New puppy dying of Parvo... (BOWEL MOVEMENT PICTURES WARNING)

[foxhollow]

Parvo is horrible and impossible to eliminate from the environment. I picked it up at a dog show about 5 years ago. I lost a 7 month old pup and had several adults get it that we managed to pull through.
Following my vets advice I vaccinated everyone again with Proguard.
Six months later I had another litter and at 6 weeks they got Parvo!
I decided to try Neo Par and that did the trick! I highly recommend it.
$3 a dose...no reason any breeder or shelter can't vaccinate!
Also keep your adults up to date as the mom will pass along immunity to the pups!
Marilyn

 

[greyhorsewoman]

your puppy is now a carrier for life and can get other puppies and young dogs sick

I don't think this is true. While there are dogs that are 'carriers only,' (they often do not exhibit any symptoms) every dog that lives through parvo is not a carrier for life that can infect other dogs.

I lived through two litters of puppies coming down with parvo many years ago. All had two parvo shots at the time of contracting the disease. Out of the ten, several did not get sick, some only got sick for 24-48 hours, two nearly died (saved by vet care) and one did die. All the survivors went on to live long and healthy lives. I personally kept two. One lived to 11, the other to 15. They were exposed to numerous other dogs throughout their lives (including puppies).

Fortunately, all the adult dogs we had were fully vaccinated and no one else became ill. (At that time I had around 12 adult dogs.)​

 

[Redyre Rotties]

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I'm sorry, but this is not correct. Dogs who have been infected with Parvo Virus will shed the virus in stool, but only for about a week after symptoms are gone.

I kept my puppies confined on a hard surface area that I could disinfect well for 2 weeks just to be sure.

Here is a photo of a couple of my parvo survivors. They got sick at 10 weeks. Do you think it stunted their growth?

Milton

Mikey

 

[EweSheep]

We had a male Collie that him and his littermates had parvo. All but him died. Besides, it never stunted his growth but he had a hard starting up around birth up to a month old. It was a touch and go for awhile but the breeder said parvo was bad in dog shows she was in and her female dog came down with it, spreading to her other expecting moms in the kennels. Mortality was around 90 percent in her kennels at that year. After vaccinations, clean ups, she got it under control and never had problems since then until she retired from raising and showing dogs.

 

[OlliOlliOlli]

Here's a quick update. I woke up this morning to her in a different spot from where I left her. She had gone into the next room and let forth more diarrhea

However, the diarrhea is thick and normal stool-colored (if not slightly blackish)...so this sounds good from my point of view because she's not losing tons of fluids in her stools now!

She was shaking and I realized she hadn't eaten since last night, so I gave her a few syringes of beef broth and she drank a little bit of water. Shakes stopped and she is sitting in my lap with her head under my chin, feeling warm and stable. I just put her back on the pillow and covered her with a blanket and she is sleeping comfortably. I think she is doing better!

 

[gaited horse]

glad to hear she made it

 

[Redyre Rotties]

Beware of blackish colored stool, as this can also be indicative of blood in the digestive tract.

I wouild be worried about her not eating, the broth is probably a good idea.

 

[OlliOlliOlli]

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She has another appointment on Saturday morning, so I'll be getting her in again. The vet I was using is 80 miles round trip.

 

[OlliOlliOlli]

This is her bowel movement from this morning. It is the only one she has made since 11pm last night. I am sorry that this is graphic.

 

[Redyre Rotties]

Go to the vet. That is black tarry stool almost CERTAINLY from more bleeding in the intestine.