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My dog had parvo. Can her puppies get it? Can dogs get it twice?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Small (up to 22lb) | Female | unspayed | 1 year and 7 months old | 30 lbs

I have a pitbull bitchshe contracted the parvovirus about halfway through pregnancy she's 3 years old she had six pups at birth to her dead she ate them the other for three weeks old and doing fine my question is do they have the parvovirus in them and how many times can a dog have to get the pyro parvovirus is in one or multiple

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on April 19th, 2019

Once a dog have parvo, they are immune to it and do not get it again. Only in very rare cases has a dog gotten it twice. If Nash was fully recovered from the parvo when she had her puppies, then they would not have gotten it.

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