Some good news... and some very.. VERY bad news...

[SeamusK]

The good news first: We brought the puppy home already..... just yesterday...
The bad... i cant stop crying hold on...... bbucks.... very sick.... bloody dhyaria hees at the animal hospital right now with my mother and brother... i was afraid to go... i gave buck a hug and a kiss before he left... and have been crying since then.... i... if he does not come back i... i don't know... he... we think he has parvo... and... i havnt gotten the results yet... but last night he thru up... alot.... and erlier this morning he bled.... it's very scary... i sat by the front door hugging him and kissing him and.. just ugh... i couldnt let him go... the time i was hugging him kissing him petting him... it was only 5 minutes.. but it felt like a billion.... I'm very scared.... i... hes my bestfriend... and i love him... i don't know what else to say im crying way too much.... ii love you buck... please be okay...

[DoggiesAreTheBest]

I am so sorry to hear this. It does sound like Parvo. Hopefully the vets can take care of him and he will be back home soon!

[SeamusK]

they have him hooked up to an I.V. and they will have to bring the new puppy in for shots.

[Corinna]

sounds like parvo but Buck looks like hes too old for it . How old is he?

[K9soul]

Oh Seamusk, I will pray for your Buck, that he pulls through this. I'm so so sorry to hear this happened.

*hugs* All will be in my thoughts and prayers.

[wolfie]

Oh, I'm so sorry!! I really hope he gets better. Do you think he might have got it from the puppy? You might want to keep Jefe away from the pup too, just in case. I'm so sorry.

[ramanth]

I'm so sorry to hear about Buck!! I hope he pulls thru. *hugs*

[SeamusK]

Not from the puppy, he was sick before i left to go pickup puppy. And i didnt think it was major..... But... yes.. Jefe and the puppy are going in for shots.. and buck will be in the hospital for 2 days min. 2 weeks max... they said we can go in and visit him whenever we want... i'm scared... but im going to go lay down now......

Edit: bucks only a year and a half old!

[jazzcat]

I'm so sorry.

Prayers and good thoughts on the way for Buck.

[aly]

Have you taken Buck or Jefe anywhere other dogs have been where they could have picked up the virus? I really don't think it is parvo. If Buck is a healthy dog and up to date on his shots (and especially since he's an adult), there's a very low chance of catching parvo. I bet he got into something. A parvo test can be done to him quickly - if the test is positive, they know for sure. If the test is negative, there is still a slight chance he has it, but he probably doesn't. So maybe you can ask your vet to do one. I can't imagine any vet who wouldn't do one right away with those symtoms.

Anyway, even if the puppy goes and gets shots, he is still VERY suseptible to catching it because he is so young and his immune system is not fully developed. You're gonna have to keep him away from everywhere where Buck went to the bathroom. If it were me, I would even quarantine the pup to one room so there's less of a chance of being exposed. Parvo stays in the environment for a long time and is very hard to kill the germs. At the shelter, we just throw away the bedding that parvo pups use because it is so hard to completely disinfect the virus.

Good luck and my prayers are with Buck.

[Corinna]

Aly you beat me to my reply. Hope they find what it is very soon. thinking of you and the pups seamusk!!!

[Stenograsaurus]

Prayers are on the way for Buck and the rest of the pupsters.

[lv4dogs]

good luck w/ buck. keep us posted on his results.

Has he always been current on his vaccines? I know vaccines are not 100% fool proof but that does help.

And I would keep your other dogs away from any area buck has been in contact with. If possible maybe have a friend or relative keep at least the pup (due to his age he is still very suseptible to catch anything that is contagious). good luck parvo sure is a scary disease.

[MariaM]

I don't know what Parvo is so I really can't say much. But I sure hope he gets better! Last August when I was "babysitting" Oscar for a week in St. Louis, he got sick!! It was HORRIBLE because it was just my mom, my sister and I. He was throwing up and I was so worried. He has to take pills every night because he has epilepsy I think. I was so worried because that night he wouldnt' take the pills. He turned out to be okay though, I think it was just something he ate. I was awfully worried though, it wasn't even my dog, and I felt like it was all my fault! But I really hope your dog gets better, I'll pray for him.

[Karen]

You, Buck and the other pups will be in our prayers. Poor Buck, hope they figure it out and get him fixed up quick!