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First Time Puppy Vaccinations
Puppies are wonderful. When they first enter our houses a little timid and unsure, the whole family is in love within minutes. A new pup added to the family brings happiness, joy and new sense of purpose. They also bring responsibility. Keeping our puppies healthy is one of our responsibilities...
What Are Vaccinations?
Vaccines are a hot topic in human health care and animal health care. There has been a lot of talk over the past 10 years on whether vaccines do more harm than good and this article will try to go back to the basics and discuss how vaccines work, why...
Dog Vaccinations
Vaccines help prevent dogs from becoming sick and therefore, saves you money. Antibodies are natural defense mechanisms that dogs use to fight infection. Vaccines help dogs to make more of these antibodies. We at North Hill Animal Hospital, vaccinate dogs based on the risk each dog has for picking up...
Puppy Vaccinations
When puppies are born, they become immune to some diseases after they suckle the first milk or 'colostrum' from their mothers. This protection lasts only 8-10 weeks. Vaccines are started for puppies at 6-8 weeks of age, so they can develop their own protection against disease, as the 'maternal' protection...