Can puppies safely receive multiple vaccinations for the same illness?

The ideal vaccination series should have 2 combination vaccines given after 12 weeks with the final vaccine between 16-20 vaccines. I would also recommend having these vaccines given by a veterinarian or at least purchased from a veterinarian. Vaccines from a feed store can be mis-handled and therefore not be active when given. This would leave Violet susceptible to contagious and possibly fatal diseases.

There are a whole lot of different vaccines available out there in the world. The one to which you are referring is the Distemper Combination vaccine. In my book, as long as the vaccine is offering protection for the distemper virus, parvovirus, adenovirus, and para-influenza, all the rest are bonuses. But, just make sure that whatever vaccine is being given offers protection for those. If not, I would choose something different. I would also make sure that if you are administering vaccines yourself rather than going to a vet, that you use a very reputable place to purchase them. If the shots were not be refrigerated or were in an inappropriate environment, they may be ineffective. Hope this helps!

They are possibly the same, but I cannot tell you as I do not know what vaccines your vet gave your puppy. I suggest you finish the basic vaccinations with your present vet to ensure your puppy is properly protected. Ask your vet for vaccination record and then you can take that to the PetCo clinics for the vet there to determine the necessary boosters.

Thank you for contacting Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach with your question about Sandy. That is a lot of get done all in one day. I recommends spacing them out, doing distemper/parvo, bordetalla, canine influenza one day, and then 10 days later doing lepto and rabies. Give her vet a call to make her an appointment and they can discuss how they want to space out the vaccines. I hope this helps!

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! If Tuttu is 3 months old, he should be receiving his distemper/parvo/adenovirus combination vaccines (a set of 3 every 3-4 weeks) and his kennel cough vaccine. When he is older he will also need a rabies vaccine.

Hi, thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! The number of vaccines that are needed depends on the dogs age. If your dog is a puppy he needs the vaccine every 3 weeks until he gets TWO past 12 weeks of age. If you started vaccinating him when he was 12 weeks or older he only needs TWO 3 weeks apart. All puppies need it boostered a year later (when they are over 1 year old) then every 3 years. The difference between vaccines is that the 6 in 1 and 8 in 1 both have coronavirus and the 8 in 1 also has 2 serovars for leptospirosis. I do not thin that coronavirus is absolutely necessary and the leptospirosis is needed if your dog is at risk. Dogs can get leptospirosis from free standing water/puddles by drinking the water that could be contaminated with this bacteria from wild animal and rat urine. It causes kidney and liver failure. If your dog hikes, camps and swims then you should give it if the bacteria is present in your country. Otherwise the 5 in 1 is sufficient. I wish you the best!

Yes, the distemper/parvo (DHPP) combination vaccinations that we use in puppies are the same as those we use in adults, but some of the ingredients in some of the combination vaccinations are not given until the puppies are older. I would recommend speaking to your veterinarian about which viruses should be included in puppies vaccinations, but they are generally canine distemper, infectious hepatitis, parainfluenza and parvovirus. Corona virus may or may not be recommended and Leptospirosis should not be given until a puppy is older. Good luck! I hope that was helpful. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.