PARVO!!! - Page 3

I know Parvo is on the rise down here (Alabama), then again it hasn't really gotten cold. It could be a false positive, but with the symptoms it's not likely. The vaccs didn't cause a positive. Bleach, bleach, bleach. And that's a lot of puppies, any more of them sick?

Parvo lives a long time with no host.  When I was a kid my grandmother aquired 3 young GSD all at once .  We lost one to parvo within the first few months of owning him.  Over 5 years later we got two young Irish Setters (not puppies) and one died almost immediately from Parvo.  I would say once its on you property it will be many years before its finally gone.

Not nice & you have my sympaty to a degree but smacks of puppy farming to me !

Steph:
I live in rural with woods all around me and deer on my property as they jump fences and also armaldillo and others , like squirrels all day long, and skunks also.

My pups however , if for sale, have one play area and are raised in a nursery with play pens outside and indoors and never go where those creatures go.

NOW we also fenced off the creek so the females cannot go swimming while preggy and no males get to it either...We know people throw all kinds of trash and unwanted liquids or materials in creeks across a wide range of upstream so that we remedied 6 yrs ago...

MY vacinated dogs go everywhere but not pups. Until they are older and have their immunity good and solid..

THey get all the rough housing and training in my house and the fenced area around my house not going into the rest of the 3 acres...WHEN the pups are older, they go to woods with me, but only the woods on my property  which like you suggested, has had lots of wild  creatures running thru it.

Healthy environment and healthy food and total commitment to a cautious environment is lots of tedius work and I have made many a person mad not letting them hold pups or cuddle them or make goo goo over a new pup..NO one touches my pups while they are under the age of their immunity which leaves after  4-7 weeks , not knowing ever for sure as MOMS milk helped the borderline carry over but no one can be sure..

I think our medical companies have short cut all vacines and heard tale that a lot of it is being made in China and not regulated by USA at all..

I am not breeding and have not in 3  yrs now so am so glad the vaccine problems I see now, were not the same I saw when I had litters to care for,  nor finding a Dog food that is made in usa and not a corn field of trash and by-products which I still have problems with when raw is not in my kitchen.


YR

I can tell you emphatically, that pharmaceutical ingredients made in China for use in the USA must follow FDA rules for quality. And are tested for such. It is the final products bought outside the USA that one can never be too sure as to their composition and quality.

Parvo has a very distinctive smell.  I have fortunately not smelled it in 20 years or so.  Hard to describe, but it is not normal diarreah smell, it's like rotting tissue.  It can also be very yellow and sticky...good luck, hope it's a false test and the healthy ones can survive.

The female puppy returned to me tested neg. for Parvo today! So I am hoping the one that did test positve had gotten it elsewhere but I am still not letting my guard down. The vet is thinking it was Salmonella but my main concern was that Parvo was not an issue. So the pup is doing great! No problems at all. She is on antibiotics and is very robust. 
I am however vaccinating with the high titer parvo from now on at 5-6 weeks. The one pup that did test positve I still do not know how he is. The owner has not gotten back yet.

I knew when I posted this there would be those negative comments as well as positive. I don't care if someone wants to be holy and call me a "farmer".  It just happens that my females heats were almost back to back.

I used to think I was very careful with all of the bleaching I do but now I know I need even more rules on people visiting pups. This was a huge scare and I never want parvo to truly be here. I still do not have proof that is wasn't though. So lots of bleaching I will be doing.

Stephanie

Very happy to hear so far-so good for your pups.I hope all goes well for your youngest guys. And I tell kennel hoppers,don't come here AFTER you have been elsewhere. My welcome matt screams Clorox when I have pups. I also just read the AVA guidelines on shots,it's going to be hard,but I got to rethink my immunizationk scheduale. Have to do a bit more research (old dog, newk trick thing).

Yes Steph

All your females just happened to come into seson together but did you have to mate them all ? Only one reason I can think of " puppy farming"

No Fear
Many breeders know the importance of breeding every heat if female is in good condition until female is retired and spayed. I am sorry you are so negative. We should be trying to help each other with positve feedback. I have learned much and have much to learn. I know I can give good knowledgeable advice to others and others to me. I had never had to deal with parvo personally.
I live close to Mexico and people can go there for the puppy farms. People who come to me do so because I have strong morals and am very honest, patient and my kennels are very clean. I will always take a puppy back. Although my rules are going to change as far as people visiting goes. No one will be touching unvaccinated puppies any more. I have 7 dogs. Puppy farming? Right
Stephanie

Also, the male pup that had tested pos. for parvo went home yesterday. His owner said he was doing great. He never did respond on the false positive.