Vaccination against diseases is the best prevention to keep your dog healthy and protected. Vaccinations for dogs are vital to give them a strong immune system. But do you know which vaccinations are compulsory for your dog and when they are due? Read on and take a look at our vaccination schedule for dogs! 🐾
Vaccinations for dogs can be categorised into mandatory and optional, although this can vary depending on where you live.
Mandatory vaccinations:
1.Parvovirus: helps prevent Canine Parvovirus, a disease that damages the intestines. It causes lack of appetite, depression, fever, vomiting, foul-smelling and haemorrhagic watery diarrhoea and progressive dehydration.
2.Distemper: A very harmful condition affecting the puppy’s digestive, respiratory and nervous systems, which can lead to death. It is also highly contagious.
3.Rabies: it is transmitted through saliva, in the case of dogs it most commonly enters the dog’s blood system through a bite. Nowadays it is a vaccine that can also be administered while the dog is a puppy, although it is warned that its effectiveness begins after a couple of weeks, so caution is necessary.
4.Canine infectious hepatitis: a disease that affects young, unvaccinated dogs up to one year of age and is difficult to diagnose due to the limited clinical signs.
5.Leptospirosis: transmitted by urine, but can also be transmitted by placental transmission, bites, contact with rats or ingestion of contaminated meat.
Optional vaccinations:
1.Kennel cough: This is a highly contagious disease and causes severe respiratory problems. It can even lead to pneumonia and, in severe cases, death of the dog.
2.Lyme disease: This is usually transmitted by the bite of a tick. It is usually harmless, but in some cases that become complicated, it can cause the death of the dog.
3.Canine babesiosis: This is known as canine malaria. It is also transmitted by a tick bite and is a very aggressive disease that requires urgent treatment to prevent the dog’s death.
4.Leishmaniasis: is one of the most common diseases in dogs and if left untreated, will die in less than 12 months due to kidney failure. And although the vaccine does not prevent infection, it does increase immunity to dangerous pathogens.
Here you have a vaccination schedule for dogs where you can find out which one your dog needs at any given time. Keep it and consult it whenever you need it! It will be very useful…
Optional vaccines in Spain are usually given annually, and there is the option of creating ‘polyvalent vaccines’. That is to say, mixtures of different vaccines for dogs in one vaccine to prevent different diseases, such as canine hepatitis, leishmania, leptospirosis, Lyme disease…etc.
Now you have everything you need to protect your dog against all these diseases, as most of them, having been vaccinated, can be treated by a vet and will not cause any harm to your furry friend. That is why prevention is so important.
So vaccinate your best friend and make sure you keep his calendar up to date to avoid scares… And remember that, for all diseases and accidents, Petplan will protect your dog and you will be able to give him the best care in case he needs it.
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