The 4 to 10 Month Old Puppy
Guidelines:
Thank you for allowing us to provide the health care of your new puppy. The following pet care guidelines
are offered to help you properly care for your new family member.
Be aware that vaccination against Distemper and Parvovirus usually begin when the puppy is 6-8 week of age. Since your pup
is much older than this, you must realize your new pup is at risk of contracting one of these sever diseases if not properly
immunized! It takes a series of vaccinations to properly immunize your pup, just as with children. Dogs must be vaccinated for:
Distemper, Hepatitis, Leptospirosis, Parvovirus, Coronavirus, and Rabies. The complete vaccination series must be completed to
ensure your pup is immune to Distemper and Parvovirus during critical times between 6-14 weeks old.
Worms are very common in pups and are often times not avoidable. The worms can pass by the mothers milk, across the placenta,
and if present in the environment are also communicable. If your pup's stool was examined today and internal parasites(worms)
were found, an oral medication is given that is safe and effective. The deworming medications used will not make your puppy sick.
If any signs of illness develop, such as vomiting or diarrhea, please notify the clinic.
All dogs should be tested for Heartworms, and placed on Heartworm preventive medication. New preventives are given
only once each month. It is easy and inexpensive. A heartworm test is not necessary of treatment is started before
8 weeks of age due to the life cycle of the heartworm.
Feed Only High Quality Puppy Foods:
* We highly recommend premium high quality pet foods because of the high protein concentration and quality of ingredients. They are much more digestible than all cereal-based foods available at the grocery store. Even though it will cost more per bag, it will cost about the same on a monthly basis, because less food is fed. It makes housetraining much easier. Feed pups 3 times daily until six months of age; then twice daily after that time. Avoid table scraps.
* Spay or Neuter your pup at 6-9 months of age to avoid many future heath problems. Current research points to the fact that neutering the male dog greatly reduces roaming and prostate cancer later in life. A spayed female dog will have .5% of a chance of having mammary tumors later in life as compared to those not being spayed. Some female dogs may benefit from having one heat, depending on the conformation of the vulva.
* Talk to us about flea control:
* Most over-the-counter products can be a waste of money and frustrating. 90% of the flea's life is spent in the YARD and HOUSE, NOT on the dog. Therefore the major factor in successful flea and tick control is proper treatment of the house and yard at FREQUENT intervals, and at the same time.
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