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First, a Note on Parvo

1. Handling the controversial question: is the puppy allowed on the grass at 8 weeks? You may not know this but Parvo is prevalent all throughout the United States and is a HIGHLY dangerous sickness puppies can easily contract. How? If pup is placed on the ground before full vaccination at 16 weeks in any area where Parvo bacteria is present. It has an 80% fatality rate in young puppies, making it a very serious sickness. We have received two different recommendations from our personal vet and then another outside vet on the topic of allowing a puppy to go onto grass/concrete/any ground at very young ages. How do puppies get Parvo? By simply walking on any ground that has not been tested. This can include parking lots, dog parks, vet offices, your backyard, anywhere!! Our personal vet advises us to never allow puppies to touch grass until they have received their last Parvo vaccination at 16 weeks which is exactly what we do. When puppies leave our house, they have never touched grass that has not been treated with a special Parvo killer solution. That being said, the other outside sourced vet stated to us that you can allow young puppies on grass but must wipe paws after coming inside with a wet wipe. Our vet does not agree with this because Parvo can only be killed using special Parvo cleaners or bleach. A wet wipe does not contain these ingredients, thus does not clean Parvo particles off of pup’s paws. All of that being said, if you have no record of other puppies coming to your house and getting Parvo your ground may not contain this deadly bacteria BUT why risk it? We have potty trained our puppies (see more below) to use a litter-box inside with equine wood pellets. You can continue using this method until 16 weeks easily and obtainably. And more importantly, safely.