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Parker Road Recommended Puppy Vaccine Schedule

Puppies should start vaccines at 6-8 weeks of age or when they are weaned from nursing. When they stop nursing they are getting no antibodies from their mother. They should have a series of 4 visits total and each visit should be 3 weeks apart.

First Visit (6-8 weeks):

     Physical Examination (checks for overall health, size, and any birth defects)

     Fecal Floatation and Fecal Direct testing (checks for intestinal parasites and any bacterial issues that puppies are very common for)

After completing the physical examination and Fecal testing, and the doctor has concluded your puppy is nice and healthy we will proceed with the following:

     Distemper, Hepatits, Parainfluenza, Parvo Virus, and Corona Virus Vaccine

     First Deworming will be given

     First dose of Heartworm Prevention will be given

     First dose of Flea Prevention will be applied

Puppy Nutrition 101- What to feed

Second Puppy Visit (9-11 weeks)

Pysical examination to determine growth and development of your puppy is proper.

Fecal Examination will be repeated, if your puppy needed treatment from the first visit. This is to ensure we have resolved any intestinal issues your puppy may have had.

     Distemper, Hepatitis, Leptosporosis, Parainfluenza, Parvo Virus, and Corona Virus vaccine

     Second deworming will be administered

     Heartworm preventative will be given

     Flea preventative will be given

We will cover how to take care of your puppies teeth

Third Puppy Visit (12-15 weeks):

     Physical examination to continue monitoring growth & development

     Distemper, Hepatitis, Leptosporosis, Parainfluenza, Parvo Virus, and Corona Virus vaccine

     Third deworming will be administered

     Heartworm prevention will be administered

     Flea preventative will be applied

We will cover how to take care of your puppies ears and skin

Fourth Puppy Visit (16-18 weeks):

     Physical examination to assess continued growth and development

     Parvo Virus & Corona Virus vaccine

     Bordatella vaccine

     Rabies vaccine

     We will prescribe & send home 6 months of heartworm and flea preventative to last you until your dogs next check up.

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