When my dogs got their shots they got Distemper, adenovirus, parvovirus, coronavirus, they didnt get a bordetella shot .all dogs get yearly boosters

-- Edited by sandysmommie at 14:31, 2005-09-04

I do believe there are boosters every year. However I wont give mine a bordetella booster unless they are going to be boarded. Im not sure how i feel about boosters, except for rabies but Rabies is every 3 years.

Some states, including Florida I believe tell you to get a rabies shot every year.

Ok as to my understanding this is how shots work.

You get a puppy and bring it in for its first set of shots, bordetella and dhpp.

Then you bring them in 3 weeks to one month later for their second set, same as the first.

Then 3 weeks to a month later they get their third set, bordetella,dhppp, and if they are 4 months old or older at the time they get their rabies shot.

Then they are good for one year, you booster everything, bordetella,dhpp,and rabies.

After the first rabies booster you dont need to get another booster for 3 years.

They are suppose to get the other two shots boostered every year but thats up to the owner, but if you plan on boarding your dog anywhere it needs a bordetella shot if it isnt current.

Oh and the Dhpp shot includes the parvo shot, its like a 2 in 1 shot, or 3 in 1 i cant remeber.

Yes all puppies get bordetella shots, just some owners dont booster it unless they board their dog.

rabies shots are either 1 year or 3 years...my animals have the 1 year vaccine.

Bordetella, or kennel cough needs to be given[ intranasel being most effective], 2 weeks before a kenneling or high exposure enviornment, such as a dog show. Probably if you frequent dog parks it is good to give it once, or twice a year. Most people don't give it to young dogs, because they may actually catch the kennel cough from the vaccine, the way some people get sick from flu shots.
The intra-nasel vaccine is MUCH more effective due to the nature of the transmission of kennel cough. The nasel mucosa first recieves the virus, so when it is innoculated the area of initial contact is resistant, unlike the shot, which confers little immunity.
A pup gets distemper, hepatitis, parvo, parainfluenza[treats some types of kennel cough], corona, and adeno1&2, at 6 weeks. Once a month after that, he gets a booster[after the initial shot, leptospirosis is added[4kinds] it is too stressful for young pups, so I leave it out of the first 2 shots. Rabies is given after 4mos. the rabies booster the next year, is a 3 year shot, usually.
I give my own shots and know quite a bit about transmission and treatment.
Kennel cough, according to UC Davis, can exist in healthy recovered dogs for two years in a carrier state, in their nasel mucosa. Nose contact transfers the virus.
I strongly suggest you keep the dog isolated in your yard until it is 6 months old, although 4mos. is what the vet says. Corona and parvo are highly contagious, and remain in the enviorment for years, so any sidewalk, shoe or floor sniffing can aquire the dog the virus. Best to keep pups in a more sterile enviornment...and watch your shoes...
Having very valuable dogs, I'm more cautious than most.
I had a strain of corona[there are 40 kinds, inc. that which started the Sars outbreak in Asia-like AIDS, it came from animal virus mutating]...at my house a year ago. It was brought in by puppy buyers that LIED about visiting other litters of pups. The virus came from 3 counties away, on their shoes, most likely. It was very messy, with all the dogs puking and diahreah...not to mention that it killed my girlfriend's stud dog in the previous year, after going thru her entire 50 dog kennel.