When should I vaccinate my dog

Dogs are the most common pets in homes. One of the first actions that we must do if we have a dog among us is to vaccinate it since there is a great risk that it will be a victim of some disease that could damage its health and even end its life. In this .com article we will see when you should vaccinate your dog .

Steps to follow:

one

Nature is wise and at birth puppies receive a kind of immunity through their mother when they suckle. But this immunity is lost within a few weeks and that is where the veterinarian must intervene to protect them from possible diseases . So first we must deworm and vaccinate our dog when it is a puppy.

two

If necessary, the veterinarian will ask us if we want to give him the basic vaccines or if we want to vaccinate him against other less common diseases. Basic vaccines should protect against:

- Moquillo

- Parvovirus

- Hepatitis

- Leptospirosis

- Parainfluenza

In some areas it is recommended to include the rabies vaccine as basic. This is known as sixfold vaccine and does not include Coronavirus or Cough Cough (tracheobronchitis), but surely the veterinarian will recommend us to put them on.

3

The veterinarian is the professional that establishes when it is time to administer the vaccines depending on the place, the state of our animal, its breed, its age, etc. Generally the first vaccine would be when the natural immunity disappears and this usually occurs at 6 weeks of the puppy's life. In this first vaccine they would go Moquillo and Parvovirosis although they could directly administer the sextuple.

4

We must bear in mind that throughout his first year of life, the puppy must receive the vaccines and their reinforcements . Reinforcements usually get between 2 and 4 weeks after the first time. For Parvovirus it is usually administered up to 3 times in the first year and the rest of vaccines twice. But the calendar will be established by the veterinarian in any case.