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My puppy got sick. Are her lapsed vaccine shots still valid?

Updated on September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Golden Retriever | Female | unspayed | 2 months and 27 days old | 10.58 lbs

Scarlet have already 2 vaccine shots from her other vet this vet was too far from our new home then our vaccination got lapsed then scarlet got sick fever and diarrhea So we change vet near at our home, so now scarlet is ok, we continue our vaccination on our new vet but she say the vaccination program will start from first the 2 vaccination program we do in our old vet was not valid cause he got sick.. Is this true?

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Answered By Jennifer Summerfield, DVM CPDT-KA

Veterinarian, Certified Dog Trainer

Published on September 6th, 2019

Hi there. Vaccinations are based on the puppy's age, not how many vaccines they've had previously - so it doesn't really matter whether your vet is "counting" the first ones or not. If it's been more than three weeks since her most recent vaccination, she would be due for a booster now. If she's about three months old, she will need a total of 1-2 additional boosters to finish out her series, since we want the last vaccine to be given at 16 weeks or older.

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