How to Treat Parvo and Save Your Puppy's Life - At Home

You've just gotten the heartbreaking news that your puppy has parvo. What do you do now? To leave them at the vet is incredibly expensive with no guarantees and nobody will be there to tend to them in the middle of the night at most vet offices. But what do you do if you take them home? How do you treat them? I can help.

You CAN SAVE YOUR PUPPY!!

I'll tell you how.

** Disclaimer: I am not a vet nor do I pretend to be one in any of my articles. Follow these steps at your own discretion.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Colloidal Silver
• Pepto Bismol
• Sterile Saline Solution
• Bleach
• Vet approved cleaner
• Vet RX anti-nausea medication
• proven to kill parvovirus
• Notepad
• Syringes
• Quarantine area (I'll explain how to improvise if all you have is a crate)

1. First thing to do is to quarantine your puppy from your other pets, children and any possible company. A crate and an exercise pen would do well for this. (in a private room with closed door and a window *you'll need it*)

2. Put a vinyl tablecloth down to cover the exercise pen floor. They also sell 'show mats' just for going under exercise pens. Check suppliers such as Cherry Brook for these. You will throw these away after your done fighting the parvovirus. Cover all with a couple layers of newspaper and then I suggest a generous layer of cheap kitty litter. This will make the frequent cleanups quick, easy and will help cut down on the unmistakable parvo odor.

3. Gather all your necessary supplies and have them near the puppy's area. Paper towels, bucket of bleach water - 30 parts water to 1 part bleach, disposable plastic grocery bags, pedialyte, colloidal silver, vet RX medication, pepto bismol, supply of syringes, extra saline solution, notebook and supply of old towels or what I like to use: those cheapie $5 blankets cut up into 6 sections perfect for puppy sized blankies - something you won't mind throwing out when done. And an apron for yourself and a pair of slippers. You may opt for a box of disposable gloves. If not, wash hands with bleach water after dealing with puppy, each time.

4. Keep slippers at door of this room. Put on and take off right at the door. This is to prevent tracking anything from one area to another. Wear your apron for the same reason.

5. Let your puppy out of the crate to potty and clean up immediately upon it coming out, hopefully on the kitty litter. Sprinkle a helping of kitty litter on top of the infected feces and then scoop with kitty litter scoop into a plastic grocery bag and throw into a large garbage bag. You will want to take this garbage out frequently or the odor will take over your home. You may even want a plug in or renuzit type air freshener. Do not use sprays around your sick puppy.

6. 
    
   Colloidal Silver - click image to view what the bottle of Colloidal Silver looks like so you can find it easier when shopping.

   Give puppy colloidal silver every 12 hours. Amount will depend on weight. Feel free to send me a message to ask advice since most vets will have no idea and no clue as to it's potent life saving qualities which I believe in. It doesn't take much. Example: for a 15 - 20 lb puppy, I would give 1 CC every 12 hours. It is all natural but you don't want to overdo it and put too many metals in the dog's liver. For your info look up "colloidal silver testimonials" in quotes into google search engine and you should find valuable info on it's wonderful qualities. I get mine at Wal-Mart for $26 a bottle.

7. Give pepto bismol (generic is okay) 2 - 3 times a day. Gauge this need by how upset your puppy's tummy appears to be. Dosage would be equivalent to the colloidal silver in most cases. Like people... it's harder to heal if you're in pain.

8. Give vet RX medications as prescribed

9. Give sterile saline solution (get from vet). Some vets may be willing to start the IV port for you so you can give it in this way and they would then instruct you on doing it this way. If not, you can give it SQ (under skin) by tenting the skin (usually at shoulder or top/base of neck) and injecting the saline with sterile needle/syringe which the vet can provide you with as well to ensure you have the proper sizes. Ask vet the amount to give. But the rule to remember is "Don't let the camel hump go dry". The saline will make a 'bubble' under the skin. The body will use this as needed and when the bubble is gone, you need more. Rotate the injection sites every couple of times as a sick puppy will not heal so well and you could get leaks from past injection sites. Please have your vet show you how to do this the first time. And remember not to make the bubble too big. This will cause pain. But you don't want a worthless tiny thing either. The vet can tell you the proper CC amount for your puppy's size. This is the 24 hour care part and why they may be better off at home with you, if your up for the challenge and can prevent it's spread to other dogs.

10. You may wish to invest in some waterless dog shampoo. Not wise to give such a sick puppy a full out bath but keeping them as clean as possible is important.

11. Take your puppy's temperature 2-3 times a day and note this in your notebook. Note EVERYTHING in your notebook. If your puppy is not on antibiotics already, you will need to watch for secondary infections, common when parvo destroys their immune system. Additionally, watch for too low of temps. Puppies lose their ability to regulate their own body temperature once parvo takes over in active stages.

12. Keep a heating pad or heat lamp (using supreme care with either!) handy for if your puppy appears cold.

13. Tell your friends and family that you have a puppy with parvovirus and that your home is off limits until your vet says otherwise.

14. Offer food to your puppy but never force them to eat. Be prepared that it's normal for them to go 3-5 days with no food. Parvo causes the intestinal lining to slough off in their digestive tract and food may irrate this so don't force it even though they will get super skinny. But do offer it. And offer prescription bland food or a mixture of raw hamburger and rice or even some bananna flavored baby cereal with some baby food meat (pure meat) mixed in. And start these bland foods as soon as the diagnosis is made even if they have healthy appetites. Parvo progresses QUICKLY. Be ahead in the game.

15. Offer pedialyte as their drinking source, not tap water. And if/when they get to the point of not wanting to drink, you may wish to give them some via syringe (no needle!) by mouth but not forcefully. Be gentle and not in large amounts. Sometimes they will happily drink it this way and liquids are KEY to their survival. If they will swallow, you should be giving.

16. Once your puppy goes 3 days where they will eat on their own and their feces begins to firm back up and lose the bloody, mucousy look of it, you have most likely won the parvo battle! Keep treating for a full week afterward and then call your vet for a follow up exam to see if you are truly over this threat.

17. Throw out all contaminated items when done. Use vet RX cleaner on the crate and exercise pen and any other items not reasonable to throw away. Also use it on your floors. Throw away slippers and apron.

18. I sincerely hope this article will help you. I am currently writing a full, detailed parvovirus report. If you would be interested in this booklet style report once it's finished, please contact me or leave comment to that effect and I'll contact you. For now, I hope this little bit of information proves useful and perhaps even life saving.

19. YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!
    
    Once you have, all I ask in return for this life saving advice is to leave a comment and nice rating at the top to let others know that this advice is life saving.

20. DO NOT MESSAGE ME ASKING IF THERE IS A 'FREE' WAY TO TREAT PARVO.
    
    THERE ISN'T!!!
    
    I will not give you alternatives. This is how you NEED to treat parvo. With a vet and with the colloidal silver. Period.

Tips & Warnings

• Pour the colloidal silver into a small container, even like a plastic pop cap, before putting into the syringe to give to your sick dog. This is so you don't contaminate the expensive bottle of medication as a whole.
• Throw pepto bismol or any other contaminated item away when done fighting the parvo.
• I do not read comments daily.
• If your puppy goes from vomiting, diarrhea and not eating to eating solid food and normal poop and it's been about 7 days, I would say you've won the battle!
• Pepto bismol - they won't like it so expect a spit and it can stain clothing but your apron should protect.
• Never take puppies who haven't had full immunizations (3-4 shots total) to public areas where other dogs have been. Rest areas are the worst in my opinion. Use an asphalt parking lot for your dog to relieve themselves instead if necessary when traveling.
• NEVER worm or give immunizations to a parvo puppy.
• This is not meant to substitute for veterinarian advice. Please print this article and show your veterinarian. I've had many vets agree 110% with what I state in this article.

Resources

• Guide To Ethical Dog Breeding
• Our Dog Kennel - Coonhounds
• I Survived Parvo - A Puppy's Viewpoint

[stoneysdad]

on 11/17/2009 Stoney is 16 weeks old. He was sick for 2 days before I took him to the vet. He was there for 5 days. He was given anti-biotics and saline solution SQ.. I picked him up today. He is very weak and has lost about 4 lbs.. His diahrea has stopped but is still dry-heaving. I have been giving him pedialyte every half hour with an eye-dropper. He will not eat or drink. Very weak. Sick for 7 days total. I picked him up this morning and he was filthy. I did bath him. Gave them 640.00 dollars and a piece of my mind. I need to help stoney for him and my kids. The are very upset. Could not find the collodial silver at our wal-mart. Where else can I find it? Also what is the dosage calc for a 6 lb. puppy.
Thanks in advance.
John

[stoneysdad]

on 11/17/2009 I need your help

[shadowmojo]

on 10/18/2009 As it turns out both of my 5 month old puppies have parvo. Is there some sort of home remedy I can give them to treat nausea?

[shadowmojo]

on 10/17/2009 Almost three years ago I bought a puppy and then found out the entire litter and the mother had died of parvo. Thankfully I got her to the vet in time. It was rather costly. I now have another puppy that I believe may have parvo. I did not realize that the kennel I have had her and her brother in at night belonged to the previous dog because it was a kennel that belonged to my parents. It has been over three years but I still have concerns. She is not eating and barely drinking. Shadow is my lively obnoxious puppy and all day today she just lays there and stares at you. She threw up water on my daughter just a few minutes ago. Is it possible she ate too much grass? Or is it possible that after three years the virus somehow managed to carry on in that kennel? I don't have that kind of money for a vet again. My boyfriend says wait and see how she acts the next few hours I just do not k...

[malinda410]

on 9/26/2009 hi i have a couple of questions and alot of conserns.i have gotten a puppy recently and i just found out that pretty much the rest of the litter had died.she is very inportant to me and i am very scared that i am going to wake up and she will be dead. I live 3 hours away from a vet and i have no vehicle to get her there to see if she even has this desease. Her poop isnt that runny but she has threw up a couple of times. I dont know if its from her eating grass or not.She is still energetic and she still eats and drinks fine but i am very worried so can you please please help me as soon as possible.And if she has this disease i will deffinatley use your article to try and cure her.thank you so much