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YorkieRose · 06-25-2008, 06:28 PM

Our next club meeting will be devoted to a video from Purina..among the topics will be annual vaccines and the need to no longer give yearly boosters. The AVA has a new vaccine protocal, no yearly vaccinations also. I have not given yearly vaccinatons to any Yorkie for 20 yrs. They get a series of puppy shots 9, 12, 16 and 6 months..a booster at 3 yrs..none after that time. A yearly parvo and 3 yr rabies.

I used to start at 6 weeks, but many vets tell me mothers immunity is more then adequate until 9 weeks..in fact giving too early has the opposite effect on the immune system.

06-25-2008, 06:28 PM	#23
YorkieRose No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 8,577	shots Our next club meeting will be devoted to a video from Purina..among the topics will be annual vaccines and the need to no longer give yearly boosters. The AVA has a new vaccine protocal, no yearly vaccinations also. I have not given yearly vaccinatons to any Yorkie for 20 yrs. They get a series of puppy shots 9, 12, 16 and 6 months..a booster at 3 yrs..none after that time. A yearly parvo and 3 yr rabies. I used to start at 6 weeks, but many vets tell me mothers immunity is more then adequate until 9 weeks..in fact giving too early has the opposite effect on the immune system.