saveawolf
12-18-2007, 10:24 PM
Not my dog.
Parvo v in thier pups/dogs.
If you have any questions feel free to pm me
Brooke
12-18-2007, 10:52 PM
Awww so sad...
When I first got my pup, the lady at the shop told me to keep him away from all people who have dogs, or off the ground, until he had his final vaccination. I did that. Everyone used to whinge at me, and tell me that I was being paranoid, because I wouldn't let them play with my dog! At least I know it was worth it!
CerbiesMom
12-19-2007, 07:48 PM
I'm glad you didn't have to have a sick dog to learn that. I would only take my babies to my families houses, and their dogs all have their shots and are really healthy. But nowhere else.
Jr_K9_Expert
12-20-2007, 12:08 AM
Hmmmm you did an effecient job at getting most of the facts down, but i'd like to know did you do research on this or did you copy paste it?
I ask this because i see some descrepencies from the research i've done on parvo.
Like for instance, you can't kill a virus, because its not truely alive to begin with (of course thats debateable), you can only deactivate it. And this is usually done with chlorine bleach. But the amount you put is exaggerated! All the research i've done points to a 1/30 - 1/20 bleach to water solution, this is the not necessarly the best but it is the cheapest and most common house hold chemical.
Next idk how you can say that the "suspectibilty window" is at two weeks after weening. Thats not proven, the colostrum of each puppy wears off at different periods. Thats why vaccines are made are needed till at least 16-18 weeks.
Besides keeping the dog alive with IV's(because of dehydration), the second most important is the secondary infections, which can cause serious illness, but its like you mentioned, the virus itself doesn't kill, its the dehydration and infections that are the causes.
Next, the survival rate of a dog 80-70% detected early, and then that percentage drops proportionatly according to when the dog is treated. For some reason, balck and tan breeds like rotties and dobermans have a less recovery and survial rate.
To be more accurate on their survival, the virus can live up to 5 months or more in feces if it is in the correct conditions.
But regardless, i'm glad someone brought up the subject, because this is a truely devastivating virus, i'm sure that you know this and want to raise awarness, but this may have sounded like jibberish to some, so i think thourough explainations would have been more helpful than a full-blown essay.lol