VACCINATION REGIMEN & FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
WHAT YOU GET FOR YOUR MONEY
SWE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE REGIMEN THAT WE USE WITH OUR KENNEL REGARDING VACCINATIONS AND GENERAL HEALTH CARE. WE WOULD LIKE TO ENSURE THAT EACH PUPPY THAT LEAVES HERE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW UP HEALTHY AND BECOME MATURE ENOUGH TO MEET THEIR NEW FAMILY.
3 WEEKS- PUPS RECEIVE FIRST WORMING AND FIRST BORDETELLA INNOCULATION. THIS IS A NASAL INHALANT THAT IS FOR THE PREVENTION OF BORDETELLA TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS KENNEL COUGH. THIS IS USUALLY A SELF LIMITING AILMENT; HOWEVER IT CAN BE VERY ALARMING LISTENING TO THE RASPY COUGHING THAT IT PRODUCES. IF CAUGHT, THIS VIRUS USUALLY IS ABOUT TWO WEEKS IN DURATION. THE INNOCULATION ACTS MUCH LIKE A 'FLU SHOT' FOR HUMANS; IF THEY DO CATCH IT, THE SEVERITY AND LENGTH OF THE ILLNESS IS LESSENED.
6 WEEKS- PUPS RECEIVE SECOND WORMING, AND SECOND BORDETELLA INNOCULATION. IN ADDITION,THEY RECEIVE THEIR FIRST, AND WE BELIEVE THE MOST IMPORTANT VACCINATION WE CAN GIVE THEM; NEOPAR. (http://www.agri-med.com/site/255063/product/NEOPAR-1)
7 WEEKS- PUPS RECEIVE 5-WAY SHOT; USUALLY Duramune Max 5-CvK; The Puppy shot. Fort Dodge Bacterin-Vaccine Canine Distemper-Adenovirus Type 2-Coronavirus-Parainfluenza-Parvovirus Vaccine, Modified Live and Killed Virus.
7.5 WEEKS- PUPS RECEIVE IVERMECTIN AS ALL AROUND WORMER/FLEA PREVENTATIVE; THIS OCCASIONALLY CAUSES SLIGHT STOMACH UPSET. SULMET IS UTILIZED AS A ANTIBIOTIC TO HELP PUPS THROUGH THE STRESS OF LEAVING; IT WILL LOWER THE LEVELS OF COCCIDIA AND GIARDIA THAT TEND TO FLAIR UP DURING TIMES OF STRESS.
8 WEEK- PUPS RECEIVE SECOND NEOPAR SHOT; FINAL EXAMINATION AND RELEASE TO NEW HOMES IF DEEMED READY. SMALL PUPS SUCH AS IMPERIAL SHIH TZUS ARE EVALUATED VERY CAREFULLY; WE WILL NOT RELEASE A PUP UNTIL IT REACHES AT LEAST 1.5 POUNDS. THEY ARE CHECKED FOR EARMITE, CLEFT PALATES, BAD BITE AND HERNIAS.
