Parvo Treatment At Home – Why It’s Better Than Taking Your Dog To The Vet’s
Friday, August 28th, 2009Parvo treatment at home for your dog is a viable option, compared to the usual approach of having your dog treated at the animal hospital, even though you may meet considerable resistance to this idea.
So, let’s look at a few different factors, so that you can decide for yourself.
Cost
If you have your Parvo dog treated at the vet’s, it will probably cost you anywhere from $500 USD to over $10,000 USD, and that’s just for a single dog.
If you treat your dog at home, using products such as Life Cell Immune Support, Doggie Pain Relief, Parvaid and Vibactra Plus, then you will be able to treat one or more dogs (depending on their weight) for $275 USD or less, and that includes FedEx Overnight shipping (any other shipping method is just too slow, so don’t be tempted by offers of free shipping by some vendors – this free shipping is usually USPS Priority Mail, but if you wait for that, your dog can be dead by the time your package arrives).
Survival Rate
Most animal hospitals give dog owners a mere 50:50 chance of their dog successfully overcoming the Parvo virus, with the lowest we’ve come across being a one in three chance, and the highest an 80% chance.
On the other hand, if you treat your Parvo puppy at home using all of the products in the Parvo Gold Treatment Kit, then the success rate is typically 90%.
Part of this increased success rate is because treating your dog at home, yourself, is less stressful for both you and your dog, and reduced stress equals a better chance of your dog surviving this horrific virus.
24 x 7 support, and the unequalled Parvo vPETS service (constant phone contact every 4-5 hours during the first two days of full treatment – this does include hourly treatment, throughout the night as well, since the Canine Parvovirus doesn’t take vacations or mount an attack to suit your schedule) if you can find anybody offering it, can also increase your dog’s chance of overcoming 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 could be all alone, or possibly 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 your dog, all day long.
Remember, dogs are very receptive to emotions, and having people around who truly love and care for them will help in their recovery.
Effort Required
If you have enough disposable income and you accept the relatively low chances of success offered by vets, then you can basically leave your dog there and pick him up again, if he survives, in one to seven days’ time.
If you take the home Parvo treatment route, on the other hand, then there will be some nights without sleep, as one of the four products, Parvaid, does need to be given every single hour (and that does mean both day and night) for the first two days of the four-day treatment course.
Conclusion
There are many good reasons why it makes sense to treat your dog at home if he has Parvo – the lower cost and increased survival rate are the two most obvious ones.
The only real downside is the time and effort it will take, but this is a necessary part of treating your dog at home, and the rewards, when you see your practically terminally-ill and almost unrecognizable doggie survive this often fatal virus, more than compensate for a few days’ sleepless nights.
And with the huge number of issues with vaccinations (which is a whole other story), then the best way to be prepared is to make sure you 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 able to begin treatment at once, even if it’s 3:00am on a Sunday morning, when you’ll almost certainly struggle to find an animal hospital open.