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Post by gale w on Oct 8, 2014 19:21:33 GMT
My daughter volunteers at a shelter and they called today and told her not to come in because they have or had a dog there with parvo. They said she should wait a week but is that enough time? Our dog has been vaccinated for it but she also has an autoimmune disease so I'm always cautious. Are there any extra precautions she should take other than washing her hands and putting her clothes in the washer right away? Will regular hot water and detergent be enough for the clothes and gloves? Should we bleach the boots she wears there (they are rubber sloggers)?
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Post by back to *pea*ality on Oct 8, 2014 19:30:23 GMT
I volunteered at an animal shelter.
I had a specific shoes I wore when there and sprayed them with bleach and water. I also removed my clothes as soon as I got home and put them in washer and showered before I had contact with my own dog. Never an outbreak of parvovirus but kennel cough was common and would spread like wildfire.
If your dog has vaccine and you follow precautions I think you should be fine.
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Post by yoursweetwhimsy on Oct 8, 2014 19:38:28 GMT
I volunteered at an animal shelter. I had a specific shoes I wore when there and sprayed them with bleach and water. I also removed my clothes as soon as I got home and put them in washer and showered before I had contact with my own dog. Never an outbreak of parvovirus but kennel cough was common and would spread like wildfire. If your dog has vaccine and you follow precautions I think you should be fine. I completely agree about washing the shoes with bleach. It is supposed to be the only thing that kills it. It is spread through feces. I also agree that if your dog has had the vaccine, you should have nothing to worry about. Parvo is a nasty virus. A litter of my foster puppies had it. They all ended up in the hospital and one did not make it. The others needed lots of tlc when they came home, one particular pup so much so that she became our foster failure and is now a permanent member of our family. |
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Post by anxiousmom on Oct 8, 2014 19:41:30 GMT
We adopted a puppy years ago that came home with parvo (we didn't know it until about two days later.) Our vet never said anything to us about any kind of precautions we were take?
Luckily, she recovered just fine...
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