Can I take my puppy for a walk yet?
My puppy is 9 1/2 weeks old.
He was given his first parvo/distemper shot at 6weeks old. 2nd shot at 8weeks. 3rd shot is due at 10weeks.
Can I take my puppy for walks around the neighborhood yet?
My puppy is 9 1/2 weeks old.
He was given his first parvo/distemper shot at 6weeks old. 2nd shot at 8weeks. 3rd shot is due at 10weeks.
Can I take my puppy for walks around the neighborhood yet?
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No, no and no. Do the right thing and wait for your puppy to have all of its recommended shots by your Vet and then wait about 2-3 more weeks, then you can. You will have many years together with your puppy and it will be that way if you follow the rule, be careful, no pet shops or stores, parvo I hear can stay in dirt and surrounding areas for up to a year, not sure, talk with your Vet. Good luck!
Ocimom
No. Only walk around in the yard on a leash till he has ALL his shots - including rabies. This way you can practice leash work so he's well behaved when you do take him out of the yard.
Anonymous
• "Can I take my puppy for a walk yet?"
You CAN if you have a leash and are capable of walking.
But "SHOULD I take my puppy for a walk yet?" will usually get a different answer, depending on how you word it.
• "My puppy is 9 1/2 weeks old. He was given his first parvo/distemper shot at 6weeks old. 2nd shot at 8weeks. 3rd shot is due at 10weeks. Can I take my puppy for walks around the neighborhood yet?"
The "CAN I" calls for the same response as your original question.
But the information about vaccinations 2 weeks apart raises questions:
💥1: WHY did Pup get its first "shot" at 6 weeks old?
Did their dam die while whelping them? Are they HORRIBLY in-bred? (Meaning that 1 or more ancestors appears as as the parent or grandparent of both the sire and the dam - or may even appear AS the sire or dam as well as behind the other parent.)
Normally the antibodies in the colostrum (aka "first milk") that a brood produces during her first day after starting whelping, will last 10-to-13 weeks, but some bìtches produce very little colostrum, and some pups are raised on ground inundated with viruses from other animals. Either way, the antibodies will be used up before the pup's immune system is mature enough to start generating its own antibodies in response to the attenuated viruses in the vaccine.
💥2: Is the vet greedy? Or ignorant?
Most vaccine packs carry a label that they should NEVER be given closer together than every THREE weeks, nor further apart than 4 weeks. Without further information from you, it looks as though YOUR vet is aiming at getting paid for 6 checks-then-vaccinations instead of the normal 3 for pups that aren't orphans.
💛 The regime I recommend is "shots" at 8, 12, and 16 weeks old. And so far as the CORE vaccines are concerned, that's it for life.
❤️ If your district has rabies, the LAW states the ages at which the first (usually at 18 weeks old?), 2nd (12 months later?), and subsequent (currently every 3 years? - but laws might change soon) "shots" must be given. And you must keep the Vaccination Record Book as proof of what was given, when, and by which vet.
💜If you are in a heartworm or ticks area, discuss the preventatives with a vet, but you don't need to start them just yet.
I don't take my pups for off-property walks until the first fine day 2+ weeks AFTER their FIRST Core vaccination at 8 weeks old. Which means not before 10 weeks old. And I then try to take them places where dogs do NOT run free (to terrify wee pups), do NOT piddle-poo-vomit (spreading viruses to kill wee pups. You can't rely on any vaccine having worked until 2 weeks after the final booster given at 16 weeks old. But pups NEED safe experiences of all the moving things, scents, sights & sounds in your district before they reach 3 months old and move into the "need routine & security" stage for at least a month. So you just have to do the best you can, then repeat the early experiences until Pup shows that it is moving beyond that "need routine & security" stage at, or after, reaching 4 months old. Many under-socialised pups remain timid throughout their life
King Les The Lofty - first pup in 1950, GSD trainer & breeder as of Easter 1968
Anonymous
My VETERINARIAN says no. What does your VETERINARIAN say (as opposed to strangers on the Internet)?
Your puppy does not have immunity at this point in his life.
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No. Two weeks after the FULL SERIES of puppy vaccines is finished you can start to walk your puppy in public places. The full series should be finished at around 16 weeks. I am not sure where you came up with that vaccine schedule, but that's too frequent and too early. Should be more like 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 16 weeks, with about a month between each vaccine. The most current studies show vaccines before 8 weeks are useless and can even interfere with natural immunity. A lot of the newer research is actually indicating that 9-10 weeks may be more appropriate and effective for a first dose. If your vet is who is advising this, find a new one. They just want your $.