text: Puppy dies from Parvovirus near Bristol - what dog walkers need to know - Bristol Live
  Ted had been vaccinated against the highly contagious disease
  13:05, 5 OCT 2018
  This puppy, Ted, was put to sleep after catching parvovirus in Gloucester (Image: Kelly Myatt)
  A puppy is believed to have died after contracting a highly contagious disease and cases are being reported across the country.
  Kelly Myatt is warning dog walkers to beware after her daughter's one-year-old puppy Ted died from parvovirus after catching it on Robinswood Hill in Gloucester.
  She said she had been taking the bichon frise and pug cross and his younger brother, Tim, for daily walks on the hill. Her vet told her he knew of two other dogs that had parvovirus after being walked there.
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  Writing on Facebook, she said: "While the vet said this is not very common, two other dogs had the same thing in the past 24 hours and the only thing they had in common was they were all walked at Robinswood Hill.
  "This disease is highly contagious so please keep an eye on your dogs and if they have any sickness or diarrhoea take them straight to the vets."
  The deadly disease has been spreading across the UK, and is the second killer dog disease to make its way across the country, following Alabama Rot.
  Gloucestershire Live reports Miss Myatt said Ted, who belonged to her 14-year-old daughter Lacey, had to be put down on his first birthday after he deteriorated rapidly.
  She said he seemed quiet on Monday but she assumed he was tired.
  The next day, though, she came downstairs at her home to find he had bled all over the kitchen and had brought up bile too.
  Although she rushed him to the vets, he could not be saved and was put to sleep on Tuesday.
  Miss Myatt said the illness took hold of the puppy incredibly quickly, despite him having been vaccinated against it.
  "How he caught it, they don't know," she said.
  "He literally looked like a starved dog within six hours."
  The mother-of-seven plans to take five-month-old Tim, who has been pining for his brother, to the vets today because he has had a bit of diarrhoea and she is worried he might also have caught parvovirus.
  She and her family have been devastated at Ted's death.
  "Lacey hasn't stopped crying," she said.
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  The easiest and safest way to protect dogs against parvovirus is by vaccinating against it and keeping up to date with the annual vaccinations. Kathryn said: "We believe almost 50 per cent of dogs are not vaccinated annually so we would urge all dog owners in the area to ensure their pets' annual boosters are up to date.