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Parvo dog coming home: How to prevent spread and protect other pets?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Male | 2 months and 1 day old | 6 lbs

I have a survived gs from parvo who is still at hospital recovering, he lives with my adult pom dog at home. How to avoid contamination at house and how to split them since i live with my big family and there is a little control ?

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Answered By Lindsey Edwards MVB, BSc, IVCA

Veterinarian

Published on July 7th, 2018

You should ensure all other in contact dogs are fully up to date with parvo vaccination boosters to reduce the risk of cross infection. All accidents (especially faeces/vomiting/diarrhea) should be disinfected with bleach and cleaned up immediately. I would recommend partitioning off individual rooms and yard spaces if possible or crating one/both dogs for the first 2-3weeks

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