New Puppy Vaccinations

Video Transcript

"This is a list of things that we're going over today, and you're going to get the top copy to take home with you. But today we wanted to go ahead and and talk a little bit about vaccinations about your dog. So what we've already had. So did, was there a breeder that gave them or was it a veterinarian gave them the first vaccines? It was a veterinarian. Okay, and so we like to, we'll talk just a little bit about vaccinations because they're very very important. Some times people don't even know that a dog needs a vaccination. And the ones, the types of vaccines that we're really worried about are distemper, rabies, parvo, and there's a few other ones that we do vaccinate them for, but those are the real ones that we worry about mostly. And the interesting thing about vaccinations is, puppies do get their immunity from their mother through the placenta and also the milk. And, what happens with that is, that's what we call temporary immunity. The temporary immunity kind of wanes over a time period and that's why we need to give the vaccines to build up the permanent immunity that we're going to give your dog. Unfortunately that's why we have to give boosters, because the temporary immunity interferes with the permanent immunity, and so that's why we have to continue giving boosters for about three boosters a month apart, once your puppies starts getting them. And so the different ones that we vaccinate for, distemper is a very very serious disease that puppies get and it can actually kill them. Fortunately in the United States we don't see much distemper because everyone vaccinates their dog. The rabies we're going to talk a little bit more about later, because that's actually one of the mandatory vaccines that an animal has to have, because humans can get rabies and it's a deadly disease. Again in America we don't see a lot of this disease, simply because everybody vaccinates for it. Parvo however is a much more serious disease that we see more commonly and parvo virus is difficult to protect your dog from because it lives well outside the body. If a dog has the disease and passes a stool in the park, and your dog steps in it, even four months later and licks his paw, he could get it. And so that's why I'm going to recommend that you keep your puppy really close to home until we get that fourth, or that third vaccine done after four months of age. Another vaccine that you may or may not need for your puppy is one called, called bordetello. Bordetello vaccine is especially important in dogs that are either going places, that are grooming or boarding, different boarding facilities. Because it's actually called kennel cough is what we're protecting your dog from. Kennel cough is both a virus and a bacteria that colonizes in the trachea, and it's not a very serious disease, but it will keep you up for about two weeks when your dog has it, so we want to try and avoid it. So if you think you're going to be boarding your dog, or having him in for grooming or something like that, it's very important that we get that done. That's a six month vaccine and we start doing it when they're puppies and we just keep it going as long as they have the need. Okay."