could our new dog who previously had parvo but survived, give parvo to our other dogs?

yesterday we got a border collie who is about 15 months old. his previous owner told us he had parvo as a young puppy when he got him from the breeder. the dog, named skunk, is significantly smaller than our border collie, kylie. that would be on account of the parvo when he was younger. kylie is about 21months but i'm wondering if she can still contract the virus from him? is he still THAT contagious? i'm taking kylie to get her boosters today. i've read about how if a dog has parvo then the ground and stuff need to be treated w/ bleach and stuff but we just got him and so our ground wouldn't be infected right? especially since he's healthier now? he's running around and not lethargic.

 

yesterday we got a border collie who is about 15 months old. his previous owner told us he had parvo as a young puppy when he got him from the breeder. the dog, named skunk, is significantly smaller than our border collie, kylie. that would be on account of the parvo when he was younger. kylie is about 21months but i'm wondering if she can still contract the virus from him? is he still THAT contagious? i'm taking kylie to get her boosters today. i've read about how if a dog has parvo then the ground and stuff need to be treated w/ bleach and stuff but we just got him and so our ground wouldn't be infected right? especially since he's healthier now? he's running around and not lethargic. hasn't thrown up anywhere and his previous owner said he's been healthy too.

 

Answer

 

 

When a virus attacks the body builds antibodies to that virus to defeat the affects of the virus. Since the dog survived Parvo that means his body has produced enough antibodies to kill out the virus. So he will no longer contagious. Like in a cold, which is a virus. If I meet you today, just because I had a cold last year does not mean I can give it to you today.

 

 

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