Thread: Did i do the right thing?

If you apparently knew that Rocky had parvo, why would you let another dog into that area without disinfecting it first??

these past comments have really distressed my girlfriend, she bought candy 2 weeks ago but was spending time with her before she bought her, she was told by the breeder she was vaccinated so how was she to know if she was or wasnt.
now we did not see candy vomiting blood until that afternoon, she did not start vomiting last night before we went to bed, she was fine, but when we awoke thats when we noticed the parvo symptoms, now by this time the vet advised my girlfriend it was to late.
they did not do an autopsy on rocky but explained to us that its the only logical reason when both candy and rocky were having the same syptoms as each other, and the fact that candy was diagnosed with parvo again as the vet said "its the only logical diagnostic" that she could come up with.

Please close this thread.

[=Chris Loverseed;18434]If you apparently knew that Rocky had parvo, why would you let another dog into that area without disinfecting it first??[/]

because rocky was still alive when my girlfriend purchased candy, and at the time off purchase rocky was acting his normal happy, playful and alert self......
how were we to know he had parvo.

you know if your dog is vaccinated because you ask for the vaccination certificate.

Dogs that have been recently vaccinated will show positive for Parvo virus. A dog that has been presenting parvo symptoms for a few hours is not a lost cause unless sick/decrepid before showing symptoms or left longer then disclosed. Either way the treatment is IV fluid therapy, plasma transfusion, quarantine and just waiting it out. My boy didnt hop in a drip until almost 2 days after showing his first symptoms of vomiting and diahrreah and he wasnt a lost cause.

As for Rocky, I wouldnt just blame the Parvo virus. Ask any vet, a dog of his age to get and die of parvo is EXTREMELY rare unless the dog is already extremely debilitated. I had a parvo pup in my house with 3 other adult dogs in another room and yes I was extremely careful, but none of the others were sick. I've been a vet nurse and seen cases brought in that have been left at home for a couple of days before getting on a drip etc and none were write offs like your vet proclaimed yours.

Parvo is a virus, it has a 4 day incubation period then when the dog starts being sick it sheds the disease through its bodily fluids. Rocky picked it up no more then a week before he was put to sleep and your pup would have picked it up from him.

I sense some serious gaps in your stories

[=Robert Santori;18442]Could have even had Guardia, same symptoms.
Julle, you are so right, about the gaps in his story[/]
"Rocky was always a very slender dog.. He wasnt a huge rotty by any standard. Over the years rocky now and again would get diarhea and vomiting. But it would always leave him coming and going. It was hard for me at the time to take him to the vet, muzzled they still wanted to view him with aesthetic this was $120 without even speaking to a vet to begin with... He always managed to pull through and have a solid shit again. So it really didnt pass my mind. He was a REAL fast eater. He was just food crazy. You know typical food crazy dogs but rocky was insane . eating everything in sight gulping constantly , could never slow him down.

The year went by and I kept seeing rocky getting thinner and thinner, I didnt think much of it. It was a slow process but he was just so active, he was still playing, still bouncing off the walls protecting me at pubs and clubs."

The extract above was from the very first post. "As the year went by. . ." is a bit of a give-away. This dog was sick for a long time!! The simple conclusion you came to Brad, really doesn't wash. These are two unrelated incidents and as mentioned earlier - Parvo has very specific symptoms that cannot be ignored and the onset is rapid! I am glad that you took Candy to the vet quickly, it reduced her suffering greatly.

I understand that you may be feeling very defensive after reading these posts. I also believe most people on this forum share the same view that all up you didn't give Rocky adequate veterinary care (for what-ever reason). My advice to you is to take it on the chin, sit back and have a think about things. I am here to learn, what about you?

Regards

Jolanda