vaccination and dog friends

jsabina

Hi everybody,
today my puppy went for the first vaccianation.
In two weeks he will have the other.. so he vet told me he can go out in 3 weeks .. uffff ...
He is 3 months old now..

I will have a dinner in one week to a friend house.
They have a fantastic labrador and a cat.. they would be good friends I am sure.
I want to start socialize and to make him meet other dogs..

Is it a problem to bring him with me?
The other dog had all the vaccination and is perfectly fine.
Should I wait three weeks also for that? I forgot to ask the vet :rolleyes:

thanks!

ISDW

No, if the other dog is vaccinated, then I would agree that you can bring your dog along, socialisation is very important, a lot of vets now recommend taking pups that haven't completed their initial vaccination program along to meet other, vaccinated dogs, or carry the dog around to experience new things. But, I would only bring the dog along to the house, I wouldn't walk your dog on ground where lots of other dogs have been.

jsabina

Yep I was thinking to bring him without let him walk alone.
So he will only meet this dog..

Today we did the same to go to the vet.. and we went to visit another friend house with few friends there.. he has been nice a quiet!

So he is meeting a lot of people and he is friendly.. now he need to start meeting dogs and children!

thanks for your answer!

carav10

Wouldn't see a problem with this either bringing your pup to a friend's house especially at 3months. Some people wouldn't pay too much attention to the waiting til the shots are all done. I started socialising my pup from 8wks before her shots were fully completed but I knew the dogs she was socialising with & it was important in her case to be socialised very early. Also had her on the beach etc. I was just careful not to bring her to certain places where there might be more of a risk of picking stuff up or interacting with 'unknown' dogs.

But, as always, pay more attention to your vet's advice than other people's experiences & doings here :-)

Aru

If the other dog is fully vaccinated I would work away. Socialising with dogs in with a known vaccine history is great for a young pup but I would stick to a garden or somewhere enclosed where other unknown dogs will not have been.

The likes of going to a busy beach and meeting a variety of dogs is something I would go out of my way to avoid in an unvaccinated or course not complete pup and would very strongly advise against.

Parvo lives in the environment for up to a year and is still very very common in Ireland unfortunately.
We have two cases in at the moment....one a pup,another a year and a half year old dog. Both are being monitored and the pup is currently thankfully responding to treatment so the vomiting and diarrhoea isn't as constant as it was for the last few days..I will cheer when I see some solid poo! The other poor dog hasn't kept food down in the last 3 days due to constant vomiting and is still having diarrhoea, she may still die in spite of all efforts.

Parvo is always a hugh risk for every young dog in Ireland.Partly due to a lack of vaccination uptake in certain areas and an overall poor general uptake of vaccination and of course due to communal dog areas that are hotspots keeping the virus alive and continue passing it on. On the popular dog walking beaches its quite possible to be lurking in the environment.

In my person experience I find that many people do the first vaccines but dont finish courses or dont vaccinate after the puppy vaccines,at least in my local area.Or have farm dogs who dont get to mingle with other dogs often so they chose not to vaccinate as they judge it to be low risk and uneconomical.

Considering that in order for vaccination to be successful and control a disease 70 percent of the population needs to be covered it is quite a large issue......I dont trust any of our local popular dogwalking spots to not have had unvaccinated dogs using them and would always advise people on puppy visits to be very careful until the course is finished.

ISDW

Just for your information op, as Aru has said above, do make sure you finish the initial vaccinations, which includes the booster 1 year later. A lot of people don't realise that the first booster is part of the initial course.

jsabina

ok,
I will go in two weeks for the 2nd round of vaccinations.
The vet gave me tablets for warms to be sure and the spot on because sometimes he is scratching.

Then I remember with my previous dog in italy that every year I was bringing him for vaccinations?
I don't know if here is the same..

carav10

jsabina wrote: »

Then I remember with my previous dog in italy that every year I was bringing him for vaccinations?
I don't know if here is the same..

Some do, some don't believe it's necessary. But if there's a chance that you will ever have to put them into boarding kennels, then yes, you do have to have vaccinations up to date on a yearly basis. Kennel cough while not necessary in the normal scheme of things, needs to be done approx a week in advance if going to kennels. Because my two are always hanging out with other dogs & might have to be put into kennels at the drop of a hat, they're done every year so far as precautionary.