Vaccination

                                Vaccine Information & Protocol

      There are many different vaccine protocols and many different views on the best one for puppies. Some believe in vaccinating early and often with boosters every 1-3 years while others believe that is overkill, that most vaccines after the initial puppy series give immunity for life and that overvaccination is harming our pets. There is no “right” or “wrong” approach, nor any simple answers and we don’t recommend any protocol over another. We simply do what works for us. Every breeder or dog owner needs to do their own research, discuss this topic with their veterinarian and decide what protocol works best for them.

      The most important thing to realize is that there are some diseases like canine parvovirus and distemper that are highly contagious and that can be extremely deadly, so you really do need to take vaccinations and protecting your puppies from these diseases seriously. Puppies get some immunity from their mothers and it’s not known exactly when this immunity wears off. It’s different for every dog, every litter and possibly even for every puppy within a litter. (Mom can have great antibodies but if a particular puppy didn’t get adequate colostrum it might not be protected as long as the other pups.) If you vaccinate too early the antibodies from the mom can cause the vaccine to not work at all. If you vaccinate too late those antibodies from mom may wear off and then if the puppy gets exposed to the diseases it can get very sick. Because of this most veterinarians recommend a series of vaccines, starting somewhere between 6 & 8 weeks and given every 2-4 weeks until the pups are around 16-18 weeks old.

      Unfortunately because this is really just a guessing game there can be “gaps” in the coverage and even a properly vaccinated puppy CAN get sick with one of the diseases they have been vaccinated for. This is why you should keep your new puppy isolated until it has had ALL of its vaccinations. In particular don’t take it out to public places like dog parks, on walks, to the pet store, to hotels parking lots or rest stops (if traveling with your pup), or any public place where other dogs or wild animals such as foxes or coyotes could have been. Parvo in particular is highly contagious, can last for years outdoors and it only takes microscopic particles to infect your puppy. It can also be brought in on shoes, clothes and tires so we suggest that until your pup is fully vaccinated you change your clothes and shoes and wash your hands before handling you puppy if you’ve been out in public.

      The veterinarian’s office is actually a highly dangerous place for a puppy. It’s best if you have a mobile vet that can come to you. Fortunately enough our family program also has a 45 year retired LVT and a current Vet Tech that has access to the babies 24 hours a day, along with emergency problems they do routine physical exams on each puppy twice daily. All our puppies are vaccinated and dewormed In-House so the babies are not being exposed to any of the disease that puppies need to stay far away from.  But if this isn’t an option then carry your puppy into the vet clinic, being sure it’s feet never touch the floor or furniture and making sure the examining table is sterilized before putting your puppy on it. Using a blanket or pad brought from home to set the puppy on would be even better.

      This may all seem like overkill but it really can’t be stressed enough; to keep your puppies from getting sick you have to take appropriate precautions until they have had all of their vaccines and built a strong immune system. We do not even wear the same clothes or shoes into our puppy areas that we wear out in public, in order to protect our puppies. And we do not allow visitors into the puppy areas in order to protect our pups from these terrible diseases. We take protecting our puppies very seriously!  

      We understand that some buyers would like to visit their puppy before they’re ready to go and we do sympathize. But if you are one of those people ask yourself this - based on all the information we just shared and the serious risk to all of the puppies do you want other buyers visiting YOUR puppy? We offer weekly photos and videos of your puppy until it is time to pick it up. We also offer live video chats for buyers and potential buyers so they can see puppies in real time 

Below is the vaccine protocol we use on our puppies.  We give every puppy buyer a copy of their puppy’s medical history so they can show there vet what vaccine the puppy had already received and the vet will be able to provide the accurate vaccines your puppy will still need. 

    · 3-4 weeks - NeoPar - Live vaccine for Canine Parvovirus only. This vaccine will be given to the puppy every 10 days for the next 2 doses after the initial dose.  

    · 8-9 weeks Nobivac Canine 1-DAPPv - for Parvovirus, Distemper, Hepatitis, Adenovirus Type 2 & Parainfluenza

    · 12weeks Nobivac Canine 1-DAPPv - for Parvovirus, Distemper, Hepatitis, Adenovirus Type 2 & Parainfluenza

    · 16 weeks Nobivac Canine 1-DAPPv - for Parvovirus, Distemper, Hepatitis, Adenovirus Type 2 & Parainfluenza

The vaccines are accompanied by a parasite prevention protocol that we follow very closely in our program which can be seen on the next pages. 

There are many different 5 way Vaccines and we use what we can get so your puppy records may show a different brand but they all do the same thing 

                                  High Desert Doodles & More

                                              Jessica Sage

                                        Phone: 541-216-0136

                    Email: HighDesertDoodlesAndMore@gmail.com