Living with Canine Parvovirus

My sister and I adopted puppies from the LA County Animal Shelter in Baldwin Park. My sisters puppy was received ill, throwing up the day we picked up it, shaking and not a normal puppy. Not 36 hours later she is in the Emergency Animal Hospital and had her puppy put down with a strong case of Parvo.

Monday, my 2 puppies were in for their adoption check up all seemed well. Wednesday my boy Jack was throwing up, so I immediately took him to the vet as his appetiate and behavior along with the throwing up was abnormal. Then the next night my girl Lucy started throwing up. Both were tested and positive for Parvo. Jack spent the Friday before in the LA County Shelter vet room recovering from his neutering as my sisters puppy was spayed. She was obviously sick and the attendant at the Shelter said she was a little nervous but she was fine.

Now 2 weeks into adopting 2 puppies I have almost a $4000 vet bill and my puppies still have a cough but are doing good from the Parvo recovery.

My suggestion is don’t adopt out of a shelter they’re not clean and they’re full of diseases and they take no responsiblity for the animals. These animals deserve better. Both my puppies have been loaded up with antibiotics and in and out of the hospital. Its not fair to them or me, it shouldn’t be this hard to adopt and love a puppy. I’ve called the Shelter and they’ve basically said they’re not going to do anything. That is wrong.

People surrender their animals in hopes to save them and give them good homes and yet the shelter is contaminating them more and more if they don’t try to clean and dissoval the diseases in their shelters.
This has been one of the hardest experiences of my life and the most costly especially if they don’t make it. As I’m running out of money to continue their treatments. They deserve better, all animals do.

I hope this helps future pet adopters as I wish I had known.