There can be variations in the puppy and dog vaccine schedules....
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Typically, adult dogs need to come in once a year for vaccines. Not every vaccine needs to be boostered every year....
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A couple of things you could focus on is, number one, keeping them up to date on all their preventative care, vaccines, making sure you're getting ...
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For the most part, every puppy needs the core vaccines every three weeks until they're four months, and then the rabies vaccine some time between t...
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You should plan to be here for about 30 minutes....
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The leptospirosis vaccine is a well-known non-core vaccine. Lepto is a three-shot series at 6, 12, 16 weeks, and we then give it annually as well....
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It's really going to depend on the vaccination, how long overdue they are for boosters, and the veterinarian's discretion....
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Prevention. We’re all about prevention....
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As far as that goes, if your dog has had an allergic vaccine reaction before, we will generally give them a Benadryl injection and potentially even...
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Yes. If the dog has any type of surgical procedure that causes pain, we always do pain medication....
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There’s local and general anesthesia....
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Not all are necessary. I strongly recommend certain ones....
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So depending on the procedure, the post-surgery pain medication will be dispensed....
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There are always risks that their blood pressure could drop, or their heart rate could drop too low....
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They can be painful. I try to give the analogy of when we have had a vaccine. You're generally a little sore....
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Much like they use in human medicine, our monitoring equipment helps with measuring....
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Yes, they are, especially rabies....
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We always worry about our brachycephalic breeds, which, if you don't know that big term, are the smush-faced breeds....
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Heart rate dropping and blood pressure dropping are two possible risks from surgery....