Smudge and Nutmeg - update

It's been a very busy few days... On the puppies' first night, I slept in the lounge on the sofa so that I could keep an eye on them. I went out with a torch when toileting them at 2am to make sure that they didn't have blood in their stool.

They were poorly when they arrived but their stools firmed up in the short time they were with us and they also had excellent appetites and were very lively and attentive - showing no signs of illness at all. We had them vet checked upon arrival in Canberra. We had warned the vet then that they were high risk pups so made sure that we waited outside and didn't touch anything etc. They were totally fine then - good temperature, no alarming signs. We were going to wait for the weekend to pass before vaccinating to make sure they were stable.

Late on Saturday evening (29 June), without any warning, Smudge threw up four times and then lost interest in food and became listless so we took her to the vet immediately. To our horror, although not surprise, we were told that she had a very bad strain of parvo.

The vet told us that that they were both in relatively good condition for dogs with parvo because he usually only saw them when the disease was more advanced - but the prognosis still wasn't very good. ( Read more... )