Thursday 21 January 2016

Enjoying a quieter time

Phoenix left us last Friday, always so much harder letting the last one go. Eliza was subdued for 24hrs after his departure but has fully regained her bounce now!

I am not a fan of early vaccination so she will have one vaccination when she is over 13 weeks old, she will not be vaccinated against Lepto as I believe that the vaccine is a far greater risk to her well being than the chance of her contracting the disease (added to the fact that it only covers 4 strains of about 200 and that it can last as little as 3 months and almost certainly no longer than 9 months). She will almost certainly still have some circulating maternal antibodies at the moment so she is going out to be socialised.





She has started on a few outings, these include our local park, the beach, the bus station a walk through the town centre and a walk alongside a main road. She has been through a subway and had several trips in the car. None of this has phased her, she has had a few moments of uncertainty in some situations, but completely regained her composure almost instantly. She is like her mum in that she has a non stop wagging tail :-)

She and Fawlty continue to be good buddies.



Miss Tibbs and Bob have both visited Manuel in the last couple of weeks, so hopefully we will have kittens in March.

The big dogs have enjoyed some lovely walks this week, couple of pics here, more, as always, on Flickr.com












2 comments:

Rosie Ison said...

Leave it longer than 13 wks before Elizas vaccination if you possibly can...I'd say nearer to 16 weeks to absolutely 100% sure :-)

Its a guessing game as regards those Maternal antibodies, and as like me you want to limit the need for her to have boosters the later the better :-)

Jane Rowden said...

Thanks Rosie, will take that on board. My vets are getting vacci check in very soon so will get her titred before she is jabbed