take your litters to the vets? we have 4 pups they wil be 8 weeks old, they are going to have their check up before going to their new homes..whats methods do you all use? i will have to go by taxi with my 2 kids for help will it be easier us all just carrying them or is it safer to carry them in a box or carrier? as you can tell its my 1st litter lol

I had a large cage in the car and took them into the vet one by one with the help of the vet nurses.  I needed a drink when I got home

Definitely have them contained, in as many crates or boxes as necessary. For starters, many taxis won't accept them any other way.

thanks Ladies should be ok for us to do that,i have a medium sized crate here that should fit in the taxi, i will just have to ask them to wait while we get them all done, i hate not being able to drive i keep saying im going to learn !! lol

I use cardboard cat carriers that Vets sell.  I find that my pups travel better if they can't see. :)  When I used to take them for eye testing in crates, they would be sick and the rest! :(  But if they can't see, they immediately become good car travellers. :)

Hello, do what I do, get the vet to come to you! Much easier, obviously I have the cost of a house call on top of the first inoculation charge but it really is worth it and you will be saving on the cost of the taxi.
Eavie

Don't have the first vaccination done.  Most Vets won't just do the 2nd vaccination and insist on doing the whole course again, which means that the pups have extra vaccine pumped into them. :(

only 2 pups will be getting their 1st vaccs the 1 im keeping and the 1 other who is going to the stud owner, the other 2 will be done once they go to their homes, i explained all of that to the new owners about vets do different vaccs etc :D

I've known vets refuse to vaccinate only some of a litter, because the vaccinated ones can sometimes shed the virus afterwards and infect the unvaccinated ones. It's usually all or none.

really i will ask again just to make sure but they are aware its just the 2 for vaccination and all 4 for health check before they go

Most Vets won't just do the 2nd vaccination and insist on doing the whole course again
I am sorry but I do not think that this is the case.
Why can't you you say "I wouldn't" instead of "Don't"?:rolleyes:
Eavie

OP understood my point!  That was who I was communicating with. :D :rolleyes:

Yes strongly agree.  I don't have pups leave here part vaccinated.  If they are leaving after 10 weeks then they will be fully vaccinated, if leaving before 10 weeks then the owners will get both done.  The only time I have allowed a part vaccinated pup to go in recent times was when I had checked with the new owners vet that they used the same vaccine and would just complete the course.

I previously had found on several pups that the new owners were made to have the full course of jabs meaning pup had more than it needed, and with the risks of over vaccination causing immune problems at the very least I am not happy to take the risk.

My Mums have access to their pups right until they leave so should have the maximum maternal antibodies.

I also only take pups to the Vet if they are showing some signs of needing it as all new owners will want their own Vets opinion on the pup, which I advise they get in first few days.

I am starting to wonder if I should get a certificate for each pup to show them as healthy after some of the horror stories about some Vets scaring the pants off new owners for no reason are true (and thereby undermining an owners confidence in their breeder).

I also only take pups to the Vet if they are showing some signs of needing it as all new owners will want their own Vets opinion on the pup, which I advise they get in first few days.

I definitely don't part vaccinate, either both or none, and I wouldn't want to take a litter to the vet, that wasn't vaccinated and due to go -they can pick up virtually anything AT the vet's. We're often hiding in a corner if we're there with a dog, horrified at people who sit there bold as brass with a dog that clearly has kennel cough, for instance.

But yes you have a point about having a health certificate, sometimes it would make life easier, and at home in Sweden all pups are sold with one, mentioning things such as the presence or absence of hernias and other faults. In fact that goes for kittens too there.

As for vets wanting to start all over again if they don't use the same vaccine -it has definitely been my experience. When we took in the rescued Labrador a few weeks ago she'd had the first vacc a the kennels, it wasn't the same make my vet uses but he made sure to get the same one for her second vacc as he didn't want to use a different one. We were just lucky he was able to.

I take all pups to the vet to have them checked before they leave me - this way I know 100% that they are fit and I have done my best to protect the pup, myself and the new owners from anything unexpected at this stage. Occasionally I have been asked for a vet certificate which I have had done. I have the 1st vacc done too (at no extra cost to the new owner) and have never encountered a problem with new owners saying their vet had a problem, In the same way I bought in a pup from 'over the border' last year who had his 1st vacc done and although not a manufacturer my vet uses, they had no problem in completing the course as they said there wasnt a compatability issue. Who am I to argue? Maybe there is not and its a manufacturer brand war..Who knows.

I find it's cheaper to have the vet do a housecall than pay for individual appointments for 10 puppies, even with staff discount! ;)

was even thinking of going over 2 days and taking 2 at a time but might see about a house call now save 2 consultation fees might even work out the same thanks for all the input xx

I am in the same boat as you and end up taking pups individually to the Vet carrying them in a backpack strapped to my chest.