Good Veterinary Care is Important for Your Puppy

It is important to have all of the equipment needed to raise a puppy, but good veterinary care for your growing puppy is essential to ensure good health. Puppies are requiring to be vaccinated every couple of weeks or so just like human babies to ensure that they will grow up to be happy healthy family members.

Most veterinary hospitals start vaccines at or around 8 weeks of age and vaccinate until at least 16 weeks. If you have an older puppy or adult dog that you need to get vaccinated, that is okay, vaccines can be started at any age. Your breeder may have started some of your puppies’ vaccines at 6 or 7 weeks of age and that is fine as well. Your breeder may have also started de-worming your dog for internal parasites also. If they have not, then the veterinarian will ask for a stool sample to be brought in at the first visit to check for internal parasites such as round worms, hook worms, and whip worms, giardia and coccidia.

As soon as you get your new puppy you should make an appointment with your veterinarian to make sure that your puppy is happy and healthy. They will check for congenital defects such as cleft palate, open fontanel (soft spot on top of the head), loose knee caps, heart murmurs and loose hips. If you have any questions about house training, behaviour, what kinds of food, toys, crate, or any health questions, ensure you ask your veterinarian.

Throughout your puppies next few months it will be getting vaccinated every 2-4 weeks. These vaccines are important to stop the transmission of some viruses and diseases that can be transferred from mother to puppy and puppy to puppy. Some examples would be Bordetella: a very contagious upper respiratory virus that causes a goose like honking cough. It is usually treated with an antibiotic and causes no long term damage. Another example would be Parvovirus: a very contagious gastrointestinal virus that causes vomiting, bloody diarrhoea, lack of appetite, and sloughing of the GI tract. If caught early, this virus is treatable, but can be expensive to treat and is potentially fatal.

At around age 5-6 months you will want to have your puppy spayed or castrated. In males this will help with marking of their territory and aggression issues, and decrease the likelihood of testicular cancer and prostate issues when they are older as well as not having unwanted litters of puppies. In females it helps decrease the likelihood of breast and ovarian cancer when they get older as well as not having unwanted litters.

With good veterinary care you can ensure that your puppy will grow into a happy and healthy adult dog. Find a renowned dog grooming, Gold Coast based centre that offers high level of services.

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