Puppy Vaccination

[Jetty]

How long do you have to wait after the fourth vaccination before you can take the pup out? Asking coz my friend wants to come on beach trip with myself and another friend and her pup gets her last vac 5 days before the day we want to go.

[Dogsfevr]

4 vacc??

What has been used

[W Sibs]

4th?

[GoldenWei]

We are doing 4, but only because I am separating the KC vaccine out from the parvo/distemper at 12wks.... maybe they are doing something similar????

ETA

C3, C3, KC (think its B3??) C3

Edited February 8, 2010 by GoldieGirl

[Jetty]

sorry i meant the 3.

[tarope]

None of mine went anywhere until last C5 at 16 wks. As parvo is not worth the risk, especially for Rotties.

[Nekhbet]

big risk not socialising guarding breeds until after critial period

I start from the day they come home

[tarope]

big risk not socialising guarding breeds until after critial period

Don't know about that as I've never owned a guarding breed. GSD's and Rotties are family pets and not guard dogs.

The biggest risk is parvo as parvo kills pups,it's just not worth it. There's plenty of time for socialization and obedience training and mine turned out just fine.

[poodlefan]

How long do you have to wait after the fourth vaccination before you can take the pup out? Asking coz my friend wants to come on beach trip with myself and another friend and her pup gets her last vac 5 days before the day we want to go.

I suggest she phone her vet.

I'm pretty sure that vaccs are effective within 72 hours but it would pay to check.

I take my pups out from when I get them but not to public areas frequented by dogs.

[Cosmolo]

Socialisation during a dogs critical period is crucial- 6-16 weeks is a vital time for socialisation in controlled and low risk environments. Parvo kills puppies- yes. But so does serious behaviour problems as a result of lacking early socialisation.

[Mystiqview]

I socialise my pups early. Even before they get their first vaccination. It is very controlled and with people I know and trust. I have a number of other older dogs at home so that is not the big issue.

Once they get their 6 week vaccination. They are taken for drives in a crate in the back of the enclosed ute with the mother. I normally have gone to the local coffee shop and sat on the tailgate drinking coffee while the pups watch the world go by safely from their crate in the back of the ute. People are not allowed to pat the puppies during this time while doing this, but they are getting socialised none the less.

I have also taken my 8 week puppies to the markets held in the car park of a local train station. They are held on concrete and they are walked around in arms through the markets. There are not many markets these days around my area that accept dogs. Again general puplic are not allowed to pat the puppy. Again,they are socialised to sights and sounds and are fairly well protected.

I DO NOT go too offlead parks or areas frequented by dogs and other high risk areas until after the second Vaccination at 12 weeks. Now, depending on which vet you talk to. Some say give the pup 48 hours and they are fine. Others say to wait two weeks. I give my puppies two vaccinations. C4 at 6 weeks and a C5 (up the nose) at 12 weeks. The vet I go to going on by the company who makes the vaccine says they do not need the third booster at 16 weeks. Yet some vets claim they need the booster.

People encourage puppies to attend puppy school from the time they get their pups. Namely 8 weeks. Some are held in school grounds and others at a vet surgery. Some at private homes. While many of these organisations check Vacc certificates when you arrive. In the case of school grounds, there is the unknown quality of what has walked through earlier that day.. Dogs are not supposed to be on school grounds, but how do you know what was done out of hours??

Parvo kills, never going to deny that. But in reality, it is less of a killer to a bad socialised pup. It is of course different story if there is a parvo/KC outbreak in your area. Then of course common sense should prevail. More pets are euthenased or given up through behavioural issues than Parvo killing pups at birth. I am certainly do not advocate no vaccination. But common sense on socialisation vs no socialisation.

It is always good when you get new pups to keep in touch with your local vets to find the status in your local area and where you may be travelling to. Parvo/Kennel Cough, ticks etc.

late last year, we took a 9 week old pup with us on holidays for 10 days through NSW. We knew there was an outbreak through Orange, so we avoided going through that town. We stayed in caravan parks and kept her away from all other dogs and close to camp.

The most she had to be admitted to the vet for was a grass seed in her ear from a visit to the local river, and later a visit to the chemist for some conjunctivitis ointment for weepy eye due to dust storms. We did vaccinate her early at 10 weeks in Yass as that was where she picked up the grass seed, so while in the vets, seemed a good idea.

[poodlefan]

I understand Tarope's caution. The Rottweiler is one of the breeds noted as being particularly susceptible to parvo. If I had Rottie pups, I'd be pretty damn cautious too.

[Jetty]

How long do you have to wait after the fourth vaccination before you can take the pup out? Asking coz my friend wants to come on beach trip with myself and another friend and her pup gets her last vac 5 days before the day we want to go.

I suggest she phone her vet.

I'm pretty sure that vaccs are effective within 72 hours but it would pay to check.

I take my pups out from when I get them but not to public areas frequented by dogs.

Thanks this answers my question. She will call the vet too. I was just curious as I have heard different things and its been a whole year since I got Jet so my memory isn't the best.

I do not know what she has done socialisation wise but this will be the first time she has taken her to a public place (dog beach)

[Erny]

I took my boy out and about pretty much from the get go. But I chose wisely/cautiously as to where, until he'd had his last puppy vacc (in his case, his 2nd). I recommend to anyone to avoid stressful situations (even big excitement is stressful) for 7 days clear of each puppy vaccination. Reasoning behind this is that when the vaccination is received, the pup's immune system is 'taxed' because it is busy fighting the affects of the vaccination (this is how the disease anti-bodies are created) and therefore is a bit on the vulnerable side.