There is one common thread that unites many of the 850+ customers we’ve worked with during the past two years, and this is it: dog owners don’t comprehend just how fast-acting and aggressive the Canine Parvo virus is.

You can go to bed one night, with a perfectly healthy-looking, happy dog, and wake up in the morning to a very sick one – and, yes, the smell of Parvo is unmistakable, as the diarrhea, which can often be one of the first symptoms to appear with the latest 2c strain of this virus, is foul and unlike anything else you may have experienced before.

As an example, one of our customers, in the Pacific Northwest, noticed that their dog was sick with Parvo on a Sunday morning, and later that very same day, in the late afternoon, it had already died.

Although not every dog dies this quickly, it can happen, but the point is, too many people sit around for days on end, with their dog clearly not well, and doing absolutely nothing about it, because they think they have time.

But they don’t!

You know what dogs are like – most of them, if not all, absolutely love their food, so if your dog stopped eating, for as little as one day, wouldn’t you be concerned that something might be gravely wrong?

Even if one of our dogs throws up, if they’re healthy (and ours are), then they are eager to eat again just a few minutes later, so a dog that’s off his food for even a few hours (which is often the very first sign you’ll see that your dog has Parvo, assuming that you’re observant, of course) should be a big, red warning sign.

The sad thing is, there is so much bad advice around about Parvo that a lot of dog owners are understandably but ill-advisedly complacent.

These dog owners feel safe because:

• Their dog is vaccinated and up-to-date on all of its shots. And now for the reality: Parvo vaccinations are ineffective against the 2c strain (which is why we are seeing more and more customers with fully-vaccinated adult dogs still getting Parvo and, if they’re not treated, dying), and your dog may even develop full-blown Parvo symptoms (especially if your dog is given his shot after he was infected, which is just about the worst thing you can do).
• Their dog is no longer a puppy, and only puppies get Parvo. Sorry, wrong again! It is true that Parvo still infects puppies more than adults, but we have also observed, after dealing with over 850 cases of Parvo, that an increasing number of adult dogs are getting this virus too. If this sounds like a broken record, then we’re not making any apologies, but vaccinations do not work like they used to – the latest 2c strain of Parvo is just too strong and the vaccine manufacturers really haven’t caught up with it yet (and that’s besides the long-term health problems with all vaccinations, which most vets keep quiet about).
• They take their dog to the vet’s to have it tested, and the test comes back negative, so they do nothing. Time for another reality check: the 2c strain of Parvo is well-known for generating a false-negative result, and this particularly applies to the in-clinic stool sample tests that are very popular these days. This means that although you are told your dog does not have Parvo, he actually does, and that leads to more days of inaction while your dog is getting sicker and sicker.
• They never take their dog outside, which means it won’t get infected by the Parvo virus. Sorry to burst this balloon as well, but one of the most common reasons why indoor dogs get Parvo is because it is their owners (or breeders) who give it to them! It’s true, people walk this virus into their house without realizing it (or take it in on their clothes or hands). This is why we always suggest that people (including visitors) change their shoes whenever they go indoors.

So, with so many myths floating around, not to mention bad advice, where can you go to get up-to-date and accurate information that you can use, safe in the knowledge that it will help your dog, and not make matters worse?

Because another problem we see all the time is that people have never even heard of Parvo – until their dog gets it, of course – and, somewhat amazingly, we even come across people who breed dogs commercially who don’t know what Parvo is. For people in the doggie business, this is basic knowledge that you simply should have!

Well, you’ll be glad to know that we have put together a free, 100+ page ebook all about Parvo, called Parvo Treatment 101, that you can download to your computer in minutes.

This book contains more or less everything you need to know about Parvo (e.g. the symptoms, including the different types of stool to look out for, treatment options), which makes it a great place to start.

However, if your dog is already sick (i.e. a vet has confirmed that he has the Parvovirus, or he shows any of the classic symptoms, or even if you know he’s been exposed within the past few days), then you don’t have time to read this book now – you need to administer Parvo treatment immediately, because there’s one thing you don’t have with this virus, and that is time. You can always read our free book later, once your dog is stabilized, or better.

Well, we hope you have found this article useful – it may even save your precious dog’s life – but we have a load more Parvo treatment information available for you, over and above what’s in our free book.

If nothing else, we hope we’ve inspired you to find out more about this devastating virus, and about the treatment options that are available (because contrary to popular opinion, you don’t need to take your dog to the vet’s and spend anywhere from $500 USD to over $10,000 USD, with a mere 50% success rate, because inexpensive, safe, effective home Parvo remedies do exist), so please, if you know anybody with a dog, then do forward this article, or our free book, on to them – you just never know who might need it, and there’s nothing better than knowing that you’ve helped to save somebody’s beloved pet from the excruciatingly painful death that the Canine Parvovirus often brings.

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