My 9 month old puppy Scarlett is being treated for parvo as we speak. I am a nervous wreck.!!?

Question

Not only was she diagnossed with parvo on tuesday, but she was fixed the friday before. As well as treated for 2 parasites 10 days before her surgery. She has all her shots and everything. They can't tell me why she got this. I am not sure what is going to happen. I miss her soo much. If your dog has survived please... i would love to her about it. I just want my baby home. :-(

Answer 1

Sounds like a lot to deal with, my heart and prayers go out to you and Scarlett.

A lot of dogs can recover from parvo, early treatment has a 75+% survival rate. Even vaccinated dogs can get parvo, there are several strains of the virus... but since she was vaccinated the symptoms are usually less and she has a much better chance of living without major complications, which is a very good thing.

Answer 2

Nothing is 100% effective including vaccines, by having the vaccines can make the disease less severe. Parvo is EVERYWHERE so she is always exposed to it. Also there are lots of things that can cause vaccine failures including stress, parasites, poor diet, and other diseases interfering with the vaccine. If you got her from a shelter or found her and she wasn't well cared for before, there is a good chance that more than one of those things affected the immunity from the vaccine. Never fear, she's at the vet getting treatment, and vets are getting better and better at treating it and having more and more successes. Yes, it is a nasty, scary disease, but it can be treated if caught early and treated aggresively. Go and visit her in the hospital if you can. This generally perks the puppies up a lot and helps them get better faster. Just make sure you wash your hand and change your clothes when you get home so you don't spread it around your house. Clean up any areas she was in when she was there with diluted bleach so it will be virus free when she gets home.

Answer 3

I've heard that there is a new mutation of the Parvo virus called the F-Strain. The current vaccinations do nothing to protect against it and it is thought that it can even be transmitted airborne. From what I've read puppies or dogs who get this have a very slim chance of survival as it attacks very quickly. I wish you and Scarlett all the best and hope you'll post back to let us know how she is.

Answer 4

The dog sanctuary I used to work for adopts dogs out of shelters that have parvo epidemics. The way some of these dog shelters deal with the problem is to euthanize every dog. The sanctuary has had a great success rate, with only a few casualties. This is why it is so important to keep dogs vaccinations up to date, as well as giving heart worm preventative. I hope your Scarlett gets better.

Answer 5

I'm sorry about your dog. It's very rare, but sometimes the parvo vaccinations are not fool-proof. I had a parvo scare with one of my puppies last year, but luckily he tested negative. (He had an intestinal parasite that presented the same symptoms as parvo.)

I hope she gets better, but - with parvo - you should be prepared for the worst. Just remember that, since she had all her shots, you did the best you could to help her.

Answer 6

We had a puppy that was relatively the same age that had parvo. The vet did a wonderful job and nursed her back to health. She lived another 15 years with us. Have faith.

Answer 7

Animal shots work on the "herd" theory, (if 80% of the herd is protected, the herd is protected)
Remember that people keep taking their darn "SICK DOGS" to the vet's office. (wish they would stop doing that) ;) This makes it the most likely place there is for your dog to catch something. I try to never allow one of our dogs to ever touch the floor in the vets office if at all passable.

A large percentage of dogs do recover from Parvo with proper care.

Answer 8

my good friends run the Midwest blood hound rescue and they have had many dogs and puppies come to them from puppy mills with parvo and heart worms and more often than not they all end up fine. the vets know what their doing just try to relax. i wish you and Miss Scarlet the best of luck.

Answer 9

my brother in laws dog had parvo she got better but it cost a fortune in vets bills hope scarlett gets better soon try not to worry to much x

Answer 10

My dog had it and there was no room at the animal hospital for her. I had to take her home and practically baby her by giving her her meds and making her drink gatorade. She is 13 years old now.