Glenn Wells
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Registered: Jan 2010
Location: Benton, KY
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Steve- you said you changed up on the shots, would that be IM instead of subQ ? I was told by my vet to shoot IM if any chance of Parvo around, so have done so since '83. My son has a beagle, that his wife just had to take to vet for shots, got them subQ @ 8weeks again at 12 weeks, came down with Parvo about month later after taking to park to "play" with the other dogs. Guess it was a test of which worked best, the IM shot hounds never showed the first sign, even after being splattered from a sick Beagle ! Did get pure parvo vacines to fire in their hip just to make me feel better though.
As far as the female, would make sure she had her shots before being bred, she will produce antibodies to protect the pups till they are weaned, whether natural or from vacines. Reason they say give shots at 8 weeks and again at 12 weeks as the antibody from mother keeps working for a while after being weaned killing the effects of vacines.
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