Parvo treatment at home for your dog is a viable option, compared to the traditional approach of taking your dog to the animal hospital, 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.
How Much Will It 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.
If you administer Parvo treatment to your dog at home, using products such as Parvaid, Vibactra Plus, Life Cell Immune Support and Doggie Pain Relief, then you can treat one or more dogs (depending on their weight) for about $275 USD, and that’s including FedEx Overnight shipping (any other shipping method is nowhere near fast enough, so don’t be tempted by offers of free shipping on some websites - this free shipping is more often than not USPS Priority Mail, but your dog can be dead by the time your package arrives if you use this type of service).
Survival Rate
Most animal hospitals give dog owners a mere 50% chance of their dog successfully overcoming the Parvo virus, with the worst we’ve heard being a 33% chance, and the best a four out of five chance.
Alternatively, if you administer Parvo treatment to your dog at home using the four products in the Parvo Gold Treatment Kit, then the survival rate is typically 90%.
Part of this increased success rate is because treating your dog at home, yourself, is much less stressful for both your dog and you, and reduced stress results in a better chance of your dog surviving this dreadful virus.
24 x 7 support, and the unparalleled Parvo vPETS service (constant phone contact every four to five hours during the first couple of days of full treatment - this does include ALL hours of the day, nights, weekends, holidays, etc. since Parvo doesn’t take vacations or mount its attack to suit your schedule) if you can find it, can also increase your dog’s chance of beating Parvo, but you certainly won’t come across many vets offering this.
Care
If you take your dog to the vet’s and they want to keep him there, 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, for 12 hours or more.
However, if you carry out the Parvo treatment at home, then you will be there, with him, 24 hours a day.
Don’t forget that dogs are extremely sensitive to emotions (or “vibes”, as they’re often known), and being surrounded by people who truly love and care for them will speed their recovery.
Time & Effort
If you have the money and you accept the fairly low chances of success offered by vets, then you can basically leave your dog there and collect him again, assuming that he doesn’t die, in a few days’ time.
If you take the home Parvo treatment route, however, then you do need to be prepared for some sleepless nights, as one of the four products, Parvaid, does need to be given every hour (and that does mean both day and night) for the first two days of the four-day course of treatment.
Conclusion
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.
There is one downside to administering the home Parvo treatment, and that is the time and effort it will take, but this is a vital part of home Parvo treatment, and the rewards, when you see your sick and almost unrecognizable puppy come through this often fatal virus, far outweigh the disadvantage of a few days’ sleepless nights.
You may think that vaccinations are the way to stop your dog getting Parvo, but there are a huge number of problems with administering shots to your dog (which is a whole other story), so the best way to be prepared is to have a Parvo Gold Treatment Kit in your cupboard 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 5:00am on a Sunday morning, when you’ll almost certainly struggle to find a vet open.
June 25th, 2009 |