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Parvo Treatment At Home - Why It's Better Than Taking Your Dog To The Vet's

Parvo treatment at home for your dog is a realistic option, compared to the traditional approach of taking your dog to the vet's, even though you may meet considerable resistance to this idea.

If you're not convinced, then here are a few facts to consider to help you make up your mind.

Cost

If you have your Parvo dog treated at the animal hospital, it is likely to cost you anywhere from $500 USD to over $10,000 USD, and that's just for a single dog.

On the other hand, if you treat your dog in the comfort of your own home, using products such as Life Cell Immune Support, Doggie Pain Relief, Parvaid and Vibactra Plus, then you will be able to treat at least one dog, and maybe more (depending on their weight) for about $275 USD, and that includes FedEx Overnight shipping (anything else is just too slow, so please don't be tempted by offers of free shipping on some websites - this free shipping is more often than not USPS Priority Mail, but if you wait for that, your dog can be dead by the time your package arrives).

Chances Of Success

Most animal hospitals offer dog owners a mere 50:50 chance of their dog successfully overcoming the Parvo virus, with the worst we've come across being a 33% chance, and the highest a four out of five chance.

Alternatively, if you treat your Parvo dog at home using the four products in the Parvo Gold Treatment Kit, then the success rate is 90%, on average.

This is partly because treating your dog at home, yourself, is much less stressful for both your dog and you, and reduced stress equals an improved chance of your dog surviving this horrific virus.

24 x 7 support, and the unparalleled Parvo vPETS service (constant updates by phone every four to five hours or so during the first two days of full treatment - this does include hourly treatment, throughout the night as well, since Parvo doesn't take a break or mount its attack to suit your schedule) if you can find anybody offering it, can also increase your dog's chance of beating Parvo, but you won't get this from most vets.

Care

If you leave your dog at the vet's, then it is highly likely that nobody will be in attendance during the night, so your dog may well be all alone, or with other sick dogs, from when they close in the evening until they open again in the morning.

However, with home Parvo treatment, then you will be there, with your dog, 24 hours a day.

Remember, dogs, just like many other animals, are extremely receptive to emotions, and having people around who genuinely care and love for them will speed their recovery.

Effort Required

If money is no object and you accept the relatively low survival rates offered by animal hospitals, then you can basically leave your dog there and collect him again, assuming that he survives, in a few days' time.

If you opt for home Parvo treatment, however, then you do need to be prepared for a few sleepless nights, because one of the four products, Parvaid, needs to be administered every single hour (and that does mean both day and night) during the first two days of the four-day course of treatment.

Summary

If you look at the two most important factors when choosing how to treat your Parvo puppy - cost and survival rate - then taking the home Parvo treatment option is clearly better on both counts.

The only real downside is the time and effort it will take, but this is a necessary part of treating your dog at home, and the rewards, when you see your sick and almost unrecognizable doggie survive this frequently fatal virus, far outweigh the disadvantage of a few days' sleepless nights.

And with the huge number of issues with vaccinations (which is a whole other story), then the best and arguably only way to be prepared is to have a Parvo Gold Treatment Kit on your shelf at all times - that way, if the worst should happen and Parvo strikes, you'll be ready to begin treatment at once, even if it's 2:00am on a Sunday morning, when you'll probably struggle to find a vet open.

Parvo Virus - 13 Little-Known Factoids

1.      Four out of five dogs that are infected by the older 2a and 2b strains of Parvo virus that are untreated die in four or five days.

2.      Fully-vaccinated dogs, including both puppies and adults, are being infected by and dying from the current 2c strain of Parvo.

3.      For reasons nobody yet understands, some breeds, such as Labrador Retrievers, Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, Black & Tan Coonhounds, Doberman Pinschers and German Shepherds are more susceptible to Parvo.

4.      Although Parvo is especially prevalent in the southern states, with California, Texas, Arizona and Florida being the four worst hit, every state in the US, including Hawaii and even Alaska, are suffering outbreaks.

5.      The Parvo virus is incredibly persistent and can live in the ground for up to 20 years, with an ability to survive extremes of temperature, including frost and desert climates.

6.      If you take your dogs to the vet's for treatment, it could cost you anywhere from $500 to over $6,000 per dog.

7.      You can only expect a 50% - 80% chance of survival if you take your dog to the vet.

8.      It is now believed that the latest 2c strain may be airborne, even though Parvo has historically been transmitted through contact with infected vomit and feces.

9.      It has always been suspected that Canine Parvovirus evolved from a similar feline virus, cat typhoid (aka feline distemper), so it is ironic that cats can now be infected by the latest 2c strain of Parvo.

10.     The latest 2c strain of Parvo can kill your dog within one day of symptoms first appearing, with some dogs dying in only six hours.

11.      The Parvovirus can incubate for anywhere from three days to 15 days, although five to seven days is the average. This means that your dog could be sick for up to two weeks and you would not even know it, as there would be no visible symptoms. However during this time, the virus is growing in strength, ready to wreak havoc on your dog's body.

12.      Ironically, administering a Canine Parvo vaccine, especially the very first shot, can actually increase the chance of your puppy contracting this virus. This is because the maternal antibodies inherited by the puppy can kill off the modified live virus contained in the vaccine, but as vaccinations work in part by lowering the body's natural immune system, this actually opens up the puppy to infection by the full, live virus (not to mention other infections as well).

13.      A few breeds of dogs, particularly Cocker Spaniels and Poodles, appear to be at a reduced risk of contracting Parvo, although this does not mean that they will not be infected.

If you're looking for products you can use to treat Parvo, or for Parvo prevention, then you should check out these Parvo Treatment Value Packs, which contain Parvaid, Vibactra Plus, Life Cell Immune Support and, in the Gold Value Pack, Doggie Pain Relief.

Are You Ready For An Outbreak Of Canine Parvovirus?

Here are some facts about Canine Parvovirus (also known as CPV, Parvo virus, or more commonly known as Parvo) that you might not know about:

1.      The problem is, once your dog is infected, there are about 3-15 days where no symptoms are visible, but the virus is consuming large amounts of bone marrow, then moving on to consume and destroy huge amounts of cells in the intestines - a lot of damage occurs during this period.

2.      Once your doggie becomes infected and shows any of these symptoms (yellow frothy vomit, diarrhea [with or without blood], lethargy/no energy, wobbly, no appetite, dehydration, very depressed, etc.) then he may only have a few hours to 4 or 5 days left if he is not treated straight away.

3.      Dogs can easily become infected in any number of ways, e.g. touching infected bodily fluids (vomit, urine, saliva, etc.), touching waste products (feces), nose-to-nose contact, from your clothes, shoes, car tires, birds, insects, or other critters.

4.      Parvo can exist in the ground from a few months to twenty (20) years.

5.      Parvo is incredibly hardy:  it can survive freezing temperatures (32 degrees F or 0 degrees C) and boiling water (212 degrees F or 100 degrees C).

6.      If it turns out your dog does have Parvo and you take him to the vet, be prepared for a bill of anywhere from $500 to over $6,000 USD per dog, and your vet will probably give the dog only a 50% chance of survival.

7.      Currently, the Parvo Hot Spots are mainly south of I-70 (Utah, going all across the US southern to Maryland).

8.      Some of the hardest hit states include Texas, California, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama, but many other states and other countries outside of the USA are beginning to experience multiple outbreaks as well.

Is there a Home Parvo Treatment or a natural Parvo Remedy you can use?

1.      The first thing you must do is to become more educated about this horrific virus, and you can do this by requesting our downloadable, comprehensive, free ebook, Parvo Treatment 101 - in there you will find a large section on Parvo Prevention and several methods to treat Parvo.

2.      If your dog has begun to show any of the symptoms mentioned above, then you've got to move fast, so read our free book later and immediately go read our Home Parvo Treatment FAQs, look for the Parvo Emergency Tea Recipe - it will not treat Parvo nor will it prevent Parvo, but it is a stop-gap measure to keep your dog hydrated until you start treating him with a Parvaid Silver or Gold Value Pack.

3.      We will also send more much-needed emergency measures to you via email - since your Parvaid Value Pack will be shipped via a FedEx Overnight service, your dog may need additional measures to help him out until your products arrive.

4.      We will help you day or night (24 x 7 customer support as you'll have very little time to save your dog's life).