My does has parvo! help me!?

Question

Our 7 month old lab pup has been throwing up the past few days. And she hasnt eaten. We took her to the vet, and we found out that she has parvo. They gave us treatment and everything, but I was wondering:

How long does she have to live?

I was just wondering, has your baby ever gotten through a disease like this?

thanks =]

Answer 1

There is no cure for the parvo virus.  You can only treat the symptoms.  Adult dogs stand a better chance of surviving due to a more fully developed immune system.  



Guest 480...your ignorance is showing.   It is not stupid to trust your vet.  Many vets will not in house treat parvo due to it's infectious nature.  While it is true, that dogs given intravenous fluids have a better survival rate, if the vet does not have room in quarantine, they have no choice but to send the dog home with instructions to keep it hydrated.

Vaccinating a puppy is no guarantee against the parvo virus.  They need a series of vaccines, after weaning, three weeks apart until they are 18 weeks of age.  Only after receiving the last shot in that first series, are they reasonably safe (about 85%) from the parvo virus.  They then need another vaccine at six months of age, a booster at one year of age, and then, depending on your dogs lifestyle another booster every 1-3 years through out the rest of it's life.  BUT THIS IS STILL NOT FAIL SAFE.  Even with proper vaccinations, an adult, fully vaccinated dog can still contract parvo virus, it is that virulent.

Hydration, Electrolyte management,  adequate protein levels and a dogs age are key factors in survival rate.  It is interesting that the dog being fed three raw eggs beat the disease, I am wondering if that had something to do with protein levels.  The fact he was able to keep them down is even more amazing.  

I found a female puppy around five months of age, with a plastic pickle jar duct taped over her head (apparently a bullet was to expensive) in an orchard.  She was infested from head to toe with fully bloated ticks, and maggots were invading her neck would.  She survived this ordeal, only to be knocked down again within days, by the parvo virus.  Her prognosis, due to her severely compromised immune system from the ticks, was very VERY poor, but I had to try.

God Bless Hybrid Vigor.  She stayed at the vets for less than three days, came home hungry and active and has never looked back.  She is now three.  

Survival is possible and the older the dog the greater the percentage rate of survival.  Plenty of fluids, try to force proteins, (scrambled eggs are a good choice) and then if she does make it, CLEAN YOUR HOUSE THOROUGHLY WITH BLEACH INSIDE AND OUT, and advice every one your dog may come into contact with in the next 9-12 months, that she is a parvo survivor and shedding the virus.  They MUST get their dogs adequately vaccinated.  Surviving parvo is just the beginning of your responsibility.

Good Luck.

Answer 2

my dog has parvo too.Her symptoms have lowered majorly by us Buying two things of pedialite.You give it 2 ounces every 2 hours, or 1 ounce every 1 hour wich is wat i perfer. Take them to the vet wich will cost around, 150 dollars and get some antibiotics.If you dont want to go through all this ask your vet about leaving her on an i v.that will be a higher chance of them getting over the virus.that will cost 1000 dollars.ok im twelve years old so you may want to consider asking more about this to your vet but my girl is much better now that me and my family followed these steps.:) best of luck to you and your dog.

Answer 3

my dog has parvo too.Her symptoms have lowered majorly by us Buying two things of pedialite.You give it 2 ounces every hour, or 1 ounce every 1 hour wich is wat i perfer. Take them to the vet wich will cost around, 150 dollars and get some antibiotics.If you dont want to go through all this ask your vet about leaving her on an i v.that will cost 1000 dollars.ok im twelve years old so you may want to consider asking more about this to your vet but my girl is much better now that ive followed these steps.:) best of luck to you and your dog.