Seth
New Member
Hello all,
Regretfully my first post is somewhat of a downer. We recently got an 8 week old English Mastiff puppy, Winston. After only a short few days with him he had a vomiting spell. Immediatly took him in to the Vet and they diagnosed it as a GI infection. They put him on some IVs for a couple hours and then gave us some meds and sent him home. He was back to his playful self for the remainder of that day. Later on in the evening we recieved an email from the breeder informing us that one of Winston's litter mates had been diagnosed with Parvo. The breeders are very good and have been breeding Enlish Mastiffs for years. This was a new thing to them and they were unsure how it had happened as they took all necessary precautions. To say the least they were also devestated by this event. Anyhow, a few hours later Winston began vomiting almost every hour. We imediatly took him to the Vet (Animal ER) again and informed them of what had taking place during the day. They performed a Parvo test, and unfortunately the results came back as positive.
He has been treated for several days and the whole experience has been quite taxing (both emotionally and financially). The breeders refunded our money for the dog (but not the intial 4 days of treatment) but after about 4 days of treatment offered for us to bring Winston to their Vet (where a few of Winston's litter mates had been successfully treated) and they would take over the treatment expenses.
Winston was released from the hospital to the breeders today and things are looking good. Talked to the breeder today who called me to let us hear Winston barking and sounding full of life again. The breeder will hold on to Winston for the remainder of this week and next to monitor him and to nurse him back to a healthy weight and will then bring Winston in to be examined. If everything works out they will return Winston to us. We are very hopeful that things will remain positive and we will get our little guy back and in good health.
A couple questions/concerns I have:
--The Parvo information around the internet is somewhat confussiong and actually quite contridictory. I am concerned about after effects that may haunt Winston after surviving the virus. Does anyone have any information regarding this topic? Online it seems that some people say your dog will be sick and unhealthy after surviving the virus, but others say they will be back to normal and live a full healthy life. The latter is what I was informed by several vets throughout this ordeal. But you can never be over informed!
--I am aware that Mastiffs grow at an astonishing rate and am worried that this episode may have negative consequences on Winston reaching his full potential both physically and in personality. Is this a valid concern or is there any factual data supporting this? Once again a few Vets have told me there should be no residual effects once Winston gets back on track, but nevertheless I am still concerned.
These are my most pressing concerns at the moment, but I am sure more will arise as the thread develops. I look forward to being part of the forum community here and thank anyone in advance for any input they can provide.
Regretfully my first post is somewhat of a downer. We recently got an 8 week old English Mastiff puppy, Winston. After only a short few days with him he had a vomiting spell. Immediatly took him in to the Vet and they diagnosed it as a GI infection. They put him on some IVs for a couple hours and then gave us some meds and sent him home. He was back to his playful self for the remainder of that day. Later on in the evening we recieved an email from the breeder informing us that one of Winston's litter mates had been diagnosed with Parvo. The breeders are very good and have been breeding Enlish Mastiffs for years. This was a new thing to them and they were unsure how it had happened as they took all necessary precautions. To say the least they were also devestated by this event. Anyhow, a few hours later Winston began vomiting almost every hour. We imediatly took him to the Vet (Animal ER) again and informed them of what had taking place during the day. They performed a Parvo test, and unfortunately the results came back as positive.
He has been treated for several days and the whole experience has been quite taxing (both emotionally and financially). The breeders refunded our money for the dog (but not the intial 4 days of treatment) but after about 4 days of treatment offered for us to bring Winston to their Vet (where a few of Winston's litter mates had been successfully treated) and they would take over the treatment expenses.
Winston was released from the hospital to the breeders today and things are looking good. Talked to the breeder today who called me to let us hear Winston barking and sounding full of life again. The breeder will hold on to Winston for the remainder of this week and next to monitor him and to nurse him back to a healthy weight and will then bring Winston in to be examined. If everything works out they will return Winston to us. We are very hopeful that things will remain positive and we will get our little guy back and in good health.
A couple questions/concerns I have:
--The Parvo information around the internet is somewhat confussiong and actually quite contridictory. I am concerned about after effects that may haunt Winston after surviving the virus. Does anyone have any information regarding this topic? Online it seems that some people say your dog will be sick and unhealthy after surviving the virus, but others say they will be back to normal and live a full healthy life. The latter is what I was informed by several vets throughout this ordeal. But you can never be over informed!
--I am aware that Mastiffs grow at an astonishing rate and am worried that this episode may have negative consequences on Winston reaching his full potential both physically and in personality. Is this a valid concern or is there any factual data supporting this? Once again a few Vets have told me there should be no residual effects once Winston gets back on track, but nevertheless I am still concerned.
These are my most pressing concerns at the moment, but I am sure more will arise as the thread develops. I look forward to being part of the forum community here and thank anyone in advance for any input they can provide.
