AAHA Accredited
Vaccines are generally very safe and can prevent extremely painful and fatal diseases in your furry best friend. Our vaccination protocols are based on the local disease risk and reported exposure levels in BC. As an American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) accredited clinic, we follow their recommendation to minimize health risks.
Puppy Vaccines
| Puppy’s Age | Recommended Vaccinations |
|---|---|
| 8 Weeks |
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| 12 Weeks |
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| 16 Weeks |
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| 1 Year – Adult |
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Annual Vaccination
Most dogs will require an annual vaccination. These vaccines are part of a group of viruses and bacteria that are commonly exposed and highly infectious. Vaccination will help prevent spread and avoid potentially life threatening diseases.
This includes, Bordetella and Parainfluenza and various other viruses and bacteria that invade the respiratory system leading to a harsh and hacking cough, runny nose, lethargy, decreased appetite or even pneumonia. This is an air-borne disease that only requires an affected (often unvaccinated) animal that coughs. The disease becomes airborne and if you and your dog are on a walk and he takes a sniff of affected air, that is sometimes all it takes. It gets its name “kennel cough” as one affected dog coughing in close quarters (such as kennels) can lead to a rampant spread of the disease.
This virus is carried by wild life, particularly rodents, and transmitted through their urine into puddles or stagnant water. If your dog sniffs or licks stagnant water, or puddles (really who’s dog doesn’t do this?) then they are at risk. Lepto can cause fever, kidney or liver failure, and is transmissible to humans. Several cases are seen yearly in the lower mainland.
Depending on the level of outdoorsy lifestyle, Lyme vaccination may be recommended. Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a bacterial illness that can be transmitted to humans, dogs, and other animals by certain species of ticks. It is caused by the spiral-shaped bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi that is carried inside a tick and gets into a dog or person’s bloodstream through a tick bite. Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria can travel to different parts of the body and cause problems in specific organs or locations, such as joints, as well as overall illness.
Every Three Year Vaccination
Maintaining a routine booster vaccine every three years help ensure vaccine effectiveness. This routine is important for pet health and safety to those around. By taking preventative measure, vaccination will helps keep avoidable diseases from happening.
A deadly virus affecting the replicating cells in a puppies guts, causing profound diarrhea and death by dehydration and loss of proteins. One of the most difficult diseases to witness an animal go through, is also one of the easiest to prevent – with vaccination. This disease is seen OFTEN in the lower mainland due to unvaccinated animals as it is highly contagious.
Rabies
The two worst things about this disease is that it is FATAL to animals, and AFFECTS HUMANS (known as Zoonotic Disease). In BC, rabies is carried through bats, but a variety of animals can be affected such as skunks, raccoons, and other wildlife.
