~~~Running Ridge Rat Terriers~~~ Vaccination and Worming
Schedule Our puppies are vaccinated at 4 weeks of
age with Neopar or a brand name parvo vaccination that overrides maternal
antibodies. We give 5-way vaccinations at 6 weeks of age. We give
7-way vacinations at 9 & 12 weeks of age. Rabies is given at 16
weeks of age.
Annual vaccinations are given once a year from the
age of 1 year up. Our puppies are wormed starting at 10 days of age and wormed every 10
days thereafter until the age of 4 months. After 4 months of age our
puppies/dogs are wormed monthly.
We rotate wormers between Strongid
T(Pyrantel Paomate), Ivomec (ivermectrin), Valbazen (albendazole) and
Safeguard (Fenbendazole). We use drontal if we visably see Tape worm
segments.
Our puppies over the age of 12 weeks and all of our adult
dogs are heartwormed monthly. We have found this schedule of vaccinations and wormings to be very
successfull in raising healthy puppies/dogs.