If your dog has Parvo and you take him to the vet, the first thing he will do, after confirming that it is Parvo, is to give him some intravenous fluids, to keep him hydrated.

The second thing most vets give is some kind of antibiotic, which seems like a good idea, right?

But there is a problem, well, several, actually, but let’s start with the most obvious one.

Parvo is a virus, which means that traditional chemical-based antibiotics will have absolutely no effect.

So why do they give them then?

Well, the problem with Parvo is that the virus not only attacks the dog’s intestines, it also attacks the immune system, and the vast majority of the immune system is contained in the digestive tract.

Often times, this situation does not improve because large numbers of dogs develop Parvo within days, or even hours, of being vaccinated, and the chemicals in those vaccines will also weaken, if not temporarily destroy, the immune system. Of the dog.

Since the immune system is compromised, and also because the virus essentially eats away at the intestinal wall (which is why dogs with Parvo have bloody diarrhea), secondary infections (eg, pneumonia) can occur.

So vets administer antibiotics to get rid of these secondary infections.

But here’s the catch: They don’t know exactly which secondary infections a particular dog will get, so they’re basically guessing as to which of the many available antibiotics to use.

Different vets seem to have different preferences – some go for the older-style antibiotics, such as penicillin.

However, many bacteria are, of course, becoming resistant to penicillin, in part because it has been over-prescribed over the years.

Amoxicillin is also very popular, as are some very worrisome antibiotics, such as metronidazole (often sold under the brand name Flagyl).

If you look at the side effects of many chemically based antibiotics, you will see that they include many of the same symptoms as Parvo, for example vomiting, diarrhea, and fever.

But metronidazole has a host of other associated problems.

For example, the US National Toxicology Program and the WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer have listed this drug as a reasonably expected human carcinogen.

As such, we recommend being careful not to handle or ingest this medication.

Metronidazole is also banned in the EU and the US For veterinary use in animal feed and for use in any animal feed in the US.

In other words, they don’t want this drug to be in the human food chain!

Now what does that tell you about this drug?

So, you really want your vet to give your dog something so bad, that he is already sick, remember?

This is one of several reasons we are strongly against chemicals and prescription drugs – they often cause worse problems than they were meant to treat.

If there is an important lesson from this for all pet owners, it is this: do your research, ask questions, and remember that it is your pet, not your vet’s, and you have the final say on what vets can and cannot give you. .

Don’t let your vet make matters worse by giving your dog lots of chemicals for his body to handle when he’s already sick with one of the most aggressive canine viruses out there!