Puppy vaccination advice

We read in living with dogs from veterinarian, Sofia Savvidou.

Vaccination of puppies ideally begins immediately after they are weaned, at the age of 6-7 weeks. However, puppies that have not received colostrum should be vaccinated from the 4th week of their life, as they have not acquired maternal immunity from colostrum, that is, antibodies that will protect them from infectious diseases. 

• The first vaccine, which is given on average at the age of 6 weeks, is the double vaccine for parvoenteritis (typhoid fever), an infectious disease that resembles acute gastroenteritis in humans. The second part of the vaccine includes the Carre disease virus (mumps), related to that of measles in humans.
• This is followed by the second vaccination at the age of 8-9 weeks with the five-fold vaccine for the diseases of parvoenteritis, Carre's disease, infectious hepatitis, infectious tracheobronchitis and leptospirosis. 
• The repetition of this vaccine is done at the 12th and 16th week of the puppy's life, with intervals of 3-4 weeks. 
• The rabies vaccine is done once at the age of 12-16 weeks and is repeated, like the five-fold, in one year. This is followed by annual booster vaccinations.

Source: www.livngwithdogs.gr

Most veterinarians advise guardians to keep their puppy home until it completes its vaccination. 

This usually takes 4 weeks as we read in the previous article. 

This is perhaps the biggest thorn between veterinarians and trainers.

The purpose of this exhortation is, as we have seen, to avoid getting the dog infected. 

On the other hand, behaviorally, leaving a puppy or young dog at home for 4 weeks is a big mistake and probably irreparable.

From the first month to the fourth, it is the most important phase of the dog's socialization. From the second month, the puppy can come home with its human and then its substantial contact with the environment around it begins. It is very important that it has an abundance of stimuli, with other animals and people, so that it forms positive associations of the world and other living beings. If this stage of socialization is done correctly, then the puppy will become a dog with self-confidence and stressfree.

Experiences or lack thereof, in the first months of a dog's (and people's) life, stuck with them forever. 

Toilet training may be the least of your problems. The hardest part is when he leaves the protective bubble of the house into the real world and is called upon to interact with all these stimuli. Then we usually observe suspicion, phobias and/or excessive excitement that manifest themselves in barking, a lowered tail, avoidance tendencies or "aggression". 

PS If you keep the dog away from dog parks, other dogs and places with feces, then you have already avoided the risk of the puppy getting sick. Something that no one can rule out even if you follow the veterinarian's instructions, since, for example, our shoes or we ourselves are carriers of germs from the "outside" world.