I had a puppy that passed from parvo. I have bleached all the floors in my home. Plus I have washed everything in hot water and bleached everything. He was out in the yard 4 or 5 times and only peed and laid down. I want to get another puppy and bring him home. What did I need to do to help protect this new one. Please help

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Get a pup that is old enough o have it's full set of parvo vaccines. Parvo is a very hardy virus, it can stay in the ground for up to 5 years! Your home may not be ready for another puppy yet. Some vets suggest waiting a full year before introducing a new pup into a home that has been contaminated with parvo.

I had one that passed away. It has only been a couple of weeks. I have family that has already bought another one. They are bringing it on Friday. It will have its first set of shots. I have bleached everything and washed everything down. I know that I am taking a chance. I can't turn him away. What else can I do to help with the prevention of this new one. I do understand that I am taking a chance. Please help me

Discuss this situation with your vet and make sure you do the follow up booster shots, sometimes as soon as 4 weeks. Parvo is not something to take lightly. Keep the dog away from other dogs until its at least 16 weeks old and has had all of its shots, including rabies.

Do not try to rush the vaccination process.

A dog's immune system is not functioning before 6 weeks, and any protection he has received from his mother will interfere with any vaccination, until it wears off, which is a function of how much she had to give him (through nursing the first couple days, only, of his life)

The first shot in the series does not confer any worthwhile protection, as it just sets the pup's system up to produce immunity with the next shot, and here is the confusing part... "depending on IF he has any of the maternal protection left in his system". If so, that first shot may as well have been squirted on the table top. Mom's protection will inactive the shot just as if it were the real disease.

Without testing each pup in a litter, you cannot know when this will be, accurately. Statistically, a part of each litter becomes 'eligible' to successfully vaccinate starting about 8 weeks, and from then to 16 weeks, all the pups gradually grow out of mothers protection.

There is no easy "for sure" way to vaccinate these young pups. Let's hope you are fortunate with this one.
If the pup you lost was not sick while at home very long, with the vomiting and diarrhea, this makes the clean up easier, and the area safer. Vomit and diarrhea are the sources of infective virus, and the less of it you had around, the "safer" the environment may be.

I had a thought that you may have the new puppy stay at his current home till he is older, but that assumes things are more safe there than at your home... then I decided I couldn't really say that... could you?