About a week ago I had a potential new customer call to schedule an appointment for my “Surviving Your Puppy” lesson. The dog was 12 weeks old and needed some help with housetraining and play biting. I took all the dog owners information and scheduled an appointment for the next day.
While we were talking she mentioned that the puppy had just been released after spending 4 days at the vets’ office. I asked what had been the problem and she said the most horrible 5 letter word any dog owner can hear “PARVO”. Yes the dog had only been home for 48 hours after spending 4 days being treated for parvo. I quickly told her I would call her right back.
After making a quick call to my trusted vet my suspicions were confirmed. I called her back and explained that I could not be around her dog for at least 30 days. I could actually pass it on to other dogs as well as my own. Of course we cancelled the appointment.
The very next day one of the local vets was on the 6 o’clock news warning everybody about a huge increase in Parvo in our area. In fact, if you adopted, rescued or bought a dog in the last several days, watch for signs of parvo and have you dog checked by your vet.
It turns out my lady had been told by her vet that the dog would be contagious for 30 days and would need to come in for a check up and an all clear.
Please everybody exercise responsible pet ownership and keep other dogs and their owners safe from your pet when it has a contagious disease.
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