Has anyone ever used parvoguard for dogs and what was your luck with it?

Answer 1

I have never heard of this product. But, when you read down in the Q&A area this is what it says:

Each order comes with a syringe that allows you to administer Parvoguard™ to your dog. For puppies and dogs less than 20 lbs. administer 20ml every 3 hours. For puppies or dogs between 20 lbs - 60 lbs administer 30ml. every 3 hours. For puppies and dogs over 60 lbs. administer 40ml. every 3 hours. If condition has not improved in 48 hours discontinue use and consult veterinarian

I don't see how you can get a product in to a puppy that is already showing signs of parvo.....ie vomitting, you must administer the product orally. If its not better in 48 hours they want you to go to the vet. After 48 hours you will be behind the 8ball big time.

I guess if you suppected Parvo before any clinical signs, it might help. But, why would you not visit the vet? Start vaccines? ECT ECT ECT???

Answer 2

E-collars are an invaluble training tool in the right (experienced) hands. Keith - Your information is confusing? You said NEVER use one. But you can use them as a last resort? Which is it? Are they painful? Every good e-collar I have ever seen or used (I would not buy a cheap/crap one) has 7 different shock settings - PLUS a tone and/or vibrate setting. They can therefore be used on virtually any dog no matter how sensitive, because the 'tone' is no different to the noise used in clicker training. It is up to the trainer to decide what is appropriate for each individual animal. Setting 1 when used on my bare skin was almost undetectable. Setting 2 was a mild tingle (not usable on anything with a thicker coat then perhaps an Italian Greyhound!!) Setting 3 was like a MILD static shock from a carpet and so on... Until setting 7 which was like my horses electric paddock fence which I have been zapped by many times accidentally and is enough to make even a determined dog think twice (I would not descibe it as painful though). And yes - Me and my friends tested the settings on our bare skin BEFORE putting it on a dog. I became very obedient to my friends every command while I had it strapped to my neck!!! - lol An e-collar may not be necessary for many dogs, however, they can be an invaluble tool for offlead work as they are simply an extension of a lead correction. There is no way my dog would be called off chasing a roo or rabbit across the paddock or a cat down the street without the use of an e-collar as part of her training. None of my other dogs in the past needed it. This one did. Very high prey drive would make it dangerous for me to have her off lead in the park. She would happily run in front of a truck if a cat or rabbit did the same. For her safety and the safety of others - she wears an e-collar when loose or running free in public. It is used as negative reinforcement in training so I am not sure what you mean by - Is it used as a training tool? Preventing incorrect behaviour IS part of training. So you sort of answered your own question in part there. Note: My dog LOVES having her e-collar put on now!! She gets excited when I get it out, because it means freedom and a big run on the oval or somewhere fun like the forest in her mind... How can it then be cruel? And yes she has received some hefty zaps in the past, yet she now sees the collar as a POSITIVE thing she looks forward to wearing. Why? Because she has a choice. She chooses to behave and that good behaviour is now conditioned in her. I never zap her any more - when wearing it, she responds instantly to my voice. Which is the whole point of the e-collar. Although on RARE occasions if she doesn't listen I do still use the 'tone' setting, which always gets a miraculously fast response! She is no fool.

Answer 3

Are you fighting Parvo? Check this out: http://www.caninecryobank.com/ go to the menu on the left then to Immunity Boosters for Newborn Pups.... read down on your right where is says *For Vets*.... this is used for fighting Parvo. I've heard of success. How much I don't know. You can always call Carol at Canine Cryo Bank and talk to her or her staff about it. Nice people.

Answer 4

I am wary of anything that makes the claims that this product makes.
Parvo should be treated by a vet and not at home.