Parvovirus Outbreak

[GoldenGirl85]

Parvo seems to be a pretty constant issue in Griffith, I can only imagine if the council would become more dog friendly and provide a 'usable' dog area and disposal bins in the common walking areas it might encourage people to clean up after their dogs and parvo outbreaks could become few and far between...glad I moved away

Edited June 9, 2010 by GoldenGirl85

[Trisven13]

Front page of the Border Mail here in Albury today of a number of cases. What I've heard is that most are from Wodonga, not Albury, but there does appear to be a bit more of it on the Border ATM. I'm assuming it is because of the rain.

[asal]

know someone lost their dog in the wilds of mendooran. had forgot to finish their puppys shots n thought were safe anyway no dogs in miles of their place.

as my vet said, it blows in the wind.

[Sunnyflower]

Central Coast vets have a warning sign up as well

I wouldn't take any notice of that vet. My vet hasn't seen any cases.

LOL that particular clinic has buckleys chance in hell of getting any of my business - they lost any opportunity the day I saw them advertising puppies, specifically dogue de bordeauxs!

I saw this sign too.. The one at Wyong?

I was advised my Oscar's breeder to Vac every 3 years and I have done loads of research that support this. When we trotted off to the vet the other week about is infection the vet got stroppy with me because he hadn't been vaccinated with the special 3 year vac.

I had no idea about this 3 year Vac. Are you guys using it?

[pikespooches]

Parvo seems to be a pretty constant issue in Griffith, I can only imagine if the council would become more dog friendly and provide a 'usable' dog area and disposal bins in the common walking areas it might encourage people to clean up after their dogs and parvo outbreaks could become few and far between...glad I moved away

Problem is nto only this issue but the fact that there are way too many dogs in the hands of too many people who don't bother to and or cannot afford to vaccinate. As the vet once told me "people get given a pup it dies, get another it dies and they keep doing this and then one pup doesn't die so they think see no need to vaccinate" Also they don't care that htey may be walking and carting about a dog that has an infection and spreading the disease.

I too am glad I left and now live in a parvo free area and hope to keep it that way!

Edited June 17, 2010 by pikespooches

[GoldenGirl85]

Parvo seems to be a pretty constant issue in Griffith, I can only imagine if the council would become more dog friendly and provide a 'usable' dog area and disposal bins in the common walking areas it might encourage people to clean up after their dogs and parvo outbreaks could become few and far between...glad I moved away

Problem is nto only this issue but the fact that there are way too many dogs in the hands of too many people who don't bother to and or cannot afford to vaccinate. As the vet once told me "people get given a pup it dies, get another it dies and they keep doing this and then one pup doesn't die so they think see no need to vaccinate" Also they don't care that htey may be walking and carting about a dog that has an infection and spreading the disease.

I too am glad I left and now live in a parvo free area and hope to keep it that way!

Griffith just isnt a dog area, I have a nearly 9yo JRT who got no socialisation until I moved away because there is no training schools in the area, there is no dog park (well, not in the area that people feel safe going to anyway) there is no bins to use to dispose of your dogs business and heaven forbid you use the wheeley bin that was left on the curb. I agree that too many people who shouldnt have dogs just keep replacing the ones that bite the dust, council needs to implement a permit scheme for multiple dog ownership and offer some sort of encouragement to desex dogs who arent worthy of breeding IMHO, they also need to come down hard on people who have unregistered dogs

[pikespooches]

Parvo seems to be a pretty constant issue in Griffith, I can only imagine if the council would become more dog friendly and provide a 'usable' dog area and disposal bins in the common walking areas it might encourage people to clean up after their dogs and parvo outbreaks could become few and far between...glad I moved away

Problem is nto only this issue but the fact that there are way too many dogs in the hands of too many people who don't bother to and or cannot afford to vaccinate. As the vet once told me "people get given a pup it dies, get another it dies and they keep doing this and then one pup doesn't die so they think see no need to vaccinate" Also they don't care that htey may be walking and carting about a dog that has an infection and spreading the disease.

I too am glad I left and now live in a parvo free area and hope to keep it that way!

Griffith just isnt a dog area, I have a nearly 9yo JRT who got no socialisation until I moved away because there is no training schools in the area, there is no dog park (well, not in the area that people feel safe going to anyway) there is no bins to use to dispose of your dogs business and heaven forbid you use the wheeley bin that was left on the curb. I agree that too many people who shouldnt have dogs just keep replacing the ones that bite the dust, council needs to implement a permit scheme for multiple dog ownership and offer some sort of encouragement to desex dogs who arent worthy of breeding IMHO, they also need to come down hard on people who have unregistered dogs

Totally aree but in the decision making areas of council there are people that have well differing cultural views on pet ownership and it is very behind in these areas. It is like if you have a dog fine but keep it out of sight. There are some of us that have tried to suggest things to council but it is all thrown into the too hard basket. Fummily if you have a look at the area that the council controls it is not too large to be more proactive. It would also help if Public housing were more restrictive on pet ownership in their rental properties, like as in private rentals. It had been put to council to have the showgrounds developed into a dog friendly park as most people use it illegally as a god park anyway. It is a far more suitable area than their current one that I would not set a foot on. It is in between two terrible areas that have no facilities is undeveloped ful of rubbish and is frequesnted by straying dogs that would carry disease. It is a joke but sadly until the general public stand up and make a bigger noise nothing will be done. It is not the only country town to have inadequate dog socialisation areas though! At Carrathool you have to use the garbage tip as a leash free area

Edited June 21, 2010 by pikespooches