[jacky1]

[jakester]

Did the vet give the puppies parvo? If so, it's the vet's fault.

I don't think the vet can be at fault for failing to prevent a disease from killing a puppy anymore than a doctor who treats cancer in a patient is responsible for the cancer taking the patient's life.

Don't look for someone to blame... accept the loss for what it is but don't look for someone to blame. Life is like that.

I'm sorry for your loss, though.

[Sariss]

No.
Did the puppies have all three of their Parvo vaccines, spread out a month apart over the first few months of the puppies life?
Even with a full set of vaccines, they are not 100% immune.

[Alty]

How many shots did the puppies have?

How old were they when they died?

In the first year of life a puppy receives many vaccines, and boosters. The parvo vaccine is also in the booster shots that are given. Your puppy won't be fully protected against parvo until all the shots are given. His/her immunity will be greater after each shot, but he/she can still get parvo.

Even if all shots are given there's still a chance of a fully vaccinated dog getting parvo. It's like a human flu shot. You can get the shot, and still get the flu, but it's usually a lot milder then it would be without the shot.

In other words, no, it's not the vets fault.

[J_9]

Even with a full set of vaccines, they are not 100% immune.

Even with a full set of vaccines they are not 100% immune. Luckily though my dog survived.

[jacky1]

OK my puppys I had 2 girls both had there vaccination on dec15 then the vet did'nt want them back until jan28 for there next set of vaccines then 5 days after my fisrt puppy got sick my vet just stated to keep her hydrated within 4 days she had to be put down is what the vet said then 2 days after that my second puppy started doing the same thing I had her into the vet just after she started with the dierra my vet then prescribeher Metocloprimide 10 mg tab and metronidazole 50mg and told me to give her these and that should help welll by the next day she stopped eating and was still drinking so the vet prescibe me the vets food for her by the next day she was getting dehydrated so I took her back into the vet he gave her a injections of dipyrone and derapen and also metocloprimide the vet also took some blood for some testing and gave me gaterade packs to take home to give her every hour and told me to take her home and restart the other meds at 9;00 pm well at 6:00 she was getting worse so I phoned my vet back and they said to give her more gaterade and if she get worse then to bring her back in the morning well my poor lillte girl didn't make it she passed away that night at 7:03 pm my vet should have keeped her the second time I brought her in but he just keep sending me home. My vet had giving both girls the same shots which are for fisrt vaccine was distemper,hepatitis.parainfluenza and parvovires those were giving at 8 weeks old which was dec15.2010 the next set was giving on jan 28,2011 they were distemper,hepatitis,parainfluenza,leptospirosis and parvovires then 5 days later they started to show signs they where getiing sick.for my second puppy the next morning after she had passed I phoned the vet to let them know and they said because of this they were going to pay for the cremation of my second puppy after I now have over a 1,000.00 owing to the vet from my fisrt puppy and all the visit with the both of them .later that day my vet called me with the test results he had stated that my puppys were uneck and the vaccines had failed to do their work properly so is there any thing I can do because my vet knew that my fisrt pup got the parvo after the shot and he said he didn't want to see me lose both girls but I still did any advise out there would help me I am still greving for my girls and I just want to know if I can do anything

[Alty]

The parvo vaccine isn't always effective when given. The pups natural antibodies can interfere with the vaccine, which is why the shot is given multiple times throughout the puppy stage. This is most likely what happened with your pups.

This is not something your vet can control. The reason why vets give multiple shots for this virus is because they can't know when the puppies natural antibodies will no longer interfere with the vaccine.

Parvo can live in your home for 6 or more months, so if you plan on getting another puppy you will have to bleach your entire house, including the floors, all bedding, food dishes the puppies ate and drank out of, and your yard. Yes, it will kill the grass, but parvo is very hardy, better to kill your yard then the next puppy you bring into your home.

I'm so very sorry for your loss. Sadly parvo is very deadly, and very expensive to treat.

There's no way your vet could have prevented this as your pups weren't fully immune yet. Also, many vets won't keep a parvo infected dog in their clinic because it puts the other animals in their care at risk.

[jacky1]

My vet treated both my puppys right inside the vets offices right where he brings in all other animals,after I lost both of my puppy to parvo 1 and parvo 2 he had told me he has lost one other puppy before I don't know how long before I brought mine in they said they would have to close that room off for a while because it was contamanted from parvo but they didn't when he ran the blood work on my last puppy he had said both puppys were uneck and all her levels were way down low so in other words he should not have even vaccinated right

[jacky1]

I wrote a little more for you I hope it helps I need to understand more about this

[Lucky098]

NO!

The vaccination only means that the symptoms of the virus won't be AS BAD and the likeliness of them getting it lower.

If your puppies had a weak immune system, they were more susceptible to the virus.

Its unfortunate, but vaccines aren't a guaranteed thing.

I'm sorry for the loss of your pups, but unless you can get the vet for melpractice, you won't win this. My heart would break just as much as yours is right now if those were my puppies.. and I'd probably be playing the blame game as well, but vaccines can kill puppies :( I'm sorry

[Alty]

I appreciate you adding more information, but the fact is that your vet is not to blame. He administered the vaccine as recommended, he treated your puppies when they got parvo, he gave you instructions to follow at home. That's all he can do.

The fatality rate for parvo is around 80%, that means that only around 20% of dogs that get this disease will survive. It's also highly contagious, so once your one pup got it, it was inevitable that your other pup would as well, even if the first pup had stayed with the vet, the parvo was already in your home.

Of course you can sue if that's what you want to do, but unless you can prove negligence on the part of the vet, you won't win, and he's being very kind by offering to pay for the cremation.

Again, I'm so sorry for you loss, but I wouldn't waste any more anger on the vet, he did what needed to be done.

[shazamataz]

Just to reiterate what other have said, no it is not the vets fault.

Another puppy coming into the vets before yours is also not the vets fault. After each consultation they sterilize the table.
I highly doubt the vet would quarantine a room for "a while" because a dog with parvo was in there... sterilize the whole room perhaps but even that is not necessary, only the table and floors need to be done.

First vaccination should be given at 6 weeks not 8. So if they were your puppies the vet would most likely win the case as you waited 2 weeks too long to vaccinate them.

Next vaccination should be at 12 weeks, then again at 16 weeks.

I know a lot of internet sites say to vaccinate at 8 weeks, but it is supposed to be done at 6 to allow 2 weeks at the breeders home for the vaccination to take effect before they go to their new homes.