If a puppy with shots is in contact with a puppy who has no shots, could the puppy with shots contract parvo?

[eadweald71]

I have an almost 11 week old Golden Retriever puppy. He has had two sets of vaccines that he needed, and he's going into the vet and getting his last one (until rabies at 6 months) next week.
He's a very healthy 25 pound puppy.(Not overweight; just really big. Infact the vet advised we feed him more because he looked just a little underweight for his size.)

So my Aunt is getting a puppy from somebody who lives in a town near ours and my Mom is going to go and pick it up for her. It's a free puppy from an accidental litter.
The town is extremely small [less than 300 people] and almost everyone has a dog. It's a ranching town and nobody ever leashes their dogs. (And nobody cares. There aren't leash laws or city licenses or anything). In fact a lot of the dogs just roam around town and are sort of like community pets.
Anyway. Somebody in town has a wolf hybrid and the person whom my Aunt is getting the puppy from has a dog. The wolf hybrid came into their property and got their dog pregnant. (Happens a lot there.) So they are giving away the puppies for free and the puppies have no shots. They are around 7-8 weeks.
So my Mom is going to pick the puppy up, it's going to stay a night at our house and we are going to get it it's first puppy shot.
My question is; should I be careful about keeping the puppies apart? Could the younger puppy get my puppy sick since it doesn't have it's shots? (Or vice versa?) Could either of them get the other sick?
I'm really wondering if my puppy could get parvo?
What should I do?
Would it be safe for them to play together??

Thank you!

[ricard83]

I would keep them apart until your puppy gets its 16 week shots.

The reason we give a series of shots to puppies is that puppies have their mother's antibodies and immunities for a period of time that varies by individual dog. These immunities from the mom wear off sometime between 7-16 weeks. If a vaccine is given while the mom's immunity is still in place, the antibodies in the puppy just fight off the vaccine so it does no good.

You give the vaccines at 7, 9, 12, and 16 weeks to make sure that you get the benefits of the vaccines as soon as possible after the mom's antibodies wear off.

So, until the 16 week shot, your puppy could have a period of up to several weeks where it has no immunity.

Hope that made sense to you.

[hjortur]

Until your puppy have it's final puppy shots it should not be around any other dogs. Especially ones with no shots. Your puppy is able to catch things at this point. Don't let them be together at all. I would not let this other pup in the house.

[jerard]

Your golden retriever puppy does not have a complete vaccination schedule so simple answer would be to keep the puppies apart until the new puppy is fully vaccinated and cleared of disease and parasites by your veterinarian.

[lalla3]

Your mother is risking your puppy's life. Even if she never brought the puppy to your house, she could even track parvo into your house on her shoes. She should not go, she should not pick up the puppy, and she should not bring such a puppy home until your pup is 14 weeks old,

[burt]

I wouldn't have a wolf hybrid anywhere near children or dogs. Do you know that hybrids do not react to vaccinations like dogs? There are several cases of hybrids vaccinated for rabies that contracted rabies anyway. The vaccine manufacturers do not provide any guarantee for hybrids.
Puppies are vaccinated before they go to a new home or within three weeks of being weaned. Vaccinations given to puppies under 12 weeks old fade away in about three weeks. That is why they need to be vaccinated again.
The immune system should kick in by 12 weeks old. They are vaccinated at or after 12 weeks and then boostered a month later. The rabies vaccine is given after 16 weeks. In one year, booster the distemper and parvo and rabies.

[raleah]

Wondering why your aunt would want to get a puppy that hasn't been properly cared for...the pups should have been dewormed 3-4 times by now, and should have started their vaccination series. Wolf-hybrid? Also not a good choice. As far as the entire town neglecting their dogs...BS. Your neighbor neglecting their animal (or their child, or their lawn, or whatever) is no reason to do it yourself, nor to think that is it OK.

Taking a neglected pup of the hands of it's loser owner can be a very expensive, heartbreaking lesson for the person taking the pup in...I would definitely not recommend it. I would not, for any reason, let that dog around an 11-week old pup of mine. Aside from Distemper, Parvo, etc., the dog is almost surely carrying giardia and possibly coccidia as well. You don't want your pup picking up these parasites...left untreated, they can kill a pup (even WITH treatment), and they are quite unpleasant for the owner to deal with even with successful treatment.

Were it MY home, I'd tell the aunt to get a hotel room, and bring the pup around AFTER it's been fully vetted.

EDIT: Actually, I DO live in a small town "in the middle of nowhere" in the upper midwest. People around here ARE farmers and ranchers. There are few towns within 200 miles of me that have more than a few hundred people in them. We respect our animals, be it dogs, cats, horses, pigs or cattle, and I have to believe that MOST people do.