02/09/2024
Some info here about puppy vaccinations. Great for anyone interested in a more holistic approach for their puppies.
๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ - ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ?
How can you give your little puppies maximum protection from deadly diseases, while minimising the risk of vaccination injuries and reactions? What are Maternal antibodies?
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐, ๐๐ผ๐'๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐!
The recommended puppy vaccination schedule for core vaccines (more about core vs non-core vaccines in another post, another time) is three vaccinations. The first will be at 6-8 weeks (I think it's a GREAT idea to wait until 8 weeks!!!), the second at 12 weeks, and the third needs to be at 16 weeks or later.
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ด ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ (๐๐ฏ - ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ผ, ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐, ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ) ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ - ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐บ - ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ธ.
Maternal immunity is really important, but it wears out at different times in different pups. At 8 weeks, about 60% of pups will have lost maternal immunity, and by 12 weeks, about 90%. At 16 weeks, 100% will have lost the maternal antibodies, and the temporary immunity it gives the pups.
๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ก๐ (๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐) ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐. ๐๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ, ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ฝ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐.
So - at 8 weeks, around 60% of pups can mount an immune response to the vaccine, and make their own, long-lasting antibody-based immune response. But in the other 40%, the maternal antibodies interfere with the vaccination, and the pups cannot mount an immune response to it.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฌ% ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ - ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ- ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐, ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐.
The 30% of pups who had maternal immunity now don't. They couldn't respond to the first vaccination, but they can to this second one, so they then mount an immune response, create antibodies and then become immune.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ญ๐ฌ% ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป'๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐๐ต๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐, ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป'๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ณ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ธ, ๐๐ป๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ.
However, the third vaccination has no benefit (and may carry risk) for the 90% of pups who have already responded to the first or second of their puppy vaccinations.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐:
๐๐ก๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐ง๐ข ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐ข ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ง, ๐ก๐ข ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ก๐๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ง.
However, all vaccines carry a risk or potential harm. And C3 vaccines give a long-lasting immunity of at least 5-7 years, and often a whole lot longer. This is why I am passionate about strongly recommending that ALL dogs are titer tested before re-vaccination, and ONLY revaccinated if there are not adequate antibody levels!
๐ฆ๐ผ- ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด- ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐? ๐จ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐, ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป'๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐๐ฝ'๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
You can titer test puppies after 16 weeks of age to see if they have responded to their vaccinations. But if you miss the 12 + 16 week vaccinations, you run the risk of a pup[py being unprotected and catching a deadly disease!
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ-๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฎ '๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐' ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐.
It's kind of complicated, but I hope I've made this simple and easy to understand. If you want to avoid or minimise the number of vaccines you give your purpose, or if you don't want to vaccinate at all, I strongly recommend that you contact me for a Zoom consultation, so I work out the specifics of your unique situation, explain to you all the options, and all of the risks, and help you make the best possible informed choice for your pup. It's way too complicated to give you specific advice in a post like this.
๐'๐บ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ-๐๐ฎ๐
(๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ผ, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด). ๐๐๐ ๐'๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ-๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ-๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ ๐ถ๐'๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ. ๐๐'๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ณ๐ ๐๐๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ.
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