Hi
We just lost a very wonderful dog to Parvo, all because our vet never
did a Parvo test on him when he was vomiting, not eating, drinking or
pooping. The vet decided it was Coccidia and gave us some Albon and
sent us on our way.
Well, my poor boy kept vomiting for four days with out eating or
drinking anything... at 4am on the fourth day we took him to an all
night emergency clinic where they put him on fluids.
The next day he died.
I'm so upset and I've searched the net left and right to see if there
was anyway to have saved him... and of course the Parvoguard and
Parvoaid sites come up with all of their "testimonials".
Unfortunately these sites look like the old "medicine show" wagons to
me.
Any Google search of the web or usenet pulls up almost zero reference.
I can't find a review or any article or forum entry pertaining to the
validity of their claims to cure Parvo with herbs.

So here's an actual thread that someday someone will find and hopefully
we can find the answer. Does Parvoguard or Parvoaid actually work? Are
all of the "testimonials" geniune?
And if it really does work... why the heck aren't vets using it?

I'd really like to know. If it does work I'm going to keep some on hand
and make sure our next pet has it available.

Kirock7

"diddy" wrote in message
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First off, I read your web page tribute to Chance. I am so sorry that you
went through this and lost what was obviously a terrific little guy!

Hi
We just lost a very wonderful dog to Parvo, all because our vet never
did a Parvo test on him when he was vomiting, not eating, drinking or
pooping. The vet decided it was Coccidia and gave us some Albon and
sent us on our way.
Well, my poor boy kept vomiting for four days with out eating or
drinking anything... at 4am on the fourth day we took him to an all
night emergency clinic where they put him on fluids.

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Why didn't you seek help sooner when you saw the situation wasn't
improving?
I certainly wouldn't have waited 4 days. I had a puppy vomiting 3 weeks
ago, he was at the vets daily. I wasn't taking no for an answer.

There is, unfortunately, some truth to this. Vets aren't Psychic. They have
to look at what is *most* likely the problem. You want everyone to pay to
have their new dog tested for Parvo, but more often than not, its actually
NOT Parvo. Would you rather that vets routinely test for Parvo, but leave
out another test? One that might actually be a more reasonable line to
pursue?

And, while this is not about blaming you, the fact that you are shifting
blame around so much (from the rescue group that asked too many questions,
and now to the vet) is unfair to everyone else. If I had a puppy that was
that sick (and, yes, I actually *have* been through this exact situation),
and the course of treatment wasn't helping, you bet your ass I'd be back
there within 24-36 HOURS. 4 days is simply a death sentence to an animal
that is that sick. Now, when it comes to Parvo, there are no guarantees of
survival anyway (so you don't know that your little guy would have been
saved even if he'd gotten the supportive care the first time you went), but
the age of the dog, along with early supportive care does have a lot to do
with it. I don't know if your vet told you how soon you should return if
there was no improvement....or even if you thought to ask that question. But
in any case, if there's a turn for the worse, there's no waiting around like
that.

I agree. It does look like you guys have been trying to scapegoat everyone
around you, while taking zero responsibility for your own actions here.

This was a horrible horrible tragedy. You can either learn from it (and no,
I don't think testing every sick pup for Parvo is a reasonable response),
and learn what you could have done differently (and, sure, this includes
what your vet perhaps could have done differently as well), or you could
choose one thing and scapegoat it entirely for what happened. And I just
don't believe that's really helpful.....but I also know you're in a lot of
pain and that's not an uncommon response to that.

Tara