From a Kraftwerk / Wane Curry employee - Page 4

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What a shame. Unfortunately, when a kennel and its grounds are so contaminated, it takes heroic measures, usually all performed on one single day, and a huge effort for months afterwards, to get it right again. Chances are it would take a professional haz-mat team, armed with a fleet of hot-pressure washers (with disinfectant infusion capabilities), agricultural burners for the soil, and a team of staff willing to disinfect everything in the buildings' storage cabinets, from small grooming items, to laundry, to the dogs themselves (yes, you can use dilluted Pinesol on a dog... makes the coat nice and soft and smells good) to get rid of the virus.

I remember my old vet telling me about an huge outbreak of whipworms that nearly destroyed the swine business, and the lengths the farmers had to go to to erradicate the epidemic. This is why so many pigs are raised on concrete nowadays. Some people never returned to allowing their stock to set foot on natural earth ever again.

When I had a litter that contracted Parvo, (mid-80's) the pups were confined in my brand-new whelping suite. (Whelping room with private kennel run attached)  I had not let them out in the yard yet, thank God, but I had been all over the property, merrily spreading the virus wherever I trod! When I came home from the vet (the pups... did not come home...) I burned my clothes, disinfected everything I touched (car, everything...) and gutted my new whelping room to the studs. I had installed hsopital-surplus cabinetry & fixtures, which, thankfully, were meant to be disinfected regularly. My vet, who was also my best friend, spent 2 days almost non-stop, conducting the decontamination of my entire acre property and everything on it, even my RV. We used many gallons of hospital disinfectant and bleach. We re-vaccinated my dogs, and gave the unafffected litter some experimental drug, an equine respiratory formula she was testing for UC Davis VMTH, intended to protect them from contracting the virus. I don't know what it was to this day, but the pups from the second litter did not get sick. (They were in the house) We apparently did a good job, no more parvo ever, but I was miserably paranoid for a long time afterwards. Any time a pup skipped a meal or had soft stools I freaked, imposed quarantine, had my vet come by and take a parvo test. Remember, the first vaccines were anything but 100% as far as efficacy, still aren't, but much better now.

I can only imagine what it would take to perform that process on a large facility.
BTW: We never did figure out where the parvo came from. Back then it was largely unheard of in CA. The general public was not aware of it and did not routinely vaccinate for it. I still have nightmares about the whole affair.
SS

Here we go again, another kennel annihilated by someone and yes, an ex employee at that
Can any one tell me this, If this kennel continues to breed puppies and they die at 30 to 40 at a time, how then does this kennel stay viable if it is employing people to help run it, and the pups are dieing off at this rate
But the most important thing of all, if this practice is going on where are the authorities, they would get to know about this kennel If this person posting this on the site is valid, then why have you not alerted the authority's about the practice of this kennel they would surely get an court order to close it down, This does not appear to have been done, just talk again slagging off a name i expect because you lost your job for if you were still working there this post would not have come up on this forum, that is for sure
Steve

Well, Steve...Let me help you understand. I am an EX-employee, because I am a professional Veterinary Technician hired SPECIFICALLY by Wayne Curry to clean up his kennel of infectious disease including Parvo and Coccidia.  BOTH of which he admitted to me where killing puppies at his kennel. He blamed it on the previous staff, (although I have since learned from Veterinary acquaintances that this has been an ongoing problem... ie YEARS of parvo cycling through the kennel. But, then he himself refused to follow the sanitation/isolation measures I was implementing. When F-litter became sick with the virus... yes I had a positive test result, Wayne Curry REFUSED to allow me to hospitalize critical puppies. He REFUSED to allow me to properly treat sick puppies resulting in DEAD pups and then, he proceeded to place the surviving pups, within 4 days of breaking with Parvo and still exhibiting symptoms, into "training" as they where now 8 weeks old. These pups were directed by Wayne to be placed in a bank of kennels housing 10-15 other pups under 10 weeks of age. NO ISOLATION. Now, Wayne Curry and I had MANY conversations on this virus and how to contain it. He cannot claim ignorance. He had previously been educated by a local vet on measures necessary for containment, and I had given him extensive information on transmission etc... He ignored any sound advice given him by reputable parties trying to assist him with his situation for reasons I still don't fully understand. I now know Wayne is heartless, but apparently he is stupid too. My own assumption, is that maybe he gets a tax write off for all the dead pups. I don't know, but I can't think of any other reason he would not allow better medical care for his puppies and abide by isolation/sanitation guidelines. This will eventually catch up to him. He has been very successful up to now at avoiding the long arm of the law. There are many of us that will continue our crusade until we see this man stopped.  I am not disgruntled because I no longer work for Wayne. I don't work for Wayne because of what he is doing to those dogs.
 
As a veterinary professional and an animal lover, I have a moral and ethical obligation to speak against this attrocious behavior. It is inhumane to intentionally expose healthy pups to Parvo-virus infected pups. It is inhumane to allow puppies to die from inadequate medical care. 

How on earth can you defend these actions, unless you too are as heartless and well, stupid as Wayne Curry.

No, i am far from being stupid and as callous as you think this person is, and that remark from you  to a complete stranger shows that you are a quick tempered person at best, and i could wonder if that was not part of the cause of you losing your job, only your word in what you say
Why are you putting anything on here on a dog forum the people here can comment on the events but can do nothing but avoid the kennel 
Have you personally contacted the authorities, if not why not, you have first hand knowledge of what is going on, and if you had the brains you think you have then why not take photos of what you witnessed, But perhaps you were scared of doing so becuese of any repercussions that may follow. I for one would not have been bothered by such a thing
Yes, that is excatly what i would have done taken photos of these little mites suffering, and i would have pursued it with the right people afterwards, Why have you not done the same, if you have done so then i appolgise
Steve

Good point, have any authorities been called? Taking pictures would have been smart, did you? 

....I see now, that you have. What is taking them so long if each day means more dead pups?! That seems outrageous.

Yes, I have called authorities. Many others have as well. I do not intend to stop until Wayne quits letting puppies get sick and die. As for my character, unlike Wayne Curry, I take pride in honesty, integrity and compassion. Precisely why we ended up incompatible. I love animals... he loves money. Honestly, I don't know why he ever hired me if he did not intend tolet me do my job. Someone that does not give a crap, really should not employ people that do! Most likely why so many ex-employees have nothing good to say. BTW has an ex-employee ever defended Waynes practices??? 

In that case then he may be stopped with luck providing the authortiies act quick enough
People such as him all being true need to be stopped from the cruelty they inflict on helpless Pups or even the Stud Dogs for it is certain they too will be over bred
Steve

I too would like to know why more isn't been done NOW.  Especially with the multitude of reports. 
There are multiple on-going investigations, both private and legal authorities. Wayne is VERY good at cover-up. BUT, you can't cover up something like this forever. Unfortunately more pups will die before he gets called on the carpet.