my puppy died of parvo - Page 2

Expanding on that please be careful about going places that might spread it i.e. pet stores, dog parks and the like and I would try and disinfect your shoes and clean up any stool in the yard.

Good luck and like Nona says please wait a while before getting another.

 the pup died in october 2009

                   TXgsd....I am sorry to hear about your boy....

                                                                                      Ruger1

I am so sorry to hear that. Parvo always gives me bad memories as I had lost an 8 week old litter of 7 puppies to it back in 1994. Ever since that, we are extremely careful with sanitation, who we allow to see puppies and we restrict ourselves from visiting any dog related places and change clothing and shoes before going into the whelping room.
But it seems with good supportive care, it often does not have to be a death sentence nowadays anymore.
We just had a case of parvo with one of our lontime forum members on GSDWorld. With the help and support of our whole forum, she was able to save all 5 of her babies. We were all toasting each other on that victory (thanks again for everything, Hexe - if you happen to read this).
I also heard of outbreaks of new strains in certain parts of the country. My GSDWorld friend lives in Nevada in the middle of nowhere and her babies contracted it from coyotes which is scary since they are (almost) everywhere. That is why my vet always said that you can contract that virus even if you dog is isolated from other canines. The virus apparantly has the ability to jump (related) species.

I was told that Bleach will not kill Parvo, that only Ammonia does .. any thoughts on this ?? I bought a box of WHO grade dissinfectent that smells like oranges and you mix with water and Vita C powder ( Trivecta ?) , it supposed to kill AIDS and all the other scary germs.

Properly mixed bleach does kill the Parvo virus.  There are also a few other disinfectents out there that will do so as well.  Just because it kills the AIDS virus does not mean it will be effective against Parvo.

Prvo will survive up to 5 or more years and the  virus has a greasy surface and will repel some of the bleach. Best is to use antibacterial shampoo type solvent and then bleach that is the best you can do. It may not be enough.  
Biggest mistake people make is that they receive pup vial air and :
1. let the pup run around the nearest patch of grass or dirt where all the dogs from all over the world pee and poop.
DO NOT DO THAT!
2. pup is not sick but enthusiastic owner takes immediately after they receive  a pup to a veterinarian for "check up"
Guess where all the sick dogs go ?!!!? To your vet!!!!!!!!!!!!
DO NOT DO THAT!
 Do not take the pup to the vet unless is sick. If you need to get to the vet do not touch or sin on anything there. Step on bleached towel before you get in your car. When you get home strip all the close and shoes and wash them with strong soap and bleach. Take a shower with antibacterial soap. Really good one. 
3. Do not immunize the pup until he is about 6 weeks old ( otherwise you will use up antibodies acquired from mother's colostrum) First shot should be parvo ONLY shot. Older the pup is before the firs immunization better it is. However then you are risking that the pup will not be protected after diminishing of the maternal antibodies. Best is about 6 weeks and then 43 weeks and then 4 weeks late. That is just my personal experience.
4. Do not go to public with your pup until is fully immunized..
5.Do not allow people touch you pup until is fully immunized.
6. Do not touch any dogs.

All this may not help but it is the best you can do.
Prager Hans
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You the person looking for a pup out of Geck? He has a ZW of 92 (?!) Just curious why the attraction. There are lots of super males out there. You might want to consider other qualities and breeders with better health records.

http://www.articlefield.com/21699/how-to-cure-parvo-in-dogs/

TX  So sorry about your puppy.  Did you say what part of the country you are in? Unfortunately in parts of CA we are being hit with a particularly virulent strain that is killing pups out right in less than 36 hours despite vaccination and even getting to fully vaccinated older dogs around a year old. There was some thought it might be a bad batch of vaccine in the area but the last pup I know of was imported from europe and had one or two shots over there . There is ome thought that it may indeed be a new strain,. The hardest hit counties are Tulare and Fresno but I have heard of it in Yolo and Riverside also. So Californians becareful of your young and old dogs.

I do not have the links but will try to add them later. However go out to google and check out Tamiflu. It can stop Parvo in it's tracks tho it does depend on when you get it to the puppy and how bad the strain is. It's farily expensive but the vet can write a script and take it to Walgreens - they offer an affordable price.

TX please read up on Parvo. Your property will remain at risk for quite some time in terms of bring ing in a new puppy. I wish you well.