PUPPY HEALTH AND VACCINATION SCHEDULE
Congratulations on getting your new puppy. Raising a puppy can be a rewarding and sometimes frustrating effort. Please read over the information we have provided here so that you will become familiar with the medical needs of your new friend. Feel free to ask the doctors or staff members about housetraining , teething, obedience training or behavioral problems.
Puppies should be fed a commercial puppy food. Measure the appropriate amount of food with a measuring cup based on the package recommendations for the puppy’s age and weight to prevent diarrhea from overeating. Divide the food into 3 daily feedings until the puppy is 6 months of age. After 6 months reduce to twice daily.
Teething pups will chew on everything in sight, so make sure that you provide several things that your puppy will be allowed to chew on, like a rawhide, a squeaky toy, and a tug toy. Be careful to avoid toys that look like familiar objects, like shoes, because that will signal to the puppy that chewing shoes is OK. Do not give your puppy more than 5 toys at any one time because too many toys signals that everything is OK to chew on.
We check puppies for worms and other parasites that they may be born with or acquire after birth. Deworming your puppy for specific parasites helps the puppy use its food properly to allow normal growth and development. Often, intestinal parasites can cause diarrhea, dehydration, and anemia. Avoid over the counter dewormers because they are not that effective and they may miss specific parasites that your puppy is harboring.
Puppies need to begin their vaccination series at 6 weeks of age and they need to continue receiving vaccinations until they are approximately 4 months or 16 weeks of age. This will allow your puppy’s immune system to produce immunity levels necessary to prevent many of the serious infectious diseases. These puppy vaccination visits also allow the doctors to examine your puppy to check for growth problems or diseases.
Proper timing of vaccinations is important to insure immunity. This vaccination/deworming schedule should be adhered to as closely as possible. We will send you reminder cards in the mail or e-mail when your puppy needs to have a vaccination or a deworming.
6 WEEKS Physical Examination
Distemper-Hepatitis-Parainfluenza-Parvovirus Vaccination
Fecal examination to check for worms and other parasites
Deworming (if necessary)
Kennel Cough Intranasal Vaccine (if puppy will be boarded)
9 WEEKS Physical Examination
Distemper-Hepatitis-Parainfluenza-Parvovirus Vaccine
Second deworming (if necessary)
12 WEEKS Physical Examination
Distemper-Hepatitis-Parainfluenza-Parvovirus Vaccine
(Ear trims are done at 13 weeks after the third Parvovirus vaccination)
16 WEEKS Physical Examination
Distemper-Hepatitis-Leptospirosis- Parainfluenza-Parvovirus Vaccine
Rabies Vaccination (Tag and Certificate will be issued)
Begin Heartworm preventative medication
6 MONTHS SPAY OR NEUTER
Your new puppy’s health is our number one concern. We are your puppy’s PETiatricians.
Congratulations on getting your new puppy. Raising a puppy can be a rewarding and sometimes frustrating effort. Please read over the information we have provided here so that you will become familiar with the medical needs of your new friend. Feel free to ask the doctors or staff members about housetraining , teething, obedience training or behavioral problems.
Puppies should be fed a commercial puppy food. Measure the appropriate amount of food with a measuring cup based on the package recommendations for the puppy’s age and weight to prevent diarrhea from overeating. Divide the food into 3 daily feedings until the puppy is 6 months of age. After 6 months reduce to twice daily.
Teething pups will chew on everything in sight, so make sure that you provide several things that your puppy will be allowed to chew on, like a rawhide, a squeaky toy, and a tug toy. Be careful to avoid toys that look like familiar objects, like shoes, because that will signal to the puppy that chewing shoes is OK. Do not give your puppy more than 5 toys at any one time because too many toys signals that everything is OK to chew on.
We check puppies for worms and other parasites that they may be born with or acquire after birth. Deworming your puppy for specific parasites helps the puppy use its food properly to allow normal growth and development. Often, intestinal parasites can cause diarrhea, dehydration, and anemia. Avoid over the counter dewormers because they are not that effective and they may miss specific parasites that your puppy is harboring.
Puppies need to begin their vaccination series at 6 weeks of age and they need to continue receiving vaccinations until they are approximately 4 months or 16 weeks of age. This will allow your puppy’s immune system to produce immunity levels necessary to prevent many of the serious infectious diseases. These puppy vaccination visits also allow the doctors to examine your puppy to check for growth problems or diseases.
Proper timing of vaccinations is important to insure immunity. This vaccination/deworming schedule should be adhered to as closely as possible. We will send you reminder cards in the mail or e-mail when your puppy needs to have a vaccination or a deworming.
6 WEEKS Physical Examination
Distemper-Hepatitis-Parainfluenza-Parvovirus Vaccination
Fecal examination to check for worms and other parasites
Deworming (if necessary)
Kennel Cough Intranasal Vaccine (if puppy will be boarded)
9 WEEKS Physical Examination
Distemper-Hepatitis-Parainfluenza-Parvovirus Vaccine
Second deworming (if necessary)
12 WEEKS Physical Examination
Distemper-Hepatitis-Parainfluenza-Parvovirus Vaccine
(Ear trims are done at 13 weeks after the third Parvovirus vaccination)
16 WEEKS Physical Examination
Distemper-Hepatitis-Leptospirosis- Parainfluenza-Parvovirus Vaccine
Rabies Vaccination (Tag and Certificate will be issued)
Begin Heartworm preventative medication
6 MONTHS SPAY OR NEUTER
Your new puppy’s health is our number one concern. We are your puppy’s PETiatricians.
3310 Atlanta Highway Montgomery, Alabama 36109
(between Ann St. and Coliseum Blvd.) 334-272-2200
(between Ann St. and Coliseum Blvd.) 334-272-2200
