I took my lab puppy at 38 days (she is 49 now), and the owner told me she was dewormed, also he told me that my puppy had the first vaccine through her mother and that she has to be re-vaccinated at 60 days or so. We took her to the vet, and he told us that she needs to be vaccinated 2 times (before she is able to go out), because she couldnt get the vaccine through her mother. He told me that she should have been already vaccinated, but he couldnt give the vaccine to her because she had diarrhea and he gave me pills for that and told me he will give her the vaccine when the poop will be good. The problem is that my puppy will be almost 4 months old when she will get both of the vaccines (she needs to be in quarantine), and that means I can get her out of home. Also, she had a problem with worms, and she was having diarrhea, as I said before. Now she is acting a little bit weird (trying to poop, but it doesnt come out, sleeps anywhere), although she when she is awake she is a happy puppy. She had her pill for deworming today. Now, my two questinos are: - Is it too late to take her out of home on 4 months (I know that the puppy should start socializing at 8 weeks), - and is she acting normally after giving her the pill for dewoming?
You can take your puppy out if you carry her. Avoid putting her on the ground where unvaccinated dogs may have been. See if you can meet up with friends who have friendly vaccinated dogs that your puppy can meet - at your house or their house. It's best to talk to the vet if you are worried about any aspect of your puppy's health. If she is trying to poop and nothing is coming out then I would definitely take her to the vet.
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Just a note on the deworming. It is essential as Harley was full of worms but it really made her little tummy cramp and we spent a difficult night with her, so be aware that it may be a day and night were you have to take her out regularly and that she may be unwell. Harley recovered fine, like it had never happened but it was horrible to see her in discomfort. Secondly, on the "late" vaccinations. We got Harley when she was about 11 weeks and did not have any vaccinations so we were also "behind the curve" with certain steps but do as you have been advised above and organised time with vaccinated dogs in areas where it is unlikely that unvaccinated dogs would have been. And you can still do many of the other puppy socialisations. Harley still went to puppy socialisation classes, she was a little older than the other pups and with her energy levels she was slightly rougher but it was a great lesson for her to play more gently with others and now she has caught up with the other dogs of her age group.
And I am not sure about how it works where you are, but here the pups get 3 vaccinations. They can socialise after the second but then still require the 3rd.
I hope this doesn't mean she will get two vaccines at once? It sounds like your Vet is correctly delaying a vaccine till she is healthier but she shouldn't get two at once, if it's at all possible to separate them. Here puppies often get their final puppy shot (it will be a series of four or three depending what the Vet uses) and the rabies at the same time. But if possible it's better to separate them by as much as you can. At least by a couple of weeks, some say it should be a month. I delay the rabies.
