Re: [PyrNet-L] Health:Parvovirus

[Adrienne Wilder <draggon@STC.Net>]

I'll be real honest.  If a dog that old has been given the proper series 
of shots, and still contracts a virus it is being inocculated against, 
then more then likely the pup simply had a weak immune system.  You need 
to find out where they took the pup when they got it?  What dogs they 
exposed it to ect.
While I can understand theri grief...unless you didn't innoculate the 
pup, I can't see how it is your fault.
I would offer them another pup and if they don't want it then return 
their money.  HOWEVER..thy have parvo living in their house now, and it 
will be there until properly disifected, so sending another pup may 
result in the same thing.
Parvo can live in the ground for up to a year...and this year with the 
mild winter it is rampid.  More then likely the Parvo was picked up at 
home or even carried on their clothes from contact with strange dogs or 
walking through an area or another dog.  The incubation period is about 
14 days-21 days (I think).
Parvo can be carried on the clothes, shoes, hair, skin of a human, and 
on a dog, it can be carried on the feet, hair, or where ever they come 
into contact with the ground.


> This family had aquired a 10 week pyr pup the same week I delivered ours
> to them.  The family says their other dogs have shown no sign of
> illness...yet.  The *only place this leaves for transmission is a
> roadside park we stopped at.  It never occured to me that such a brief
> encounter could wipe out a life so quick and sure.
> 
> What is the incubation for Parvo?  I read vetnet but did not see this
> info.  It did confirm the idea of a park of any kind being a great place
> for infection.  Also, it said there is a window of sorts when the pup is
> about 5 months old.
> 
> This whole thing is distressing. What is the best thing to do?  Give the
> $ back, offer another pup or say, Sorry.  I could really do any of
> these.  I've apologized til I'm blue and offered to give another pup
> (Ithink they have proven they will take care of him medically and the
> family is nice and surroundings were good too) or return the money.
> 
> He did mention specifically the amount of the vet bill, but I feel that
> was his responsibility.
> 
> Thanks, Jimmy and Dee Dee in Texas

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Adrienne Wilder  www.stc.net/~draggon/index.htm (pet portraits)
Murrayville GA

"Oh, to be loved by a dog!"

Home of:
The golden gang,
Patou and the evil sister geese.
and many stray cats.