three year to do a titer test. It tells you how much antibodies are there and most dogs do not ever have to be vaccinated again. Right now one rabies shot has been proven through a rabies challenge to last at least 7 years, most cases it's the lifetime of the dog. So again titer and if the law says they must have a rabies vaccine, do the 3 year rabies. Again same dosage as the one year(makes no sense but people don't know) and NEVER give any vaccines if the dog is not well. It says right on the rabie vaccine label not to give to sick dogs--healthy dogs only. It stresss out the immune system and could be deadly for a dog that is sick.

Hope your pup gets better soon.

 

[llombardo]

I'm sorry your pup died

While I believe that vaccines are important, my Maltipoo puppy died at 8 weeks after we went to get her and her siblings dewormed (their mom was a pregnant stray). The vet insisted they get Parvo shots. I found out later that they weren't supposed to get them until about 4 months old. They were all fine except Polly wouldn't eat. Took her back to the vet who put her on an IV and had me feed her by a syringe but she died 5 days later. The vet said she probably had an allergic reaction. When my Jack Russell died years prior another vet said she was allergic to the anesthesia and didn't wake up after her tumor was operated on. Makes me wonder if one or both vets gave them lethal doses.

4 months is generally rabies. Parvo and Dustemper most definitely should be given at 8 weeks, 11 weeks and then 14 weeks. The rabies vaccine should be given on its own after the parvo/distemper series. Allergic reactions and some can era have been linked to vaccines, so that is possible. Sorry about your pups.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Thanks guys