Puppy Vaccinations and microchips

leanonme

Just looking for some advise. I have a clutch of pups which are nearly three weeks old, and I have approached two vets about worming, Vaccinations etc and both have given me different advise.

So can anyone advise me of the Vaccinations procedure i.e how many weeks, and when are they to be micro chips and anything else I should be doing before they are registered with the Irish Kennel Club.

Also has any idea of the cost I should expect.

Dunny

Lola had her PARVO done when I got her (9weeks)

Chipped at 4 months

andreac

leanonme wrote: »

Just looking for some advise. I have a clutch of pups which are nearly three weeks old, and I have approached two vets about worming, Vaccinations etc and both have given me different advise.

So can anyone advise me of the Vaccinations procedure i.e how many weeks, and when are they to be micro chips and anything else I should be doing before they are registered with the Irish Kennel Club.

Also has any idea of the cost I should expect.

What was the advice you got from the vets? I'd advise you to take one of their advice really.
Some give parvo at 6 weeks and others don't vaccinate until 8 weeks.
All vets with charge differently regarding vaccinations and chipping.

gregers85

From my own experience, the pups should be wormed with a puppy wormer once every 2 weeks from 2-3 weeks of age! Pups get first injection at 6 weeks and then a booster at 12 weeks, A lot of vets will vaccinate and microchip the pups at the same time on the 1st injection! As for price every vet is going to be different - hope it helps

leanonme

gregers85 wrote: »

From my own experience, the pups should be wormed with a puppy wormer once every 2 weeks from 2-3 weeks of age! Pups get first injection at 6 weeks and then a booster at 12 weeks, A lot of vets will vaccinate and microchip the pups at the same time on the 1st injection! As for price every vet is going to be different - hope it helps

Thanks to all for the advise. Well one of the vets just sold me the worming dose and never said anything about doing it every two weeks, then the other vet was saying that I should do it every two weeks there after but im not fully sure when i should stop.

I was also told that vacines should be given at 8 and 10 weeks, and the other vet said it can be given at 8 or 10 weeks and then 6 weeks later, so i dont know which vet to listen to.

ACD

I just took my dogs passport and he was vaccinated at 7 weeks (P=parvo, D=distemper, H=hepatitis and P=parainfluenza), then again at 10 weeks same and again at 13 weeks same plus L=leptospirosis and then just the leptospirosis at 16 weeks.
It may also depend on what type of vaccine is your vet using, but the basic scheme would be 6-9 weeks DHPPi, 10-12 weeks DHPPi-L and 12-16 weeks DHPPi-L.
Hope that helps.

SillyMangoX

A rough schedule for puppy worming would be every 2 weeks from 2 weeks old to 3 months, every month from 3 months to 6 months, then every 3 months for life. Vaccination can vary a bit, some get done at 6 weeks but the residual immunity from the mothers milk can deactivate it in some cases. Really any time between 8 and 12 weeks from start to finish would be acceptable. Also, puppy pics please! What kind of pups are they?

leanonme

SillyMangoX wrote: »

A rough schedule for puppy worming would be every 2 weeks from 2 weeks old to 3 months, every month from 3 months to 6 months, then every 3 months for life. Vaccination can vary a bit, some get done at 6 weeks but the residual immunity from the mothers milk can deactivate it in some cases. Really any time between 8 and 12 weeks from start to finish would be acceptable. Also, puppy pics please! What kind of pups are they?

Thanks for that, I'm still so confused I was only informed of two vaccines they need, a 7 in 1, and then a top up of that. but your info about worming is good.

I have no pictures yet, well I have them on my phone will up load them later. I have 9 red setters, 6 boys and 3 girls.

x Purple Pawprints x

Protocol depends on the brand of vaccine used.

Most common is probably a parvo vaccine at about 6 weeks, 7 in 1 at about 9 weeks and another 7 in 1 given 2 weeks later and sometimes the lepto vaccine is given 2 weeks after the second 7 in 1.

Re: worming - every 2 weeks until they're 3 months, every month until they're 6 months and then every 3 months for life.

no1girliegirl

I'd go with silly mangos working schedule. Best off getting a bottle of drontal puppy works out best value. 1ml per kg so you need to have a way to weigh them.
Most breeders sell the pups with their 1st arvo vac given at 6wks and the 1st 7in 1 to be given at 8wks

ISDW

no1girliegirl wrote: »

I'd go with silly mangos working schedule. Best off getting a bottle of drontal puppy works out best value. 1ml per kg so you need to have a way to weigh them.
Most breeders sell the pups with their 1st arvo vac given at 6wks and the 1st 7in 1 to be given at 8wks

Sorry, maybe I'm reading your post wrong, but it looks as though you are saying most breeders give the pups their parvo at 6 weeks, and then sell the dogs before their first 7 in 1 at 8 weeks? that may be true of puppy farmers and bybs, but pups shouldn't be sold before 8 weeks, so they would have their first 7 in 1 with the breeder.

OP, please don't sell your pups before they are at least 8 weeks old, and get them that first vaccination done before they go. My vet does the parvo at 6 weeks, first 7 in 1 at 8 weeks, then second at 10 weeks. The vaccinations they use won't allow the second one to be given younger than 10 weeks. please make sure you tell your puppy buyers that they have to get the first annual booster, as that actually forms part of the dog's initial vaccinations.

Sigma Force

First vaccination shot at 6 weeks the second at 8 weeks that's how it's normally done..so basically 2 weeks apart. Worming can be done with Parazole wormer it's in a yellow box from the vets and all the instructions are on it plus it's cheaper and easier to give than the tablets.
How come all this research wasn't done before you bred them?
You can vaccinate at 8 and then 10 weeks it all depends on what you or the vet wants to do, too soon isn't good for such small puppies but leaving it too late will delay their socialisation. My advice would be to make sure they have had both the vaccinations done before you part with any because many new owners will leave it on the long finger and end up with a puppy that isn't fully vaccinated and can easily pick up a nasty virus like Parvo.

leanonme

SillyMangoX wrote: »

A rough schedule for puppy worming would be every 2 weeks from 2 weeks old to 3 months, every month from 3 months to 6 months, then every 3 months for life. Vaccination can vary a bit, some get done at 6 weeks but the residual immunity from the mothers milk can deactivate it in some cases. Really any time between 8 and 12 weeks from start to finish would be acceptable. Also, puppy pics please! What kind of pups are they?

Have some photos of the pups. Three weeks now an first worming is done.

Also just a reply to the last post I don't plan on selling them till they are minimum of 10 week, and the reason I didn't research before is because I still have another 3 weeks before they need vaccines so I figure I have plenty to time to figure out which vet to use. Also I normally use a particular vet and when the pups were born I was asking her about what was needed and when and she didn't want to give me an exact answer. So I decided I would seek advise from another vet and other people to see what is the best approach.

ISDW

leanonme wrote: »

Have some photos of the pups. Three weeks now an first worming is done.

Also just a reply to the last post I don't plan on selling them till they are minimum of 10 week, and the reason I didn't research before is because I still have another 3 weeks before they need vaccines so I figure I have plenty to time to figure out which vet to use. Also I normally use a particular vet and when the pups were born I was asking her about what was needed and when and she didn't want to give me an exact answer. So I decided I would seek advise from another vet and other people to see what is the best approach.

I think what the poster meant, was why didn't you research all of this before you bred your dog? Not going to push the rescue agenda, but if you had any idea of how many dogs are killed in ireland every day because of overbreeding, it may have made you think differently. have you got your contracts ready for the buyers, and are you willing to take every single puppy back into your care at any time in their lives if that becomes necessary? will they be sold with endorsements on their papers?

leanonme

ISDW wrote: »

I think what the poster meant, was why didn't you research all of this before you bred your dog? Not going to push the rescue agenda, but if you had any idea of how many dogs are killed in ireland every day because of overbreeding, it may have made you think differently. have you got your contracts ready for the buyers, and are you willing to take every single puppy back into your care at any time in their lives if that becomes necessary? will they be sold with endorsements on their papers?

I think you are trying to push the rescue dog approach, and two reasons why we didn't go the rescue route was one we are breading red setters for the purpose of hunting a number of the pups are already booked by individuals in our local gun club(as both parents are good hunters), secondly when we previously tried to get a rescue dog we were refused because the dog would not be living in the house, and because we didn't have a fenced garden. So hence the reason we purchased pure bread dogs years ago, and have now bread one litter.

Also as I said above the reason the research was not done before hand was because I knew I had plenty of time to do so once they were born, as I still have five weeks before they are due a vaccine.

Have finalised details with my vet and they will get there first vaccine at eight weeks, and then 3-4 weeks after this. Final price from the vet is 18 for micro chip and 18 for first vaccine(7 in one), which is 12 euro cheaper per pup than another vet I was speaking to.

ISDW

leanonme wrote: »

I think you are trying to push the rescue dog approach, and two reasons why we didn't go the rescue route was one we are breading red setters for the purpose of hunting a number of the pups are already booked by individuals in our local gun club(as both parents are good hunters), secondly when we previously tried to get a rescue dog we were refused because the dog would not be living in the house, and because we didn't have a fenced garden. So hence the reason we purchased pure bread dogs years ago, and have now bread one litter.

Also as I said above the reason the research was not done before hand was because I knew I had plenty of time to do so once they were born, as I still have five weeks before they are due a vaccine.

Have finalised details with my vet and they will get there first vaccine at eight weeks, and then 3-4 weeks after this. Final price from the vet is 18 for micro chip and 18 for first vaccine(7 in one), which is 12 euro cheaper per pup than another vet I was speaking to.

I'm not pushing the rescue dog approach at all, but a responsible breeder would know what they are doing before they start breeding. what would you have done if there had been a major problem during the whelping? would you have known what to do if the bitch had died and you had to hand rear? You may think that you didn't need that research, and thankfully you didn't, but the whole point is, you research in case, so that you are prepared.

I'm not quite sure what you mean when you say thats why you never went the rescue route, I didn't said that you should have got a rescue dog, and I never said that you shouldn't breed, I have absolutely no problem with responsible breeding, but that means by people who know what they are doing, for the welfare of the animals in case of problems.

So, will your pups have contracts and will there be endorsements on the papers?

Knine

That shed does not look very suitable for puppies. The gaps would create a draft and the bedding looks dirty. Also a litter of working strain puppies will distroy it!

I don't notice if you have a heat lamp or not but if you don't you are going to need one. The weather is due to turn very cold.

I recommend you purchase a copy of The book of a bitch and read up on it as you definitely should have done your research beforehand.

Good luck with your puppies! they look lovely.