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We recently bought a Bulldog puppy from a breeder for one thousand dollars. We had him for 3 days and then noticed he was throwing up and he wouldn't eat or drink. I panicked because I had a dog years ago that died of parvo. 
I rushed my puppy to the vet because he continued throwing up, but it was just dry heaves. There was no diarrhea or fever. He was 10 weeks old and had his first set of shots the breeder told us. The vet wanted to rule out parvo just in case. The results were in immediately and it came back a weak positive.
I am sick to my stomach because I may have put down a healthy puppy that may have just had a stomach bug. We couldn't afford the treatment that would have cost us $4,000 dollars. I didn't want to take him home and try to treat him myself because I couldn't stand to see him suffer! Could the positive parvo test have been because of immunizations?
It seems your biggest concern is not who is responsible (money) but did your new puppy have Parvo and/or did you put down a puppy that was just sick.
It was indicated before that the SNAP Parvo Test may cross-react 415 days postvaccination. Why is the information different now?
The information we derived from studies performed in the
1990s did indicate that there may be a potential interference
with vaccinated canines 415 days postvaccination with
other available assays. However, this University of Wisconsin
study has shown that the SNAP Parvo Test does not detect
CPV-2 (Parvo), in canine feces after vaccination.
If the vet gave a SNAP test then your puppy must have had Parvo so now you may wish to concentrate on reporting this to the seller as they may not be aware of this and are still selling puppies that may been exposed to Parvo. You should be able to have your money refunded with a copy of the report from the
Note: Please be aware that your house (car?) or anywhere your puppy was is nor contaminated so be sure to check out what needs to be done before you can bring in another puppy. I would suggest a new puppy be completed all vaccinations (20 weeks?) before bringing them home.
Usually not. I would sue the seller of the dog and have him pay the expenses.
If the puppy is 10 weeks old it isn't possible the breeder fulfilled their obligation to vaccinate the dog before selling them. Here in Tahiti they start the vaccinations at 6 weeks. This is a series of 4 sets of shots given 2 weeks apart from each other. This would mean your dog should of been 14 weeks old before they sold him to you.
I'm so sorry this happened to you. I would think the seller is responsible for this. It's hard to tell what caused any of the illness.. but this isn't right.
