New pug additon has PARVO..we already have an 8 month old pug...what are signs??

Question

Ok, so we finally rescued the poor little baby pug, he had bloody diarrhea and vomiting so we rushed him to the emergency vet that is open during the weekend. He had to stay Friday night - Monday morning - then we transferred him to a local vet for the rest of the day on Monday. They called us around 5pm and said he was ok to come home, no more vomit or diarrhea. So we get him home and he has to be separated from our older pug for about a week just to give him rest. The vet says our older pug is ok probably, since he's up to date on all shots. Do you think he is right? So far no symptoms shown in older pug. The younger one is doing VERY well. I thought PARVO was always deadly?? He is so cute and energetic and has quite the appetite! Vet has him on special diet and meds now for 2 weeks. So, anyone else had dogs with PARVO that lived/passed away and what were the signs of things going down/up-hill????

Answer 1

No, parvo is not always deadly, I've seen some dogs recover from the fairly advanced stages, with intensive care.

You absolutely did the right thing - well done - so it does look as if your puppy will be OK. Sounds like you can be trusted to take him back to the vet if he develops diarrhoea again, or seems to being going downhill at all.

Also congrats on having your other dog vaccinated! The parvo vaccine is effective so he should be fine, but do keep pup away from him for a while as a precaution. SO nice to finally see a responsible pet owner on these boards!!

Chalice

Answer 2

Parvo is a very deadly virus but often the animal can be saved if it recognized and treated right away (obviously). It's good that your other dog is already vaccinated as it will give him a very, very good chance of not contracting the virus. Parvo CAN survive in the environment for a long time though, so you will want to keep other dogs away from any areas the new puppy was in contact with while it was sick.

Symptoms:

"Diarrhea syndrome, or enteritis, has an incubation period of five to fourteen days. Dogs with enteritis act like they are in extreme pain. Early symptoms are depression, loss of appetite, vomiting, high fever, and severe diarrhea. Feces can be either grayish or fluid and bloody. Rapid dehydration is a danger, and dogs may continue to vomit and have diarrhea until they die, usually three days after onset of symptoms. Others may recover without complications and have no long-term problems. Puppies can die suddenly of shock as early as two days into the illness.

The second form of CPV is cardiac syndrome, or myocarditis, which can affect puppies under three months old. There is no diarrhea because the virus multiplies rapidly in muscle cells of the immature heart. Puppies may stop suckling and then collapse and die within minutes or days. No effective treatment is available for cardiac syndrome, and surviving puppies may have permanently damaged hearts."

Answer 3

We had two dogs we rescued from a shelter years back. The first one we had about six months before we rescued the second one. The second dog was a puppy and the case was very similar to yours. She had bloody diarrhea and was very ill. We were told she had parvo. We were given meds to give her as well, and she got better. We were never told to even keep our dogs apart from each other like you were. Both were fine, and the one with parvo grew to be a totally healthy, beautiful 80+ pound black lab. It was amazing to us that she grew to be so healthy. The only thing we thought where she may have suffered was that she seemed to have this habit of chewing (which I realize puppies like to do), but she'd chew weird stuff. We kept her in this laundry room when we'd leave the house, and she chewed the linoleum tiles off the floor, the carpet off the stairs and a hole in the drywall. Odd... we thought maybe the parvo affected her brain in a negative way.. she even chewed up the roots of the trees in our backyard after she dug down to them. Other than that, she was great! lol... (and ya, we did give her other more normal chew toys... she just had this weird thing for chewing other things).. kinda like the human case of pica .. but for dogs...

Answer 4

Watch for the vomiting, diarrhea, and listless. They have made great improvments in meds over the years..you should have a good chance of having healthy puggers. Be sure you keep any poop in the yard cleaned up, and don't let any visiting dogs in their poop area. Parvo use to be a death sentence but things have improved. Keep a close eye on them, like that would be hard to do..pugs rule..

Answer 5

parvo is easy to treat!!! PEDIALYTE, lots of vitamin c!!! if i were you id give it 250mg every 2-4 hrs. they wont OD on that, if you give too much it will just give it diarrhea (which.... is already the case anyway :D) you can give it fluid by enema. id feed mainly ckn broth, boiled ckn and rice, egg or cottage cheese. ambertech sells parvaid which isnt really a "miracle" cure, it just has ingredients in it that boost the immune system. WHATEVER YOU DO- do NOT overfeed/hydrate the puppy!! if you overfeed it can cause a relapse (which is ALWAYS worse, and if you overhydrate it can weaken the liver and the parvo will attack that. but you do need to keep it hydrated-just dont go overboard!)
email me if you need any help with it :D ive got TONS of help!

Answer 6

My white lab got parvo when he was a few months old. Parvo is deady, but as long as you catch it before it gets worse then the vet should be able to help out. i dont know what the exact signs are for parvo. i just noticed something was wrong i with him. they vet should be able to help yoiu dog though.. esp. if you caught it at the begninng.