How soon to vet check/vaccinate once pup home?

[Argumentativearmadillo]

I am worried about unsettling/traumatising puppy if I take for first vaccine too soon after bringing her home and her leaving mum. Any experiences please? Bringing home at 8.5 weeks and wanting to start vaccination schedule soon after (but not before at the breeder)

Why is she not having her vaccination before leaving the breeder though?
You could then give her the second one and be able to take her out sooner. She is now going to be stuck indoors/in the garden for a long time before you can start training her to walk to heel, socialise, get used to street sounds etc.

Why isn’t the breeder doing the vaccination. As part of the vet check?

Loads of breeders choose not to vaccinate the puppies.

I would not want a puppy vaccinated much before 8 weeks and some vets do not have the same vaccinations as the breeder and then you have to start all over again.

OP personally I would take the puppy quite soon after getting it, in the first few days - to check there are no issues and to have the vaccinations .

You can socialise her without having the full set of vaccinations - you just will need to carry her , which she will probably prefer anyway.

Going to the Vet's is a vital part of socialisation. I'd get her there within a day or two of bringing her home.

I did a vet check the following day. It means if there are any problems it’s easier to have a conversation with the breeder, as well as knowing their A-ok quicker.
the sooner you can get vaccinations the sooner they can go out.
my vet was awesome and pup just got lots of cuddles from everyone

Thank you

Breeder should do the first vaccine and you the second. That way you will be able to take your puppy out much sooner. We just used the same vet as the breeder for the second vaccine to ensure they got the same vaccine.

I've only once had a puppy given her first vaccinations when with the breeder, and that was because the breeder kept her, on our request, until she was 12 weeks old (I wanted the DC back at school to give the puppy some peace).

Vets use different schedules, and all of our other dogs have come from >1 HR drive away and we only have easy access to one vets.

All our other dogs have gone for first vaccs within 48 hours, max, of coming home. Get it done as soon as you can so that you can take your puppy out and about as soon as possible. Habituating a puppy to the world is really important, and needs to be done during the socialisation window.

It really doesn't matter who vaccinates the puppy as long as they get vaccinated!

We had ours booked in for a vet check for the day after we got him home. We got him at 12 weeks so he was fully vaccinated anyway but we still wanted him registered and checked over, plus it's great socialisation for them.

We brought pup home on a Monday and went for a vet check on the Wednesday. She'd already had first vaccinations (we had the choice of whether to have the breeder start the vaccination course or not, depending on whether our vet could complete the course or had a different protocol).

Our pup didn't find the vaccinations remotely traumatic though, I'm not sure she even noticed tbh, so I'd get booked in asap so you are restricted for the least amount of time.

Copied and pasted from another thread I posted on recently as I'm lazy (sorry)

Post one:

It is not strange not to get first injections done. Research dictates that doing two vaccinations as per manufacturer's guidelines isn't ideal anyway (look up the WSAVA recommended protocol).

My puppy is having one DHP jab and he's not having it until 16 weeks. Until then he will be socialised with known healthy dogs and I rob the ground mixing with strange dogs.

Many vets use different manufacturers of vaccine and breeders who do follow the common two jabs at 8-12 weeks situ let you book both with your own vet to ensure you don't have to get three jabs if they use a different manufacturer to the one the breeder's vet does.

Over vaccination can cause very serious problems for some dogs.

And I followed it up with:

Just because I am one of those people and it might be helpful if anyone else comes across this.

Puppies have maternally derived antibodies (MDA). These deplete as they age. The sole reason manufacturers say do two jabs is because if the first one is overpowered by MDA and doesn't take, hopefully the second one will. MDA drop over time but it varies per puppy and per litter and per breed so it is very hard to know the perfect time to vaccinate.

WSAVA actually say you should vaccinate every couple of weeks until they are 16 weeks, as 16 weeks is considered to be the time when MDA have dropped enough in the vast majority of puppies for a vaccination to take and be utilised by the body. This is why I'm waiting until 16 weeks. I'm an experienced dog owner so socialisation isn't going to be impacted because I know what I'm doing.

My first dog reacted to vaccinations. I am absolutely pro vaccinations, but not over using them unnecessarily, which, sadly, our society does in dogs.

This is a good read on vaccinations:

www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/what-every-vet-should-know-about-vaccines/

Will it be microchipped already? What about worming?

To all those querying vaccinations and saying it delays getting out, we chose for our breeder not to vaccinate. Based on the schedule by our vets and vets advice we were out walking (avoiding puddles) at just over 10 weeks old.

OP - would schedule asap. We picked up at 8weeks1day on the Saturday and went to the vets on the Monday.

You should take your puppy within a day or two. Mine was 8 weeks old the day I collected him and he went to the vet for first jabs the following day and for his check. Your puppy won't have been spending much time with the bitch since weaning.