New Sheltie Dad

He sounds pretty happy to be home at last. It's just great to follow his progress. Give Moonshine a hug from me!! :smile2:
 
Welcome to the forum MoonshineDad. My heart is breaking for you, however you have come to the right place for support.

The first older pup I ever took in had giardia for close to a year before coming to me, she was a tiny sheltie who was 15 lbs overweight and had heart issues, Because I got her from a rescue I had no recourse...I fell in love with this lame, beautiful little girl. The rescue was starving her basically and doing nothing to help her lose weight properly. Fancee , this amazing little girl was the reason I opened my shelter. I lost Fancee after 8 short months but in that time a single trip to the vets and some bloodwork turned up the giardia (and serious hart problems). Fancee had been kept in a cage with the runs for almost a year and the rescue said oh yeah we took her to the vets, however they only took her to the vets once in the year they had her. Your story touches my heart because Fancee had gone through a lot before I I got her. Thankfully my vet is a close friend so he helped me work out proper feeding and exercie.

The reason I share this with you is because there is a Puppy Lemon Laws where you can take the breeder to court. You did not state where you live so I cannot be more specific about the Puppy Lemon Laws in your state, but you can do a google search for Puppy Lemon Laws and indicate your state to see if this is something you can do. I can also help if you wish to send me a private message and I can look into it since I do run a rescue and know the laws regarding what this breeder did. To be honest, the AKC can do very little in regards to the breeder. A close friend is a sheltie breeder, and AKC judge, and she has told me the AKC really doesn't do much in regards to breeders unless they have done something really heinous, and then it just comes down to the inability to register their litters.

I am so happy that you got Moonshine. Moonshine is very thankful, I am sure, that you rescued him. I can attest to that lol

best of luck to you
 
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Great that moonshine is home. Must be feeling better too with all the bouncing around and barking he's doing. Hope he feels 100% soon.
 
Glad that Moonshine is home.
I second the recommendations for a diet of rice, broth, chicken, and a little pumpkin.
 
Congratulations Moonshine, you have a great dad! As I read everyone of your posts I wanted to vomit with Moonshine. Through the years I knew of two pups that came out of kennels, and one out of a high kill shelter with parvo. One died 24 hours after the purchase, and the others survived.

Was that ever fantastic, you didn't stop at food, you looked further, and went out of the box to diagnose Moonshine. Lucky little furkid.

I am very anal about parvo. Before I even picked up my last sheltie, Lady, I asked the breeder to give her a parvo shot. My boy Lucky went straight to the vet to get him a parvo shot. Some breeders are just dirty, then other breeders have kennel hoppers, where people go from one kennel to another, and spread the disease from their shoes looking at pups.

I have seen what others have gone through with parvo, and I don't ever want that to happen here. That breeder, I can't post what I want to say.

Question: Do you have to bleach your floors, or what do you do to rid the parvo in your home or in your yard? I have heard so many different things on this, that it stays until you bleach?

Big Hugs to you, your fiance, and especially Moonshine for a job well done!!!
I am so happy you have Moonshine, and able to help him. Lucky little sheltie.

sable
 
Sable,

There are a lot of different ideas of how to kill Parvo. Working at an emergency clinic on emergency hours I'm pretty anal about it myself. What I have done is rented a deep cleaning carpet machine known as a rug doctor and gotten a spray bottle that I formulated with bleach a 1 part bleach to 30 part water solution. I sprayed everything, and then followed up with the steam cleaner. I spritzed everything from carpet to furniture. My fiance was near tears when I sprayed our new sofa...luckily no white spots were left. The only thing we 100% know kills it is bleach.

So diet...I didn't buy pumpkin yet, but I'm planning on it. My fiance has boiled chicken for him and I brought home a box of white rice on my way home tonight. His stools are already firming up...though he has only defecated once since he's been home...I think this is due to his body's need for nutrients. Absolutely no vomiting for over 48 hours now I'm ecstatic.

When she gave him the chicken though....there was no stopping him. She said she had to manualy slow him down. He's not drinking as well as I would like...but I've convinced him ice cubes are the best thing since sliced bread so he's getting his water :lol:

I'll be posting some pictures of him as soon as he gets to feeling a little better...he's a bit on the scrawny side at the moment, but that's to be expected I think he's grown even while having the parvo though...he seems taller.

Thanks again everyone your words of encouragement have really helped me stay optimistic through this really hard situation.
 
Moonshine finally convinced me he is not having using the bathroom on potty pads. His convincing is pretty hardcore...I'm not sure if my ear drums are going to fully recover. :lol:

So I took him outside to use the restroom...and used the oppurtunity to snap some photos. I thought I'd share.

He's not the sable color...he's black and white I think the term is color headed white maybe. You'll notice the thin fur...that's due to the fleas when I first brought him home, but this is a very bright looking parvo recoverer if I do say so myself. :biggrin2:

http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo271/aaengle89/My Dogs/Moonshine3.jpg

http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo271/aaengle89/My Dogs/Moonshine2.jpg

http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo271/aaengle89/My Dogs/Moonshine.jpg
 
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