Sunday, October 23, 2011

How To Nourish Your Pet With Vaccination And Desexing

By Chris Boulton


Dogs are one amongst the best common pets. It is unusual to find any street in Australia without a few dog-friendly houses. Australian dogs are well cared for and well loved. But, many people neglect their pet without even knowing it. How? By not vaccinating and desexing dogs as soon as possible. Vaccinations for dogs are necessary at the puppy stage because of the serious sicknesses that dogs will get. Ideally a call ought to be placed to the vet as soon as the owner gets the new puppy home. At your first visit to the vet you may be given a vaccination schedule, which is a very vital part of your new pet-care routine.

Your vet can most probably begin you off with a chain of injections for distemper, hepatitis and parvovirus. All of these will be caught by puppies, whether unfold by other animals or through humans walking on pathways where infected dogs could have recently been present. Parvovirus is significantly probably to affect young puppies and the vaccination for dogs needs to be given when your dog is old enough, starting at the age of 6 weeks. There can be a series of vaccines over the next few months to make sure that the puppy will not catch these diseases.

There also are a range of other illnesses which the vet could vaccinate against. All of those vaccinations intended for dogs need to be completed when your puppy can be exposed to the outside world, thus it is best to have them done when you bring the dog home. Once these vaccinations are complete, your dog can then start going on daily walks and naturally enjoying outside life.

With a more active dog which has had all of their vaccinations, the next big question is whether or not to have your animal neutered. Desexing dogs can be an uneasy issue for some, with many owners putting off the operation for long periods of time. Owners sometimes never get the neutering done at all. However desexing dogs may make a big dissimilarity to some behaviors. Neutering can prevent dogs from straying so as to mate and will also avoid excess aggression in males or coming into heat for females. Getting a pet desexed will even guarantee that your animal is not held responsible for another owner having an unnecessary litter.

Call Gordon Veterinary Hospital on (02) 9498 300 if you'd like any more information on desexing dogs or vaccinations for dogs. Gordon Veterinary Hospital was established in 1970 and is well-established as one of the best equipped veterinary facilities on the North Shore. We have




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