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08-26-2020, 12:12 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
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| Two questions regarding our new puppy 1. Is a bordatella vaccine necessary if our puppy is not around other dogs? Our current vet wants it done. 2. Can our puppy be spayed at 4-5 months of age. Our last yorkie was spayed by our previous vet at 4 months of age and was smaller than our new little girl. He recommended doing it at that age due to easier surgery and quicker recovery time. She had no problems at all. We have moved and our current vet wants to wait until she is 11 months old to spay. Thanks in advance Elliern |
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08-26-2020, 01:49 PM | #2 |
YT Addict Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: North Carolina, USA
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| Personally, I don’t see a problem with skipping the bordatella vaccine for now. It’s a six month vaccine, and if you don’t anticipate your pup being around other dogs in the near future, you can easily wait a while. I had my pup vaccinated for bordatella in February, thinking I might be able to find him a puppy class. Then the pandemic hit, and we stopped going anywhere. I’m getting notices now from the vet, telling me bordatella is due again, but I think it’s more of a risk to go to the vet just for the one vaccine than to forego it. I strongly agree with you about the spay surgery. Unless there’s some specific medical reason the vet wants to wait, it ought to be done before your pup’s first heat cycle, which could come before age six months. Please post photos of your baby and tell us about her! |
08-26-2020, 02:21 PM | #3 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| If you aren’t taking her to be groomed or to training classes or around other dogs then you don’t need boratella. I get it because mine go to training, the groomer and pet events. I wouldn’t spay until 6 months in my opinion under 6 months is just to young. 5 months would probably be ok but I would not go younger then that. At 6 months you have a good idea about what baby teeth are not going to fall out so the vet can pull the baby teeth left at the time of spay so they don’t have to go under anesthesia another time to get the baby teeth that didn’t fall out pulled.
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08-26-2020, 03:20 PM | #4 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
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| Thanks I appreciate the information you shared. I will have a talk with our vet about the bordatella and spay concerns. Even though she took care of our little Abbey, she was two years old when we moved, so was full grown at 5 pounds. She made a comment that she hadn’t seen a puppy as small as Molly in a long time. So it may be she is uncomfortable with tiny puppies. |
08-26-2020, 04:09 PM | #5 |
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| Some states require boratella shots. NYC is one of them due to a very big outbreak of kennel cough that spread through out the city several years ago. I am in Pennsylvania boratella is not required, nor do groomers require it. Now if I were to board my dog, then I would need to give him the vaccine. Many states that do not require it many groomers do as do training classes. I personally would not give the dog this vaccine unless you plan on taking her for training lessons. As for spaying at 11 months I have no idea why your vet would want to wait that long. Average age to spay is 6 months old, before first heat, with some tiny dogs they can come into heat at 4 or 5 months old. 11 months old she would have had her first heat. I would ask this vet why he wants to wait that long.
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08-26-2020, 04:51 PM | #6 | |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
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I did voice concerns to our vet about waiting until 11-12 months for spaying. I think she is concerned about safety of very small dogs. I hate to switch vets, we have had her over 15 years. It is a 4 hour drive to our former vet. But know our current vet would be hurt if we saw him. Not ready to give up on her yet. She owns the practice so maybe some of the other vets are more comfortable with tiny pups. Her husband also has his own practice but I think he specializes in larger dogs. We have plenty of time to discuss this subject. | |
08-26-2020, 06:37 PM | #7 | |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! | |
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