Comments on: My Buddy Max

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:28:17 +0000

My sympathy to you all. My husband and I lost our 8 month year old puppy four days ago to what we think was Parvo. A week ago at this time she was healthy and full of energy. She starting severe vomiting on Tuesday and I took her to the vet the next morning because the vomiting did not stop. They thought it could be a foriegn object in her stomach or a stomach bug (gastritis). They did xrays and found nothing, so treated her for a stomach issue. She had no fever and was not dehydrated. They never tested her for Parvo and ruled it out because she was vaccinated and did not have a fever. That night the diarrhea started and the next day she passed away in the morning (10AM). I had called her vet that morning to insist on bringing her back since her symptoms had worsen (she could hardly walk and had lost a lot of weight)… and the vet tech here said she would have to call me back after consulting with the doctor. As her petsitter was on the phone with other vets in the area, trying to get her an appointment immediately, she stopped breathing in our home. Chest compressions were done and she was rushed to the nearest vet. They pronounced her dead and said she had Parvo..therefore telling me they had to disinfect their entire hospital and send the staff home to change cloths (also telling us we could not see her body since she was “comtaminated”). No former testing was done to confirm this diagnosis, but they strongly believed it was Parvo. This is such a tragedy and horrible story. We are trying to grieve her death, but can’t stop thinking of all the “should of could of would ofs”. She was amazing and such a smart dog! We miss her and love her so much….she was our little doodle bug!

By: Veronica

Veronica — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:35:18 +0000

Im very sorry to hear about the parvo taking our babies lives. I have had 1 pitbull puppie die from parvo 2 weeks ago. And jst this week my dog started showing signs but ended up getting stolen : ( i have 2-2 yr old dogs that have not yet showed symptoms the vet said if we notice any symptoms to take them in immediately. Im very scared for my other 2 dogs. I jst have 1 question really how come they have not done something about it. Even if you take your dig to the vet theres not a guarantee antibiotic to give them. All these dogs that people have lost from parvo were not jst dogs they were our babies/ our kids/ our best friend. Again i am very sorry for anyone who had lost their best friend

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:49:08 +0000

i am sorry for everyones lost..i have a 11 month old chihuahua/jack russell mix and i thought she was having symptoms because she would eat alot and then play and then start hacking…so i went on to see if that is a symptom..good thing its not. me and my fiancee adopted her when she was 18 weeks old and in her record she got her shots and all for parvo..i hope that she doesnt get it! but i will pray for everyone lost!

Lord, please help all these kind loving people with their troubles due to their pets having parvo. Lord, please cure all these innocent loving puppies from parvo, also lord help heal the innocent hearts as they are still greiving overr the loss of their pets! We love you lord above all! in Jesus Name Amen

By: Norma

Norma — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:43:16 +0000

I lost my puppy to parvo last week. I feel so terrible that I didn’t do everything to keep this from happening. I started seeing little symptoms, but thought nothing of it, until it was too late. When I took him to the vet, I realized how serious it really was. He was such a strong and relentless puppy, but the disease got the best of him. I hate myself for letting this happen to him and for being so ingnorant. Why can’t time be turned back, to be able to do things right? I know my other pups miss him too and it just breaks my heart! All I can hope for now is that my little Angel rests in peace …

By: Carson

Carson — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:54:54 +0000

Took our little puppy to the vet today. Test was positive. We are treating at home with anti biotics and peditiate. We are also feeding him gerber lamb baby food. Will post update.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:34:02 +0000

So sorry to read about your loss. I was on here trying to find out more about parvo and stumbled across your post. I have 2 three month old male chihuahuas in the vet hospital fighting parvo as we speak. The smallest of the two weighs only 2.4 pounds and he is the sickest. It was hard to read your post and all the comments but felt compelled to let you know how truly sorry I am for your loss and I understand where you are coming from. It has only been 24 hours since their treatment was started and I pray the good Lord above helps them through this and back home where they are loved very much.

By: Chelsey

Chelsey — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:38:25 +0000

My 4 month old puppy, Dani, just died yesterday of parvo. She was just a mutt my boyfriend found for free in the newspaper, but we loved her with all we had. She was fun and loving and loved to do tricks for treats. Every time I would play with her she loved to bite at my hair and scalp. I never knew parvo was so serious until I found her yesterday and started to research the symptoms. She had been feeling ill for a few days, but I didn’t think anything of it and now I regret not taking her to the vet sooner. We always got compliments on her unique color and spots every time we went anywhere and one time we even started calling her dingo after a homeless man at the park swore she was an African Dingo. I can honestly say from this day on I will never take a small illness in a pet so casual.

By: michael

michael — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:00:16 +0000

I had a dog die from parvo 2 days ago.I didnt no she had it until my mother explained it to me.Just the day after another one of my pitbull puppies started showing symptoms of the parvovirus.I noticed how skinny and lazy it got as I provided them wit water
.as I was reading online the symptoms of parvo my heart shut down cause I’m Finna have a playful energetic tiger striped puppy pitbull suffer from tragic pain which brings me depression unless we get it cured in time.In this last week I lost 2 dogs.1 from gettin ran over n another from parvo.Let’s hopefully pray that a 3rd dog doesn’t die.:-(

By: Kelly Jones

Kelly Jones — Sun, 23 May 2010 05:01:54 +0000

I just found out that the black lab puppy I adopted from the shelter last Saturday and picked up on Monday after being spayed now has the parvo virus. I feel so sorry for the lil girl bcuz she has not had much of a life so far. Her whole life has been in a cage and I had to walk away from her today and leave her with the vet so that they could hopefully make her feel better. I thought she had a rawhide stuck in her belly – not that she had a deadly disease. She only wanted to sleep yesterday and started throwing up late last night and I decided to call the vet this morning! Thank goodness that they were able to get me in today and now they have her! Please keep your fingers crossed because I don’t want to lose my new puppy! She has been so good to me since I had lost my 9 year old dog 3 months ago to Cushings Disease!

By: Amy Jonas

Amy Jonas — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:19:10 +0000

Please read Hefs story to get a picture of treatment and recovery, has some before and after photos as well. Terrible virus and unfortunatly it can strike anyone/antime (its in the ground) mostly comes alive during spring summer – please make sure baby pups are fully vaccinated (3 injections) and 10 days AFTER the last to give them some immunity – but as you will read from my story, my boy WAS fully vaccinated

Im so sorry for everyones losses, such heartache