What shots does the puppy get and when does the puppy get them?
Vaccination Schedule for Puppies and Dogs
Distemper….. an airborne viral disease of the lungs, intestines and brain
Hepatitis….. a viral disease of the liver
Leptospirosis… a bacterial disease of the urinary tract
Parainfluenza… infectious bronchitis
Parvovirus….. a viral disease of the intestines
Rabies….. a viral disease fatal to humans and other animals
Corona….. a viral disease of the intestines
Bordatella… a bacterial infection of the upper respiratory system (kennel
cough)
Puppies (6 weeks to 1 year)
6 – 8 weeks………. first puppy shot (DHLPP) + Corona
11 –12 weeks……. second puppy shot (DHLPP) + Corona
15-16 weeks……… third puppy shot (DHLPP) + Corona
over 4 months…… Rabies ( repeat 1 year later)
7-9 months……… first heartworm test
Adult Dogs (after 1 year)
DHLPP…… Yearly
Heartworm Test……Yearly
Rabies……. Every three years (after 2nd shot)
Bordatella….. Yearly
Distemper….. an airborne viral disease of the lungs, intestines and brain
Hepatitis….. a viral disease of the liver
Leptospirosis… a bacterial disease of the urinary tract
Parainfluenza… infectious bronchitis
Parvovirus….. a viral disease of the intestines
Rabies….. a viral disease fatal to humans and other animals
Corona….. a viral disease of the intestines
Bordatella… a bacterial infection of the upper respiratory system (kennel
cough)
Puppies (6 weeks to 1 year)
6 – 8 weeks………. first puppy shot (DHLPP) + Corona
11 –12 weeks……. second puppy shot (DHLPP) + Corona
15-16 weeks……… third puppy shot (DHLPP) + Corona
over 4 months…… Rabies ( repeat 1 year later)
7-9 months……… first heartworm test
Adult Dogs (after 1 year)
DHLPP…… Yearly
Heartworm Test……Yearly
Rabies……. Every three years (after 2nd shot)
Bordatella….. Yearly
DISEASES TO PROTECT AGAINST:
Take a look at the table below and you'll see an explanation diseases that veterinarians can help protect your puppy against. A few of these are quite common, some are very deadly and an understanding of these diseases is important in puppy health care. You and your veterinarian can talk about which vaccinations should be given, how many times the vaccine should be administered to insure good protction, and when "Booster"shots should be done. (A "Booster" shot refers to giving a vaccine more than one time. The follow-up vaccinations will BOOST the immune level up higher and the patient will be even better prtection from the disease. The word "SHOT" is rather slang. Injection is the better term. Most puppies will get a combination vaccine, called a MULTIVALENT vaccine, which protects against more than one disease. The combination vaccine allows the puppy to be vaccinated via a single injection rather than having to receive four or five separate inoculations.
Multivalent vaccines are those that have more than one disease antigen combined into one injection.
A typical multivalent vaccine is the DHLPPCv vaccine for dogs. Instead of giving 6 different injections, all these "vaccines" or antigens can be given in a single small volume injection. Certainly this is easier on the dog than getting 6 separate injections.
DHLPPCv stands for:
D...Canine Distemper Virus...a dangerous viral infection. "Distemper" is an odd name for a viral infection and this disease has no relationship to nor connection with a dog's temperament.
H...Hepatitis...a viral infection caused by two related viruses that mainly affects the liver.
L...Leptospirosis...A bacterial infection affecting the kidneys. This class of bacteria can infect humans, cows, dogs, pigs and other mammals.
P...Parainfluenza...a virus that along with the Hepatitis virus can cause upper respiratory infections.
P...Parvovirus..a severe and often fatal virus affecting the lining of the intestinal tract.
Cv...Coronavirus...is very similar to the Parvovirus, can be very severe, but has a somewhat different effect on the intestinal tract and generally is not fatal
When to Vaccinate:
The best advice is to call your vet before you pick up that new member of the family and ask to have the puppy examined as soon after you become the owner as possible. As a breeder, it is usually you have 24 to 48 hrs to take your puppy to the vet. On your way home from the breeder/seller is actually a good time to have the pup seen by your vet. Durning the examination the vet will look at the pup's medical/vaccination history. If the breeder has given vaccinations just recently, and your vet is cofident that it was done properly, a recommendation will be made regrarding when to come in for the next "booster" injection of vaccine. If the pup is healthy and unvaccinated, your vet will suggest vaccinating right away. One or more of the vaccines listed in the table above will be administered and a suggestion made as to when the next visit should be scheduled.
VACCINATION PROTOCOLS and SCHEDULE:
Presented below is just one vet general schedule of vaccinations for puppies. Your Vet vaccination protocols may be different.
Vaccination protocols for dogs are changing almost yearly as new research is done on duration of immunity.
6 to 7 weeks of age: Give first combination vaccine.(Distemper,Hepatitis,Parovirus,Parainfluenza,Coronvirus)
9 weeks of age: Give seond combination vaccine.
12 weeks of age: Given third combination injection and possibly a LYME Vaccine inoculation. Generally a LYME vaccine is then repeated two weeks later, then once a year.
16 weeks of age: Given the last combination vaccine.
12 to 16 weeks of age: Rabies vaccine is given.(Local and State laws apply regarding Rabies vaccine since this can be a human disease, too. Your Vet will tell you the proper time intervals for booster vaccines for Rabies.)
Why so many vaccinations? Good question! The reason is that no one can be sure that the pup will actually mount a good antibody response to the disease just fromone vaccination. The age of the pup and just hom much immunity it has received from it's mother will complicate the "probability of protection". So...if the pup has lots od immunity(called PASSIVE IMMUNITY) that was borrowed from the mother durning early nursing, this immunity will actually interfere with the pups ability to make it's own immunity from the vaccine challenge. The idea is to get the vaccine into the pup just as soon as the mother's passive immunity wears off (NOW the pup is very susceptible to sickness if it is exposed to the disease!) so that the pup can make more lasting immunity of its own. The precise time when a pup can respond well to a vaccine is variable...it might occur at 6 weeks of age or might be 12 weeks. So to be as safe as possible, why not start vaccinating at 6 weeks and the end at 16 weeks? Almost 99 per cent of puppies will develop a good immune level to the various disease from a vaccine schedule similar to the one above.
Caution! If your pup has any trouble breathing after a vaccination, or seems weak, staggers, has pale gums or seems at all unreponsive...contact your VET IMMEDIATELY!!!!
On vert rare occasions any animal or human may have a reaction to a vaccination. If your pup simply seems a little tired or slightly uncomfortable where it was vaccinated, that is an entirely different and mild response to the vaccination. If you are not sure that your pup is OK, Call your Vet for advice.
Take a look at the table below and you'll see an explanation diseases that veterinarians can help protect your puppy against. A few of these are quite common, some are very deadly and an understanding of these diseases is important in puppy health care. You and your veterinarian can talk about which vaccinations should be given, how many times the vaccine should be administered to insure good protction, and when "Booster"shots should be done. (A "Booster" shot refers to giving a vaccine more than one time. The follow-up vaccinations will BOOST the immune level up higher and the patient will be even better prtection from the disease. The word "SHOT" is rather slang. Injection is the better term. Most puppies will get a combination vaccine, called a MULTIVALENT vaccine, which protects against more than one disease. The combination vaccine allows the puppy to be vaccinated via a single injection rather than having to receive four or five separate inoculations.
Multivalent vaccines are those that have more than one disease antigen combined into one injection.
A typical multivalent vaccine is the DHLPPCv vaccine for dogs. Instead of giving 6 different injections, all these "vaccines" or antigens can be given in a single small volume injection. Certainly this is easier on the dog than getting 6 separate injections.
DHLPPCv stands for:
D...Canine Distemper Virus...a dangerous viral infection. "Distemper" is an odd name for a viral infection and this disease has no relationship to nor connection with a dog's temperament.
H...Hepatitis...a viral infection caused by two related viruses that mainly affects the liver.
L...Leptospirosis...A bacterial infection affecting the kidneys. This class of bacteria can infect humans, cows, dogs, pigs and other mammals.
P...Parainfluenza...a virus that along with the Hepatitis virus can cause upper respiratory infections.
P...Parvovirus..a severe and often fatal virus affecting the lining of the intestinal tract.
Cv...Coronavirus...is very similar to the Parvovirus, can be very severe, but has a somewhat different effect on the intestinal tract and generally is not fatal
When to Vaccinate:
The best advice is to call your vet before you pick up that new member of the family and ask to have the puppy examined as soon after you become the owner as possible. As a breeder, it is usually you have 24 to 48 hrs to take your puppy to the vet. On your way home from the breeder/seller is actually a good time to have the pup seen by your vet. Durning the examination the vet will look at the pup's medical/vaccination history. If the breeder has given vaccinations just recently, and your vet is cofident that it was done properly, a recommendation will be made regrarding when to come in for the next "booster" injection of vaccine. If the pup is healthy and unvaccinated, your vet will suggest vaccinating right away. One or more of the vaccines listed in the table above will be administered and a suggestion made as to when the next visit should be scheduled.
VACCINATION PROTOCOLS and SCHEDULE:
Presented below is just one vet general schedule of vaccinations for puppies. Your Vet vaccination protocols may be different.
Vaccination protocols for dogs are changing almost yearly as new research is done on duration of immunity.
6 to 7 weeks of age: Give first combination vaccine.(Distemper,Hepatitis,Parovirus,Parainfluenza,Coronvirus)
9 weeks of age: Give seond combination vaccine.
12 weeks of age: Given third combination injection and possibly a LYME Vaccine inoculation. Generally a LYME vaccine is then repeated two weeks later, then once a year.
16 weeks of age: Given the last combination vaccine.
12 to 16 weeks of age: Rabies vaccine is given.(Local and State laws apply regarding Rabies vaccine since this can be a human disease, too. Your Vet will tell you the proper time intervals for booster vaccines for Rabies.)
Why so many vaccinations? Good question! The reason is that no one can be sure that the pup will actually mount a good antibody response to the disease just fromone vaccination. The age of the pup and just hom much immunity it has received from it's mother will complicate the "probability of protection". So...if the pup has lots od immunity(called PASSIVE IMMUNITY) that was borrowed from the mother durning early nursing, this immunity will actually interfere with the pups ability to make it's own immunity from the vaccine challenge. The idea is to get the vaccine into the pup just as soon as the mother's passive immunity wears off (NOW the pup is very susceptible to sickness if it is exposed to the disease!) so that the pup can make more lasting immunity of its own. The precise time when a pup can respond well to a vaccine is variable...it might occur at 6 weeks of age or might be 12 weeks. So to be as safe as possible, why not start vaccinating at 6 weeks and the end at 16 weeks? Almost 99 per cent of puppies will develop a good immune level to the various disease from a vaccine schedule similar to the one above.
Caution! If your pup has any trouble breathing after a vaccination, or seems weak, staggers, has pale gums or seems at all unreponsive...contact your VET IMMEDIATELY!!!!
On vert rare occasions any animal or human may have a reaction to a vaccination. If your pup simply seems a little tired or slightly uncomfortable where it was vaccinated, that is an entirely different and mild response to the vaccination. If you are not sure that your pup is OK, Call your Vet for advice.
