Terrible Parvovirus Outbreak in Washington state

[Doberluv]

Originally Posted by spiffy

Parvovirus is a nightmare! There was a heavy outbreak of this highly contagious disease in our community two years ago and I have lost two Dobermans - both were vaccinated.

I'm so sorry Spiffy. That had to be devastating.

[~Jessie~]

Originally Posted by PlottMom

I feel like we see it almost daily at work... I've been at this job maybe two months now and we've had a whole litter of 3 month olds or so die, a ton of dogs whose owners opted for outpatient treatment, and a bunch of hospitalized ones who were so so sick it's awful.

That said, my dogs are all 5+ and haven't been vaccinated for a while... I take off my shoes in the garage, that's about it.

That's so sad Ian worked at a vet office for a few months during college, and it was horrible hearing about all of the parvo puppies. They didn't get them daily, but they'd have them on a weekly basis. Hearing about them was heartbreaking. There was a tiny chihuahua that Ian had to put into a bag for the freezer, and hearing about it really ripped me up