Pinky just had her 3rd vaccine on Nov 5th, can she leave the house now??
 

Pinky just had her 3rd vaccine on Nov 5th, is it safe for her to leave the house?

Whether your pup has immunity is determined by several factors .....

The number of vaccines given has nothing to do with protection. In order for protection to be achieved, the vaccine must be given when it can penetrate maternal antibodies.....If the pup was closer to 6-8 weeks the chances of the vaccine producing antibodies is slim....If the pup was older, say 14-16 weeks then the chances of the vaccine producing antibodies is much better. The older the pup the better.....If the pup was 14 -16 weeks old when he received his first parvo or distemper then only one of each would have been sufficient not the three that we are accustomed to......They give three because they are giving them too young.....The answer is not to vaccinate earlier or more frequently, but to vaccinate scientifically.

Was the vaccines given separately or given too close together to each other?....The time between vaccines should be three weeks. It takes up to two weeks for immunity to form after a vaccination is given; it's not instantaneous. If another vaccine, even for a different virus, is given during the two week period following a vaccination, it can interfere with the immunity from the first vaccine as well as the second. Waiting a bare minimum of two weeks between vaccinations is an immunological requirement. Three is better.

Was the pup stressed at the time of the vaccine? Stress could include environmental extremes, as in a pup just arriving in it's new home, handling, inadequate nutrition, parasitism, and other diseases. While it is common for vets to vaccinate stressed animals, these animals are more susceptible to adverse vaccine reactions and frequently do not develop an adequate immune response. Immune stressed animals develop limited protection from vaccinations.

I know most vets never mention these things when administering vaccines but they are very important factors .....Vaccines should not be just administered willy-nilly by the vet, but sad to say this is more the norm these days.....Sorry so long but I just couldn't answer in a "yes" or "no" answer with out giving you more info to consider.....:)

So happy with my vet she told me all of this and said that his immunize schedual is good he gets his last one on the 20th but he's went to the vet three times just to make sure he would be calm as possible to get it. The best feeling ever is to know your vet really cares oh ya and his vet just got a yorkie for her dad LOL

she's 22 weeks old now, everything was done on a 3 vaccine calendar schedule....
nov 5th was the 3rd vaccine of the bunch....

Sounds like you have a wise vet. Too many start puppies too young with vaccinations and maternal antibodies interfere with them.

In one study of a cross section of different puppies the age at which they were able to respond to a vaccine and develop protection covered a wide period of time. At six weeks of age, 25% of the puppies could be immunized. At 9 weeks of age, 40% of the puppies were able to respond to the vaccine. The number increased to 60% by 16 weeks, and by 18 weeks of age, 95% of the puppies could be immunized.

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It's always advisable to wait two weeks after that last vaccination for full immunity, which it sounds like you've done.