[Yorkiemom1]

I was not going to get involved in this conversation, but I feel negligent in not pointing out a simple fact. Fact is, regardless of where in the world you live, all puppies are protected by maternal immuniity against disease. This immunity over rides vaccinations until around 8-9 weeks of age., at which time maternal antibodies drop off. Any vaccines (except the NeoPar specifically formulated to protect against parvo, and it over rides the mothers immunity so your pup is protected against parvo alone) given before 8 weeks of age are negated by the maternal antibodies.....so vaccines are correctly started no earlier than 8 weeks because that is the age studies have shown the maternal antibodies taper off and vaccines begin to provide the protection. Now, they are showing research that points out WHY a series of 3 shots is given at 3-4 week intervals. The theory is that we only actually need to give ONE puppy shot, but we must hit a window of opportunity....we give a series of 3 shots because we are trying to provide maximum protection to defenseless babies, and we know that we have to hit that window of opportunity.....our chances of hitting that window, and getting our pups protected is much better by targeting that 8 week old to 14 week old period of time. So starting vaccinations at 6 weeks of age or earlier in some cases, flies in the face of evidenced based researched, and has been shown to be useless for the pup. Has nothing to do with where in the country you live, where in the world you live.....it has to do with proven research and clinical trials....