:( do you think my dog will survive parvo? ?

• ":( do you think my dog will survive parvo?"

Our thoughts are irrelevant. A pup either survives parvovirus, or it doesn't. The best chance of survival is the expensive method of leaving it at the clinic, supervised around the clock by "nurses" who inject fluids under the pup's skin when it becomes dehydrated, and keep refilling the bottle of antibiotic+liquids that supply the sugars & some of the vitamins needed.

The virus reached my property at the worst possible time - I had just mated all 4 of my bìtches in a row over a period of about 4 weeks (1 brood was young, the other 3 were old enough that it would be their last litter). None had been vaccinated against parvo, because the vaccine had not yet reached my nation, although the virus HAD! After several pups died I had my vet import a batch of vaccine from, I think, Holland. But the previous pups had spread the virus to so many spots on the 4 "levels" of the uphill part of my steep property that it was some YEARS before litters stopped being infected.

NONE of the broods developed parvo - but the 24.11.1983 J-litter (first of the batch) included Jaye, who was collected just after lunch-time on a Saturday. Her buyers, from 80miles/130km north, enthusiastically rang us that evening to rave about how GOOD she had been with all the friends they had taken her to (they were NOT supposed to do that "visiting"❗️). Sunday evening they rang to tell us she was on a drip at the vets'. Early Monday morning they rang to say she was dead. Parvo can kill VERY quickly. No, they didn't want a replacement from our next litter.

One brood was "off-colour" with a bit of diarrhoea about 3 days before whelping her litter. HER whole litter quickly developed twisted necks that resulted in them having 1 eye aimed near the ground, one eye aimed near the ceiling for the first several weeks, most becoming normal by 8 weeks old. The best pup in that litter was unsaleable until almost 4 months old, after which he was "on the pegs" whenever shown. This is to warn you that there are MANY ways in which parvovirus can affect a pup, depending on whether it was infected in-utero or at whatever after-birth age it was infected on.

• "I got her 3 days ago. Shes a German shepherd 8 weeks old."

No she's NOT! A German shepherd is a German MAN or BOY who looks after sheep❗️

The dog that does most of his work is a Deutscher Schäferhund, which translates into English as German Shepherd Dog - 3 words, each starting with a capital letter. If you want to abbreviate it, type GSD - but NEVER "Gs"❌ or "GS"❌ or "German shepherd"❌ or "German Shepherd"❌.

• "When I got her she looked so healthy. She acted fine but threw up on the way home and I thought it was just car sickness. The next day she was having the runs. Then that night she started throwing up a lot. So I took her to the animal emergency, and they gave her fluids and gave me the fluids and the medicine that I will give her for the next 10 days. I contacted the previous owners and they just said it wasn’t their fault."

Please clarify:

💥Q1: Were the "previous owners" the BREEDERS of the litter? Or the OWNERS of the stud (having taken a pup as his stud-fee)? Or the previous BUYER?

• "But I have not taken this puppy out of my room since I got her in fear of sickness,"

BAD idea!

As a GSD owner you SHOULD have a back door that opens straight into a well-fenced back yard. A well-bred GSD is intelligent enough to (when not ill!) learn to be house-clean in one day - 1 week at the latest. But the owner must ALSO be intelligent and stay home 24/7 until the pup has been house-clean for at least a week.

💥Q2: DO you have that door & yard?

• "so she had to have got it from the old owners. She even had her first parvo shot."

💥Q3: WHO gave her the first CORE vaccine "shot":- You? Your vet? The breeder? The person who had the pup but wasn't the breeder?

Be aware that NO vet gives ONLY the parvo vaccine. Depending on where you live, that CORE vaccination will include attenuated viruses for canine distemper (CDV); canine adenovirus (CAV types 1 and 2); canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV-2) and its variants. In much of the world there are other problems for which the owner has to decide whether to include them: https://wsava.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/WSAVA...

The protocol I follow is CORE vaccines within 1 day of reaching 8, 12, and 16 weeks old. I don't need any others (mine is a clean?-green country surrounded by at least 1000 miles of sea/ocean), but in most of the world the first rabies vaccination is required at 18 weeks, with its booster 6 months later and every 3 years after that. And there are other nasties such as heartworm.

💥Q4: Do you have the "Vaccination Record Card" stating the date & clinic, the name of the vaccine, the name of the vet? If so, what date is on it?

If not, she has NOT been vaccinated❗️ = You got your pet from a lying con-artist.

Although you've been in Y!A for at least 5 months, you don't appear to know how to add information to your questions. It's easy:

♦a: Click the [Edit] under your question, then

♦b: click the [Add Update] that will appear, then

♦c: type the new information into the empty area that will appear.    

• "Please give me any advice you can!!! It will help along with her treatments "

Depending on where you live, your Question was posted on the 22nd or 23rd of November, and you will have accepted Pup on the 19th or 20th. Please learn that PRECISE information is FAR more useful than vague wordings.

While Pup is asleep you SHOULD go to your Homepage, click the ( Edit ) under the purplish banner, then type information into the [About Me] field on the new page. You SHOULD include

👸🏽 the YEAR you were born,

👸🏽 your nearest TOWN or CITY (include your nation or state if that city's/town's name has been used in other parts of the world),

👸🏽 the things you are most interested in.

That page has many other settings you can choose after that - including the top one that lets you replace Yahoo's boring graphic with one that YOU have chosen to represent YOU as your avatar.

King Les The Lofty - first pup in 1950, GSD trainer & breeder as of Easter 1968

That puppy was sick when you bought it & that is against the law & that breeder needs to be shut down.  Any court would rule in your favor.  The Lemon Law applies to puppies too.  You have three days to find fault in the pup & you did & you know it was sick when you bought it.  Breeder has to return your money & take back the sick pup.  You deserve a healthy puppy & shouldn't have to pay out the ying yang for a sick pup you just bought.  The laws are in your favor.  Contact Animal Control & let them know about this BYBer.

There is nothing you can do apart from what the vet told you....... the BYB you got it from has certainly got parvo, so yes they are responsible and it is likely they have sold more of these parvo infected pups nd also have it where they breed their dogs and ANY dog/pup they have within the next yr could also contract it.....which means if your pup is lucky enough to pull through great, if not then you must NOT purchase another pup as even with cleaning the parvo virus is very difficult to get rid of and all you would do is end up with another pup who would very likely get it

YOU obviously bought this pup from a very uncaring and unscrupulous person and if she developed Parvo symptoms almost as soon as you got her home, then of course its the breeders fault.

Have you got proof of a parvo vaccination? The breeder should have given you a vaccination record book if so.I doubt the pup is registered legally with the kennel club, but if so, you should report the breeder to them.Just follow your vets advice and put it down to experience (or lack of really).A good breeder would never allow parvo in their kennels  and would certainly be only to glad to help if one of their sold pups became ill. I do hope your pup pulls through ok. 

Your best advice concerning her health comes from your Vet.  No one here is a Veterinarian.

What does your VET say about where she caught it, when she caught it, her chances.

Do you have proof of the parvo shot?  What does the sale contract say (if that is your question)?