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Canine: 4 to 10 Month Puppy

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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 pet is in great danger until 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 before your pup is immune to Distemper and Parvovirus.

Your pet can still get sick with these diseases until two weeks after the final injection in the vaccination series. Be sure to return at the proper time for each injection in the vaccination series.

After exposure to a disease, it takes time for signs of illness to develop:

This is called the INCUBATION PERIOD. Therefore, even though your pup appears to be healthy to us today, we cannot be sure it has not been exposed to some disease, and just cannot be detected yet because no clinical signs are present. Notify the clinic if your pup begins to show any signs of disease such as lack of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, coughing, or listlessness.

Your pup's stool was examined today for the presence of internal parasites (worms). 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.

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.

Talk to us about flea control:

Most over the counter products are a total waste of money. 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.
Dogs should be bathed once every two weeks to prevent drying out the hair coat. Special shampoos with an adjusted pH should be used if the pet requires a bath more than once every two weeks. We have high quality pet shampoos available that are just as economical as over the counter products.

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Learn more...
...Canine:
- 4 to 10 Month Puppy
- Aggressive Dog
- Avoiding Canine Bloat
- Breeding
- Chewing
- Chronic Vomiting and Diarrhea
- Crate Training Your Puppy
- Demodectic Mange
- Distemper
- Dog Days
- Heartworm Facts
- Heartworm Prevention
- Hip Dysplasia
- Wobblers

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