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Can my dog who had parvo infect her 7-week-old unvaccinated puppies?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

My dog had parvo when she was 1 year old . she is 7 years old now and has a litter of 7 week old puppies. Can she infect them . im giving them 7in1 at 12 weeks old . are tgey safe till then . no we do not live in the same home as the infected area

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on December 7th, 2016

It was a very long time ago that she had parvo, that infection is long gone and not relevant to now. You need to vaccinate the puppies at 8 and 12 weeks, 12 weeks is too late for the first vaccine. If the mother is not vaccinated, she can infect the puppies with different diseases including parvo.

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