Beth,

Thanks for your comment and questions.

Firstly, we are, of course, very sorry to hear about Sheba and Arthur. The Parvo virus is getting ever more aggressive, and it can claim a dog’s life in a matter of hours sometimes.

Secondly, we have to say that vaccinating dogs that have been exposed to the Parvo virus almost never turns out well.

Once one dog in a household gets Parvo, we always assume that the other dogs will be infected too. However, with the virus taking 3 – 15 days to incubate before symptoms appear, it’s easy to assume that they are OK, when in fact, they have the virus already.

So, injecting them with a vaccine that contains millions of viral particles, regardless of whether they’ve been “modified” or not, simply adds to the growing army of Parvo virus that is already gaining strength inside the dog.

Most vaccine manufacturers specifically state that you should not give these vaccines to dogs that are not healthy, and in our view, if a dog has been exposed to and infected by a virus as nasty as Parvo, even if there are no visible symptoms yet, then that dog is definitely not healthy.

Sadly, we have heard tales similar to yours almost every single day for the past few years, and in some cases, our customers have found that vaccinating a dog that has been exposed to the virus but which is apparently healthy can actually kill it – in as little as five hours.

This blog post, called The Worst Thing You Can Do If Your Dog Has Been Exposed To Parvo, describes just such a case, which happened to the fiancé of a customer of ours.

We come under a lot of criticism for our views on vaccinations, but a recent post we made, called Vaccines Lower Immunity, quotes somebody who used to be a vaccine developer, and he himself stated that vaccines “can actually cause the disease they are supposed to prevent”.

Exactly what we’ve been telling our customers for years!

And these problems aren’t just confined to the Parvovirus. If you read a post we made about the Bordetella vaccine on another of our sites, then you’ll also find tons of people who’ve experienced similar issues with that one too – and again, some dogs died as a result of these shots.

In spite of the recent stories in the media, you cannot ignore the sharp increase in “disorders” in today’s children, including, of course, autism, allergies and ADHD, to name but a few, and when you consider that infants receive about 33 doses of vaccines during the first 12 months of their lives, it’s not surprising, to us at least, that sticking all those toxic chemicals in such a young child is going to cause problems, both in the short-term and long-term.

Anyway, off our soap box.

It sounds as though Sharmin is doing as well as can be expected, although we would not recommend giving her any more fluids than the amounts specified in our Parvo Treatment Guide. Remember, it’s possible to overhydrate a dog just like you can underhydrate a dog, and that can also prove fatal in some cases.

The quantities specified in our document are the correct amounts for dogs of the weights listed, so dogs should not be drinking any more than that at this stage. That is why we recommend removing a dog’s water bowl, and if they do seem like they need a bit more, then small amounts of oatmeal water are best – maybe a tablespoon at a time.

If you overhydrate a dog, then it usually causes additional vomiting, which is clearly to be avoided at all costs.

Based on what you say though, it doesn’t sound like she’s dehydrated.

The same goes for food – they should not have access to their food bowl either, as it’s too early for anything other than the puppy milk and ParvoBuster Puppy Gel that are detailed in our guide.

Finally, it was unfortunate that you placed your order on Thursday after the shipping deadline, which is why you had to go with the Saturday Delivery option. According to the FedEx tracking system, your package is on schedule and due for delivery by 1:30pm today (i.e. Saturday), your time.

So, keep on with everything in our Parvo Treatment Guide, and if you can get somebody to share the workload, then that will obviously be better. Also, don’t forget to look after yourself too – it’s easy when you’re so focused on looking after your sick doggie to forget to have food and drink yourself. We appreciate that this is a very demanding treatment schedule, but it’s just the way it has to be done.

We will, of course, keep our fingers crossed for Sharmin, and please keep us up-to-date with developments.