Parvo question

[SouLJah702]

A younger pup of mine just had parvo. I took my older dog of 2 1/2 yrs to my moms to get away. My pup passed on so now I have to bring my other home. First im bleaching the yard in spots, concrete im doing all, inside all of floor and floor of walls and anything touching the floor.....my question is how would parvo be transfered to my son....would he have to eat infected feces to be infected or just walking by an area that my infected pup was in...can clothes of mine that i had on with my young one infect my son if I touch him with those clothes on. Im really curious because I hear this stuff can linger for up to a yr. Thats crazy. Not about to lose another. Thanks

[Suki]

Parvo is a viral disease that is spread through the feces of the infected dog. Another dog will not have to actually come into direct contact with the infected dog, as this disease can be transferred and/or carried into an environment by means of someone's shoes=if they happened to step into the infected feces, another animal=who also happened to come into contact with the infected feces. Parvo can not be spread to human beings. Your son should be fine. I've read conflicting estimates from the virus lingering anywhere in an environment from months to years, so, my guess is, it's difficult to say how long it actually CAN survive. A ratio of 1:30 chlorine bleach to water is your best defense.
This disease presents itself by oral ingestion and goes nuts on a dogs' digestive system~it actually prohibits a dog from being able to absorb any kind of nutrients, while it supresses white blood cells, not to mention, as you know the diarrhea, vomitting, etc.
so, ingestion of infected feces is how it's spread. if your other dog did not eat any infected poop, and is UTD on his Parvo vac he should be ok. (should).Your son should be fine. again, read up about zoonosis=diseases spread from animals to humans. Parvo is NOT one of them. be assured of this, ok?
and once again, so very sorry about your girl~that totally bummed me out~all of us at work yesterday were pulling for her, and hoping she'd pull thru...
RIP

[CynthiaATL]

A younger pup of mine just had parvo. I took my older dog of 2 1/2 yrs to my moms to get away. My pup passed on so now I have to bring my other home. First im bleaching the yard in spots, concrete im doing all, inside all of floor and floor of walls and anything touching the floor.....my question is how would parvo be transfered to my son....would he have to eat infected feces to be infected or just walking by an area that my infected pup was in...can clothes of mine that i had on with my young one infect my son if I touch him with those clothes on. Im really curious because I hear this stuff can linger for up to a yr. Thats crazy. Not about to lose another. ThanksAnd parvo can not be transmitted to humans.

It can linger a really long time yrs. If your adult dog is fully vaccinated you should have no problems. But I would hold off getting another pup for at least a year. JMO

[bulldog426]

sorry to hear about your pup.
to be extra precautious i'd hit him with an 8in1 before i brought him home, you can take him to the vet and have them give it to them for about 30-40 bucks, or you can buy the shot from the vet for about 8-10 bucks, and they will tell you how to give it.

[CynthiaATL]

sorry to hear about your pup.
to be extra precautious i'd hit him with an 8in1 before i brought him home, you can take him to the vet and have them give it to them for about 30-40 bucks, or you can buy the shot from the vet for about 8-10 bucks, and they will tell you how to give it.If the dog is 2 1/2 years old and fully vaccinated (that is the question) there should be no problem. However if you chose to boost it then I would do it then wait 10 -14 days till you bring your dog home. Reason being is that the vaccination is a modified live virus. And basically is gviving the dog the virus so it can build up immunity to it. And when you give a vaccination and expose a pup to parvo there is more of a chance for the dog to show up with parvo. No not so much with older dogs as much as pups.

Also side note with pups it takes more than 1 round of vaccinations for the pup to be protected.

[Marty]

sorry to hear about your pup.
to be extra precautious i'd hit him with an 8in1 before i brought him home, you can take him to the vet and have them give it to them for about 30-40 bucks, or you can buy the shot from the vet for about 8-10 bucks, and they will tell you how to give it.First, it's too late about whether or not to worry about your older dog coming down with the virus. He's already been exposed and who knows for how long. The parvovirus can "incubate" in a dog for up to 14 days before symptoms appear. This means that the older dog either already has parvo & just isn't showing any symptoms or he doesn't. Giving him an 8in1 vaccination won't do a darn thing at this point.
Second, if you don't know how to treat the dog, you should have left him at the vet's where they are experienced at the treatment and have fluids, antibiotics (to stem off secondary infection which almost always sets in), and anti-nausea drugs and of course experienced staff on hand.

Yes some dogs do survive with at-home care, but the stats aren't good. Heck, the stats for parvo survival in general aren't great.

As for bleaching your yard and home, you can but it won't do any good for now as long as you have the dog there and he is actively shedding the virus in his stool (which he is at this point). In fact, if he survives, he will continue to shed the virus in his stool for up to 2 additional weeks. My advice is to kennel him and not let him out whatsoever so you can contain the contaminated area. This means load the kennel with newspaper and prepare to clean up mess after mess after mess. And by all means bleach everything outside of that area. Everything that dog came in contact with.Please take this advice ;)

[misterdogman]

Amen, you are fighting a losing battle and imo the older dog has it if the original dog died from it. Good luck.

[Suki]

i'm gunna be the optimist here and hope that the older one is, as mentioned UTD on his vaccines, has a good immunity system, and had minimal exposure to the areas of, and the other dog.

again, fingers crossed....
just watch for signs
and i personally wouldn't recommend bringing in another dog for at least a month or two.

[CynthiaATL]

Amen, you are fighting a losing battle and imo the older dog has it if the original dog died from it. Good luck.
Not really. Depends on where the owner took the dogs. Parks, pet stores, walks in the neighborhood. If animals got into his yard. It is so easy for a unvaccinated pup to get it. All he has to do is walk in an area where another animal shed the virus. Even if the BM is not there the pup can still get it.

[miakoda]

While you are cleaning, you need to head on over to your mother's house as well as bleach her yard also. By transferring a possibly infected dog (whether or not he actually comes down with the virus), you could have also spread the virus over to her home and yard as well.

Parvo is a nasty, nasty virus and it's quite hardy. It's spread very easy and it's devestating to canines who contract the virus. Even for the surviving dogs, many live a life complicated by gastrointestinal issues (GI) due to damage done while the virus ran it's course.

I would strongly advise that you not bring any unvaccinated dogs into your home and hold off on bringing a young pup home until it has been properly vaccinated at least twice (3 vaccines is preferred putting the age of the pup at approx. 14 weeks of age).

Good luck.