bobchic Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 My OH is a nurse and doesnt believe a dog is not fully vaccinated after its first shot. He tells me that the first vaccinations make the dog immune, but it runs out, and thats why there are 3 shots all up. The final one making the pup immune for good. He says as long as the pup gets the shot at the right times, they really are covered and essentially, fully immunised. Is this true? How does the shots work for dogs? Why is it common to say the dog is still at risk until the last shot? Im just curious as I warned him about taking Missy to the dog park due to only having 2 shots, but he claimed the above explanation and felt happy to take her.... Thanks for your replies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tess32 Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Some vaccinations are too 'early' as the puppy still has maternal antibodies in its system that can basically 'cancel out' the vaccination. It is impossible to know when those maternal antibodies run out so they give three shots as a 'just in case'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelpie-i Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 My vet friends inform me that puppies are actually fully covered after the 2nd vaccination. The 3rd is given merely as a booster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tess32 Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 My vet friends inform me that puppies are actually fully covered after the 2nd vaccination. The 3rd is given merely as a booster. That would depend on when the puppy gets its second vacc. Some puppies have had the first at 6 weeks, and the second at 10 weeks. For some puppies this is too early. My puppy was titre tested at 12 weeks before the vaccination took effect and he basically had no immunity at all at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs tornsocks Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 there's a vaccination thread about three down from this on the puppy probs section. that has quite a bit of info. It depends on the vaccs the pup is getting - there's a new-ish vacc they can get at 10 weeks to cover them where they don't require another. But ours is getting three Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all that glitters Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Shyla only got 2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothieGirl Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Bronte had her first vacc at seven weeks with the breeder. My vet then gave her the second at 10 weeks and also a nasal spray for KCough, he said that she was safe to socialise properly and go for walks after that one (well a week after). But he still gave her the third one at 14 weeks as the final one of the course. It seemed to have changed since my Doberman puppy who had three shots and couldn't socialise until she was over 16 weeks (a long long time), but that was 16 years ago, so you would expect technology and science to have improved since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bindii Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Shyla only got 2! Protech C3 doesn't need the 16 week booster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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