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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Again doesn’t make sense. Pets don’t get parvo from humans. [/quote] Just because humans can't get Parvo, doesn't mean that they can't help transmit it. Parvo can live in the environment for a very long time. Like a year. In soil. A person just walking where a dog with parvo has been, can trek it in on their shoes (for instance). Or it could be on their hands, if they took off their shoes, or otherwise handled it. This is why responsible breeders are extra careful with puppies that have not completed their vaccine series. They do need socialization, but they also need careful handling to make sure that they don't come down with a deadly illness. I volunteer with a rescue. We have several fosters that cannot foster unvaccinated puppies, because they have, in the past, had a dog or pup with parvo. It's too high of a risk in an unvaccinated dog or pup.[/quote]
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