Prayers needed- My new puppy

Hi,

I am so eager to know how your "baby" is doing. I think Parvo sounds like the equivalent of what aids/leukemia is to cats...I'm a big cat person and I always hold my breath until the test results come back on animals that I rescue. Please let us know the outcome so we can be happy with you!

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So she is off her IV...The Vet says it wasn't Parvo, because she bounced back so quick. She gets to come home around 4pm. I also found out the bill is only going to be about $300, so I'm not even going to bother talking to the breeder about it. I'll still let him know that she got sick, just incase any of the other puppies do. I feel so much better now!
 
I'm very happy to hear about your puppy bouncing back! I know I bonded with my Jimmy on the car ride home and if anything would have happened to him, I would have been devastated.

I would still talk to the breeder. Don't push, but see if he offers. $300 is $300. I know - you probably paid a lot more than that for the puppy and would pay a lot more just to make sure she's okay. Bless you for caring.

Just a word of caution, but one of the issues puppies seperated from mom before 8 weeks have is socialization skills. If you go out of your way to socialize her (introduce her to all kinds of people and when she's had all of her shots, introduce her to all types of dogs), you should be okay. Personally, I do this anyway, because it makes for a sound dog - but... Please forgive me for preaching...
 
Sending many healing thoughts to your puppy.
Hope everything turns out alright.
I think the breeder should pay part of this, but what they might do is offer to take the dog back and give you another (and euthanize this one, probably ).:-(
 
My golden Baxter wanted to send Lucie a few get well wags of his tail!!!

He was sickly puppy and look at him now!!! Have fun with your dog. We love ours. Take her to puppy classes!! Hope she continues to improve!!
 
Thank you everybody!!! Yes, I had planned on socializing her anyway...but now I know the importance with her leaving mommy a little early. Not much longer and I should be able to go get her!!!
 
I'm so glad to hear your puppy is improving. As for the socializing with other dogs or dog owners, I have always heard it is best to wait until the puppy has completed its puppy series of shots and received its rabies vacine. This is because they are not sure when the vaccines actually start to work. Apparently the vaccines don't start working until after the antibodies received from the puppy's mother diminish and then the puppy starts to make its own from the vaccines. My vet even recommended a 4th set of shots which was something I had not ever heard of. May just be a Texas thing. Hope your puppy continues to do well.

I start puppy classes tomorrow night with my golden. Wish me luck. She just turned 5 months old and already weighs 50 pounds. She is leash trained, but needs socialization skills so she will probably be kind of wild for the first couple of classes.

Jean
 
For dog socialization that's true. You can start introducing your pup to different people a lot sooner. But, you really should make sure the pup's paws don't touch the ground (risk of infection from other dogs is higher if his feet make contact with the ground), but there's a fine line you have to walk, and I err on the side of having a bomb-proof dog (meaning - all dogs will bite under the right circumstances - I consider my job to be to eliminate as many of those circumstance by exposing him to as many things as possible). My Search mentor stood outside a grocery store holding his golden pup and asking people to give her a treat and a pat as they walked out the door. I took my pup to parks where kids play and held him on my lap to just let him watch the activity. When a child wanted to pet him, I gave the child a treat and taught him/her how to approach a dog correctly (Jimmy was extremely head shy until he was about 5 months old - now he's fine). But, I really wanted a dog who was not only safe, but good around kids. They are my number one priority for socialization as they are the ones least able to defend themselves. He loves our neighbor's 2 year old.

*steps off soap box*
 
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