I will keep this short and sweet. Well the best I can. I havent been on here for a long time. In less than a years time I got a divorce (FINALLY!) Got married to the absolute love of my life. Unfortuantly, we had a miscarriage recently. Last week we got a new puppy. He passed away Tuesday the 15th of Parvo. He got sick a few days after we got him and we took him into the Vet Hospital and they did all they could for him (IV's what not) He didnt make it. Yes we got him vaccinated against it but with Parvo it is a mean virus and he had it before we got him vaccinated; therefore vaccinating against it does no good for them if they already have it before vaccination. It's a 50-50 chance of survival. My little Oscar just wasnt strong enough to defeat it. We got him from the shelter here in town. The pound told us that they found a litter of eight just dumped in a ditch. Brought them in. They seemed healthy. They all got adopted out and all of them came down with Parvo. (All eight of them had it before they were found) My Oscar's sister was in the same animal hospital when we brought him in. She is still hanging in there as far as I know. We got another puppy from the same place the same day that we got Oscar. We had her tested for Parvo after Oscar passed away. It came out negative. Our other puppy's name is Olive. She is a Boxer/Black Lab mix. Oscar was a Golden Retriever/Chow mix. I got attatched to him really quick. It breaks my heart knowing that the three months he was alive his life was pure shit. (Other than the few days that we had him)Please do your research on Parvo before getting a puppy! And if you didnt know, Parvo Virus can live up to twelve months in ones home and yard. The only effective way of killing it is with highly concentrated bleach. I am keeping on with disinfecting everything I can think of that Oscar was around or touched so that Olive doesnt get it. I know we got her vaccinated against it. But just to make sure. She is three months old just like Oscar was. This isnt turning out to be short or sweet. So I will leave it at this for now. I just finished with my newest painting if anyone would like to view it. Thanks for tuning in...

Kimmie