Can I bring a parvo-recovered puppy home to healthy littermates?

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We had a litter of 7 puppies. We went on vacation and my sister kept the puppy she picked out along with the one we picked out plus the momma dog. The other 5 were taken care of at my home. My puppy at my sisters got Parvo 3 weeks ago and has since recovered just fine, they caught it early. All 5 pups have had 1st vaccines 1 week ago. Can I bring the momma and my puppy home with the 5 healthy pups since its been 3 weeks? Are they still contagious and will they spread it to the others? Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Large (61lb +) | Female | spayed | 8 years and 7 months old | 61 lbs

Susan England-Foster · Accepted Answer

I would not recommend having any dog with parvo or parvo exposure around the5 healthy puppies. parvo is extremely contagious and it can take months for the parvo survivor to stop shedding the virus. Parvo can also live in the environment up to a year. I would not recommend taking these dogs around each other until the health puppies are fully vaccinated. That is distemper/parvo vaccines every 3-4 weeks until they are 16 weeks of age.

Can I bring a parvo-recovered puppy home to healthy littermates?

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