Each dog breeder faces one serious problem - the problem of preventive vaccinations. The main questions that dog breeders ask: What kind of vaccine should a four-legged friend be vaccinated with? What diseases should be vaccinated? And most importantly, when to vaccinate dogs? Let's try to answer these questions.
The most common and dangerous infectious diseases of dogs are viral hepatitis, parvovirus enteritis, rabies, coronavirus enteritis and plague.
The first vaccination is done when the puppy is 1.5 months old. What kind of vaccine do dogs first of all depends on what disease is currently spread in your region. Usually, first of all, hepatitis or enteritis is vaccinated (it is permissible to apply a bivalent vaccine). This vaccine is given to puppies for up to six months at intervals of ten to fourteen days. But only if the signs of the disease did not appear after the first vaccination. Two vaccinations allow the puppy to develop a stable immunity (this will take 2 weeks) to these diseases for 1 year. After the inoculation must be repeated. Their dogs are easy to carry. During a two-week immunity, it is important that the puppy does not get hepatitis or enteritis, so try not to go out with him, as the next vaccination will be from the plague (one of the most important vaccinations).
According to the instructions, the first vaccination against plague is done in 2.5 months. It is not advisable to do this in the past, and later it is dangerous. After vaccination, the puppy can not be taken outside for 3 weeks. During this period, the puppy should not be supercooled, overstrained, nor can it be washed. If the puppy has caught a cold in the quarantine period, it threatens with serious complications and even a plague disease. Immunity develops in three weeks and then the puppy can be taken out to the street. Secondary vaccination against plague is carried out after the puppy has finished growing permanent teeth, this is approximately six to seven months. age. Further, vaccination should be done annually at the same time.
Some dog breeders believe that mongrels and dogs of certain breeds do not suffer from plague. In addition, they believe that they should not be vaccinated against the plague, because they are ill because of it. This opinion is incorrect. And the dogs get sick with plague after vaccination, only because the rules for preparing the puppy for vaccination were not observed, and also the quarantine rules were not observed.
Regarding the breed sensitivity to the plague: there are breeds more susceptible to the plague virus - German shepherds, setters, pointers, poodles, and there are less susceptible breeds - mongrels, individual breeds of terriers. But this does not mean that such dogs do not suffer from plague at all. However, to vaccinate your pet or not, to decide the owner. But not the vaccinated dog, in addition to being itself exposed to the risk of contracting the plague, so it is still the carrier of the infection (if it still gets infected).
If in the previous two vaccinations the master had a choice, to vaccinate or not, the vaccination against rabies is mandatory for all breeds of dogs.
Vaccination of pets against rabies can not be attributed to easily tolerable vaccinations. After it, the quarantine regime is the same as after the vaccination against the plague. In this case, the quarantine regime lasts 2 weeks.
The first vaccination against rabies is carried out not earlier than 6 months old puppy, it turns out that after the second vaccination against the plague. Further vaccinations to dogs are necessary annually.
Schedule of preventive vaccinations:
- 1,5 months. - Vaccination against hepatitis or enteritis, after 10-14, a second vaccination is done;
- 2.5 months. - against the plague;
- 7 months - repeated vaccination against plague;
- 8 months - against rabies.
The main rules for the implementation of preventive vaccination:
- Do vaccinations should be an exceptionally healthy dog.
- The next inoculation can be done only after 3 weeks.
- Be sure to observe after vaccination quarantine regime: the dog can not be overworked, bathe and do not allow it to catch a cold.
- When scheduling vaccinations, coordinate all terms with the timing of vaccination against the plague.