Sep 26, 2022

Austin was a really totally different metropolis for weak companion animals simply 14 years in the past. Among the animals most in danger had been puppies with parvovirus. Every day these tiny lives had been needlessly misplaced as a result of shelters did not have applications set as much as deal with parvo.

Veterinarians discover ways to deal with parvo in class, so we puzzled why animal shelters couldn’t or wouldn’t. If these puppies may usually be saved, why wasn’t therapy the norm? To
save these pets and improve lifesaving in Austin, we needed to begin
someplace — and retaining parvo puppies from being euthanized appeared like a
good place to start out.

The Parvo Pet ICU, as we all know it in the present day, was born in a rest room in my home round Thanksgiving 2008. At its peak I may spend as much as eight hours a day cleansing and treating wherever from a pair to 25 sick puppies at a time. Fortunately,
my husband was very understanding and prepared to place up with the odor
of sick puppies in our lavatory. Despite the fact that it wasn’t splendid having the
robust and unforgettable odor of parvo in our residence, it was the one approach
to guard these pets in want and provides them the vital care they
deserved.

We frequently share the story of the ICU’s humble beginnings as a result of it
reminds us how far we’ve come. Though I used to be usually the one one
cleansing up after that first batch of puppies, APA!’s capability to look after animals in want continues to develop due to the assistance of associates such as you.

Due to our group’s willpower to make Austin No Kill, we had been ready, eleven years in the past, to commerce the lavatory tile and pop-up crates for linoleum and metallic kennels in a location with easy accessibility to our clinic and round the clock employees. The necessity for help didn’t finish once we moved to the Parvo Pet ICU at TLAC.