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Originally Posted by Mardelin  You are doing more damage than good giving vaccinations prior to 8 1/2 to 9 weeks. You are supressing mother's immuities.
Yes, people walk all over the place, however precautions should be taken when there are litters in the house, removing your shoes before entering your house. Making sure that you change your clothes prior to handling the pups. And always making sure that you disinfect your hands before handling the pups. Making sure that whereever the pups are confined to, that it is always sanitized with a disinfected. |
puppies start weaning at 4 weeks (when teeth are presented) to moist hard food...usually completed with regular nursing at 6.5 weeks..mom is off doing her own thing...coming in to check on them..to play with them and so forth but feeding is very irregular...
i have read where some breeders on here have to their knowledge the best technique..keeping the puppies to 12 weeks due to weaning and the mothers training not vaccinating till later...but something i read and have experienced is that once the puppies have been weaned which is usually 6-7 week of age they are no longer seen as their puppies but as members of the pack.
hand sanitizer doesn't boost their immunities, vaccinations do. mothers immunities are not suppressed because she is already done feeding them herself by time vaccinations are started...i havent seen mothers feed past 7 weeks, except for the occasional "quick drink" ...just like humans breast feeding, some do it longer than necessary in my opinion. not all dogs continue later in the puppies life
my puppies are healthy, happy, social and in loving homes i let mine go around 8-9 weeks old...if i had a small one..which they have all always been close to the same size..i would hold it back but never had that happen. they are all vet checked at 6 weeks after the first vaccination..always a good report..then they are vet checked when the new owner picks them up and always had a good report...so ill stick with what im doing it works for me, my puppies, dogs and clients..but new information is always something to look at