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Originally Posted by dawn27  Please don't start ragging on my Veterinarians / So un-cool !
I am not a veterinarian, and neither are you, so therefor we/ I must follow the recommendations of my family vet. Who has knows my dogs from day one. Plus I have gone to the same vet for the past 25+ yrs since I have owned my very first kitten.
Below is a link to a web site that backs the information that was posted, thank you!! http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=2+2115&aid=960 |
This shot schedule seems very aggressive to me. I've NEVER had a puppy get a rabies vaccine before 4 or 5 months so 12 weeks seems super early. Do your own vet's recommendations coincide with this schedule? I noticed in the paragraph after the schedule this disclaimer: " . . . recommendations vary depending on age, breed, and health status of the dog, . . ." so even these vets are alluding to the fact that there is no "one size fits all protocol.". Check out this link, which has a schedule of vaccinations VASTLY different and much more conservative than the one you reference:
DR. JEAN DODDS' CANINE VACCINATION PROTOCOL ? 2010
I guess there's more than one way to skin a cat. Does your vet specialize in toy breeds? Also, not all vets have experience with pregnant dogs, which I would consider very important if I was a breeder. In fact, my daughter is a vet tech and she has worked for 2 private practices and neither one of them was pro- reproduction.