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Originally Posted by Krystee  How many sets of the puppy shots are puppies supposed to get. My vet gave me a puppy schedule and it shows 4 sets. Tobie has already had 3 and it shows that the last set should be at 16 weeks. Is this right? For some reason I was thinking that they got 3 sets. I know the vet knows way more than me but different vets do different things so I thought I'd check. |
Puies don't "need" or require "sets" of shots....The only reason they give so many vaccines is because they are doing them way to early so the pup has moms immunity and it blocks the vaccine from replicating.....therefore the vet keeps giving them so by the time he doea three he's banking on one to take.....Kris Cristine just posted a thread on this very issue...
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...-16-weeks.html
In the August 2008 issue of The Whole Dog Journal, Dr. Ronald Schultz reports in an article entitled, Vaccinations 101, by Lisa Rodier, "Research shows that less than 50 percent of puppies will respond at six weeks; 75 percent at nine weeks; 90 percent at 12 weeks; and by 14 to16 weeks, close to 100 percent will respond. "
If the vet would just wait til the pup is 16 weeks or older one shot for parvo, or distemper would need to be done only once... therefore not exposing the pup to unnecessary vaccine ingredients that will stress and wear down his immune system . Each shot carries it's own risks from the preservatives and contaminants that get in it from manufacturing process, so more is not better.....