i lost 5 last year and 2 early this year,off the ground vet said burn the pen, i did

 

this was new pen built this summer first litter in it but thats prob good idea

 

Some people won't like this but, I have had parvo before and the best thing I have had luck with is to treat my dirt pen with red deisel 2 or 3 time a year(spring , summer and fall ) and the off ground kennels with strong bleach water or even straight bleach when empty.

 

Joe is right here I've got a uncle that is a vet and they say if you have parvo once it will lay dormant in the ground for several years not sure what kind of shots you use but i used to work at a feed store and they sold parvo shots there they were useless the parvo vaccine is a live virus and is supposed to be kept cold and the guy that used to deliver them would take off from over in Arkansas early that morning and make his rounds over into Oklahoma making deliveries before making it to us late that evening so i know some of that vaccine could not be any good we go to the vet here and get a parvo vaccine here the vet told us the vaccine is insured if a dogs dies the company will pay you for it haunt had a puppy get parvo since we started using it has several different doses you got to give at different times but well worth the money

 

I have bleached the pin and dont have any dogs in there now but ya i guess i need to check the vet around here out for that cause mine came from co-op

 

i have always liked the Fort Dodge brand shot

 

yeah might be worth checking.into the guy when he delivered ours had them in a Styrofoam cooler but he drove around all day with them in the back of the truck so i just didn't trust them that's when i started using the shot from the vet

 

I am sorry for your loss. I also lost the pride of my kennel this week. I had waited 3 years to make this cross she had 4 beautiful pups . I vaccinated them at 7 weeks old and again at 9 weeks old the next day they were all dead .I also had given a shot to an 8 month female that was doing great, the next day she was dead. I have been trying to figure out what happened. I don't remember when I had parvo around here. I was told 2 things not that I believe or agree with ,but I am wondering. He said if the temp of the vaccine gets above 55 degrees it can be dangerous to the pups.. Is this true? Second the same guy told me there is a new strain of parvo that just blows in and regular vaccine doesn't work. He called it Parvo II . I believe he said it came from Ohio.. Is this true? I know one thing alot of people Have had trouble raising pups this year... I keep my kennels sprayed regularly, I use half and half bleach and water. They are all above ground and I also spray the ground. I do not understand. I lost 5 fat pretty pups.

 

Sounds like the shots killed them.They usually are sick a couple of day,but if they died that quick i would go back where i got them and see where they came from.:headscratch:

 

I've got two sick right now. I bought them three days ago. I noticed one didn't have much of an appetite the first day. Now one is about dead, and although the other one is still eating, I doubt either will survive. I assumed they had been vaccinated since they were four months of age.

 

i take mine to the vet because the shots at feed storesdont work sometimes and i just dont risk it anymore

 

Everybody does this different but the way I do mine is my pups start getting shot's at 4 weeks old I give them at 4,8,12,16 and time there eye's are open I worm them once a week until they are 12 weeks and never had any trouble and I wash my pen out with 100% bleach after every litter.

 

You can beat Parvo with Tamiflu. See http://www.johnkoerner.org/SportingDogBlog/parvo.html

It is best to order your vaccines from a reputable company (I prefer Jeffers Pet & Revival Animal Health) or purchase them from a vet. Vaccines from Farm supply stores & coops are notorious for killing pups, whether this is due to the vaccines being poorly handled or something else is not known.

There are many theories, here are a few I have heard:
*Pups caught parvo FROM THE VACCINE ITSELF
*Pups caught a new strain of parvo
*The pups never received immunity to parvo from the vaccine (it never took)
*The vaccines were poorly handled

I have also seen where the 7-in-1 and 8-in-1 vaccines killed pups. I prefer the 5-in-1 vaccines for any puppy under 12 weeks old.

 

You can beat Parvo with Tamiflu. See http://www.johnkoerner.org/SportingDogBlog/parvo.html

It is best to order your vaccines from a reputable company (I prefer Jeffers Pet & Revival Animal Health) or purchase them from a vet. Vaccines from Farm supply stores & coops are notorious for killing pups, whether this is due to the vaccines being poorly handled or something else is not known.

There are many theories, here are a few I have heard:
*Pups caught parvo FROM THE VACCINE ITSELF
*Pups caught a new strain of parvo
*The pups never received immunity to parvo from the vaccine (it never took)
*The vaccines were poorly handled

I have also seen where the 7-in-1 and 8-in-1 vaccines killed pups. I prefer the 5-in-1 vaccines for any puppy under 12 weeks old.

very interesting...good to know this stuff just in case!!!

 

like i was saying earlier guys stay away from the feed store shots im not going to name the company we got ours from when i worked at the feed store but they wet a very reputable company around these parts but anytime your dealing with a live vaccine and its being hauled around in the back of a truck all day im just not going to take any chances cause if that vaccine gets to hot it becomes useless might as well give them a shot of water stick with the shots from a vet there handled alot better and like i said the ones i get from my vet are insured and the company will pay you for any dog that dies if they were treated with there vaccine might check into it guys

 

As a matter of fact I did use 7/1 called First Companion. Co. is from Grapevine ,TX. ,But this was manufactured by Boatringer co. in St. Joseph, MO. . This is the first time I have experienced this problem. I surely bought an expensive lesson. I usually use straight parvo the first 2 times and then use 7/1 or 8/1. I wanted to use the best because I wanted these pups so much. Didn't happen..

 

I've got two sick right now. I bought them three days ago. I noticed one didn't have much of an appetite the first day. Now one is about dead, and although the other one is still eating, I doubt either will survive. I assumed they had been vaccinated since they were four months of age.

addi,
Call the guy you bought them from today.
He should stand behind them since it you just bought them

 

Years ago I bought 2 12 week old pups on a Friday night, Took them to the vet the next morning for their shots. That Sunday night both pups were gettin sick, so I took them to the vet Monday evening after work. Both had Parvo. The vet saved one. They hadn't been vacinated at all, but no other pups in the litter got sick. I'm assuming they got it from the shot.
They were only in a small corner of a carport, so I bleached it down real good. An old timer told me to spread Hydrated Lime over that area, & put more gravel down on top. This lime is different than the agriculture lime, I am told. But I got it at a grain co-op. I don't have a kennel there, & have had no probems since.

 

7 in 1 has lepto vaccine in it and i have heard this can kill a young pup. I use 5 in 1 till they reach 12 week old then i use 7 in 1. A person will probably never have parvo if you keep strangers out of your kennels, they can carry this stuff on their boots from one kennel to the next. Always wear boots or shoes around your kennels that never go off of your place. If you buy a new pup or dog put it by itself away from your other dogs till you know it isn't sick.

 

Sounds like a bad shot. A friend of mine gave the 7/1 shot to some of his pups and half of them died. They were fine before. But 2 days after they were gone.

 

And sorry for your loss.

 

I've had it happen before. I think sometimes we get 3 shots in them and think they're OK, but the last one may be at 12 weeks old and at 16 weeks, they get parvo. It's a terrible disease.

 

Surprisingly the one that got sick first, survived, and the second one died. The survivor is now eating pretty good. It looks terrible, skinny, but at least its on the way back to full health.