Puppy Shots

Sploochy · #1 04-03-2009, 07:26 PM

I'm getting my puppy at 6 weeks old on April 18th, He will have his first shots, when should he get his next shots, How many shots does he need and what age should he get them at?

Thanks

BxrMommieNAZ · #2 04-03-2009, 07:46 PM

When we got our pup at almost 8 weeks he had already had one set at 6 weeks, he then got another at 9, another at 12, and another at 16 and then another at 15 months (well one year from his 12 week ones). He got the 5-in-1 on all visits and then the one year Rabies at his 12 week, and then the 3 year Rabies at his 15 month. I do not plan on vaccinating again except for Rabies as required by law every 3 years.

I believe the "rule of thumb" is every 3-4 weeks for 4 sets and then the last set at 1 year from when the last set was given.

sargboxerluv · #3 04-03-2009, 07:47 PM

6 weeks is too young to bring a puppy home! Puppies need to be with their mom and litter mates until at least 8 weeks, 10 is better. There is so much for them to learn. Why are you gettng this puppy so young?

**gmacleod** · #4 04-03-2009, 07:48 PM

6 weeks? That is too young for the puppy to leave his mother and littermates - he should not be rehomed until a minimum of 8 weeks (that is even a legal requirement in many parts of the world - you should probably check where you live too). It is a welfare and development issue, not just some arbitrary warm fuzzy that someone thought up. Is there some serious reason why he needs to be rehomed so early? If there isn't is would be *very* much in his interests - both physical and physchologically - if you left him a couple of weeks longer. Mothers are needed for a great deal more than just being a milk bar, after all - and its only after 6 weeks of age that pups are really capable of any real learning. If its at the breeder's insistence - I'd seriously consider taking a pass and finding someone more responsible to buy from (no caring and responsible individual would let a puppy go this young - or at least not without some exceptional circumstance requiring it).

As to your actual questions on vaccination schedules, information on that here: http://www.peteducation.com/article....2+2115&aid=960

Sploochy · #5 04-03-2009, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by gmacleod

6 weeks? That is too young for the puppy to leave his mother and littermates - he should not be rehomed until a minimum of 8 weeks (that is even a legal requirement in many parts of the world - you should probably check where you live too). It is a welfare and development issue, not just some arbitrary warm fuzzy that someone thought up. Is there some serious reason why he needs to be rehomed so early? If there isn't is would be *very* much in his interests - both physical and physchologically - if you left him a couple of weeks longer. Mothers are needed for a great deal more than just being a milk bar, after all - and its only after 6 weeks of age that pups are really capable of any real learning. If its at the breeder's insistence - I'd seriously consider taking a pass and finding someone more responsible to buy from (no caring and responsible individual would let a puppy go this young - or at least not without some exceptional circumstance requiring it).

As to your actual questions on vaccination schedules, information on that here: http://www.peteducation.com/article....2+2115&aid=960

I'm from Ontario, I don't think there is dog laws, unless there is money to be made. The breeders are releasing all the puppys out on the 18th, I didn't know they were only going to be 6 weeks when I mad the deposite, I just asumed 8weeks. I'm very new to this owning a dog, He's my first. Thanks for the website.

**gmacleod** · #6 04-03-2009, 08:20 PM

Weell - now that you do know, you might consider asking that the breeder keep the puppy longer - including not taking him at all if they won't. Not knowing from the outset doesn't alter the detriment to his health and development if you do take him that young.

Sploochy · #7 04-03-2009, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by gmacleod

Weell - now that you do know, you might consider asking that the breeder keep the puppy longer - including not taking him at all if they won't. Not knowing from the outset doesn't alter the detriment to his health and development if you do take him that young.

The breeder won't keep them longer, I will lose my 200$ deposit. This is apparently there 8 the litter, with different dogs obviously, and they have always kept the puppies for only 6 weeks.
I've done research and I know people who have gotten puppies as early as 5 weeks old, Everyone I I talked to and everywhere I read, said as long as the puppy can eat on his own , he is fine, and He is already eating wet dry food at 4 weeks.

**gmacleod** · #8 04-03-2009, 08:42 PM

Hmm... $200 or the welfare of the puppy... tough choice to make

I hope all those people also told you that at 6 weeks, the pup is barely physically developed enough to regulate his own body temperature, so will need very careful care. He will miss out on any concept of learning to be a dog - since that's a lesson he would only start to learn from about 6 weeks onward, and will no longer have a mother and littermates to learn from (so making sure that he has other canines, including puppies of his own age to interact with regularly from the outset will be absolutely essential). He won't have any concept of bite inhibition or how to accept (and learn from) discipline (another lesson that he only starts to learn from his mother around 6 weeks +), so you're going to have to teach those lessons very carefully - an excellent article attached on how to go about that: http://www.jersey.net/~mountaindog/berner1/bitestop.htm And last - but very far from least - pups taken this young have a much higher risk of developing psychological disorders such as separation anxiety later in life. You won't find out about that until he's several months old, of course, and he certainly isn't guaranteed to develop such a thing. But the stunted psychological development he'll suffer from being taken from his mother/littermates too early puts him statistically at far higher risk. Worth bearing in mind (and even reading up on, in case you need to deal with it later - its not an easy thing to overcome, so better tackled early).

Sploochy · #9 04-03-2009, 09:00 PM

He will be in Daycare 5 days a week, so he will be interacting with dogs of all ages, maybe he will learn stuff from them.

Thanks for the concern, the help and the website links

BxrMommieNAZ · #10 04-04-2009, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Sploochy

He will be in Daycare 5 days a week, so he will be interacting with dogs of all ages, maybe he will learn stuff from them.

Thanks for the concern, the help and the website links

He's going to be in DAYCARE at only SIX WEEKS OLD????????!!!!!!!!!!!! Please tell me that you either meant MUCH later (uh like after his vaccinations are completed), or you're kidding. No way should a six week (or even an 8 or 10 or 12 week IMO) puppy be in doggy daycare and I would seriously have to wonder about a facility that would even accept them that young. I'm just in absolute shock and I truly hope you meant MUCH MUCH MUCH farther down the line in his develope, primarily immunity development.