preventing another parvo disaster - Page 1

Hello,  I was wanting to get some Ideas as to how to prevent another parvo disaster.  A year ago we had a litter from a repeat breeding  one of the pups at 8 weeks old ended up with parvo and we did everything we could but could not save him.  The other litter mates did not get it and they had all had their shots at the same time.  they were in the same puppy kennel  together all.  The only thing we could come up with is 
1. one of the customers who had came to  put a deposit on one of the pups may have been in contact with the virus
2. The vaccine didnt have any affect on him or wasnt any good
3. he just had a low immunity system

we vaccinate them at 6 wks old, they are kept away from any other dogs except the mother, we have never had parvo here until now, and we do not advertise them until they are 6 weeks old so they are not handled except by us until than.
a breeder friend said she doesnt let any one handle any of the pups until they are ready to go until than people are put on a waiting list with a deposit and when the pups are ready to go she goes down the list and call the people to come and pick their pup at that time.

just curious what other breeders do as far as prospective buyers in contact with the pups?

Was it definately parvo??  not anything else??

I try not to let strangers into the kennel until pups have been vaccinated, they can handle them but not walk into the kennel. Other animals can bring parvo to your home not just people. It's always a risk. Once you have it, it becomes a nightmare.

Use the merial vaccines if you can get them .Parvo is always around it the puppy that got it was compromised somehow if he was the only one who got it, Get a wyshiwash  www.wysiwash.com/ its the most amazing disinfectant tool out there you can disinfect the grass with it too It makes everything smell like a swimming pool!!  ..as far as people seeing the puppies we do youtube videos starting from when they are born then when they say can we see the puppies I say ''yep here ya go'' and send them the latest link..people love it then they can follow along and see how they are being raised .. youtube is quickly becoming the internets 800lb advertising Gorrilla

"I try not to let strangers into the kennel until pups have been vaccinated..."

Even then there is risk of exposure because the vaccinations don't work until the pup loses the natural immunity it gets from the mother's colostrum.  I wish I had a simple answer for you, happy, but there isn't one.

the vet had confirmed that it was parvo,  and he has never seen a case where one gets it and not the rest of them,  when he did the parvo test on the other pups they came back negative,  so we held them all back from the new owners and retested at 10 weeks and still tested negative.
that is the puzzling part.

I suggest injections of Neopar (from Neotech) which overcomes maternal antibodies after the second injection.
http://www.neotechvaccines.com/neopar.htm

I spent years doing rescue - specializing in pregnant dogs.  Unfortunately we have dealt with Parvo on several occasions. 

For owned dogs the first  step is to be sure your bitch is fully immuized prior to breeding do a titer test if there are any questions.   Then vaccinate starting at 6 weeks, if you are in an area experiencing a severe Parvo outbreak use NeoPar and vaccinate at 5 weeks.  Then you can vaccinate every 2 weeks if Parvo is a big threat.  In our owned dogs we vaccinate puppies at 6, 9, 12, & 16 weeks.  We do not let anyone handle or visit puppies prior to 8 weeks, I will take deposits, send pics videos and so forth but you do not touch my puppies. 

If, despite all efforts you do end up with Parvo I have had incredible succes with rescue puppies using TamiFlu and IV fluids.