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Vivian

Posted : 7/23/2006 7:16:54 AM

Dogs tails were not meant to be cut off, how'd you like yours cut off if you had one. [:@]

glenmar

Posted : 7/23/2006 7:53:14 AM

When I was breeding, my pups went directly from my car into an exam room. They never saw the waiting room and they were examined on a clean table. Parvo is picked up through the feet if I understand correctly, so they were pretty safe the way we did it. And even tho I *knew* the proper place to cut, heck, I couldn't even take a nasty splinter out of one of my kids....dad had to do that.....so I sure couldn't inflict the pain myself.

rwbeagles

Posted : 7/23/2006 8:43:37 AM

Parvo can be carried on clothing....it's certainly not limited to feet..
People tend to carry sick dogs and may place them on bench seating, their lap area would be contaminated for sure...and if they rub dog hair off their pants then their hands would be as well as shirtsleeves. People tend to touch things when left in a room to wait...etc. The fact that vet's offices have germs isn't really an insult...it's simply a by product of the service they provide.

It would take a major emergency indeed for me to take a neonate to a vets office. I'd also isolate that pup/pups when they returned home.

This was something scary I found....
"[font=timesnewroman]Avoid using high-pressure or steam cleaners to clean kennels. Although parvo isn#%92t "naturally"
airborne, it can become airborne when these systems break up feces into particles that can be
inhaled."
[/font]

jennie_c_d

Posted : 7/23/2006 9:56:53 PM

But my point is if you don't know what your doing you better take thoes pups to a vet instead of guessing where to cut. Yes an experianced breeder should know how to do it on their own but there are many who don't.

Of course. I, personally, wouldn't have a litter without an experienced breeder right there, beside me. I also wouldn't expose three day old pups to a vet's office. I have taken a two week old puppy to the vet's office, but he never touched anything in there. I had to have his skin scraped. He came off of the street, covered in sarcoptic mange. HE could have made any dog in that office, or any human in that office, sick.

Of course, my dogs get regular vet care. They get more medical care than I ever hope to need. I don't use the germs as an excuse not to take them in, but I avoid it, if possible, because there ARE sick dogs, there.

What the heck?