Vacs

[dougie]

[Ons]

Thank you for that information

does it say anything about how long after the pup has had her second vacination that she can then go out in the big wide world? I thought it was two weeks?????

[dougie]

It goes on to say .......

.....'' The 12-14 week vaccination will usually give a very good cover & should, with the newer vaccines, give nearly 100% cover against a strong disease challenge. The vaccine will take 5-7 days to reach a good level of cover, after which you can start taking your puppy out into the big wide world for socialisation''......

It is from an article written for the The Canine Journal, May issue, by Dr Karen Hedberg, BVSc.

[crazydaisy]

It goes on to say .......

.....'' The 12-14 week vaccination will usually give a very good cover & should, with the newer vaccines, give nearly 100% cover against a strong disease challenge. The vaccine will take 5-7 days to reach a good level of cover, after which you can start taking your puppy out into the big wide world for socialisation''......

It is from an article written for the The Canine Journal, May issue, by Dr Karen Hedberg, BVSc.

When I got my puppy, the breeder said she had been given her virst vacination and was due the second at 12 weeks. She said this was all she would need for the first year. When I took her to the vets for the second vacination, he informed me that she would need a third jab and this is due next week.

Do puppies really need to have three vacinations? I am not sure wheter to take her for her third shot or not!

[dougie]

It goes on to say.....

''.....The 16-20 week vaccination can be very important for those individuals which have had very high levels of maternal immunity. The maternal antibodies can interfere with the degree of reponses by the body to the earlier vaccinations. As the maternal immunity levels are seldom checked & it is not practical to do so in the majority of cases, it may be necessary to give a third set of vaccinations to be absolutely certain that your puppy is fully covered by the vaccines....''

Always keeping in mind there is now a school of thought that puppies/dogs are over vaccinated anyhow.

I vaccinated my puppies at 6 weeks & advise the new owners to have the booster at 12 weeks & then annual vacs from there on.

I do this with my own dogs & have not had any problems to date.....if it aint broke, don't fix it.

I really wanted to emphasise to new puppy owners not put their puppies at risk before the booster vacs were effective.......

.........it just aint worth the risk.

Edited May 7, 2006 by dougie