Ensuring Health

Immunization

Immunization

All puppies and adult dogs must be immunized against the following vital and bacterial diseases : canine distemper, infectious canine hepatitis, leptospirosis, parainfluenza, canine parvovirus, and rabies. Immunization involves a series of vaccine injections to safeguard a dog’s health. Vaccination types and schedules vary among veterinarians, and are affected by statutes and local conditions. 

A puppy born to a dog that is immune receives fluids from his mother’s colostrums ( milk produced the first few days after birth) which help him produce disease –fighting antibodies until he is weaned. The amount of protection a puppy receives depends on the amount of antibodies his mother has, and this immunity diminishes rapidly. A puppy loses about half of it by the time he is two weeks old. Vaccinations pick up where the mother’s colostrums leaves off, by inducing the pup to produce his own antibodies.