My older dog is unvaccinated. Will he get parvo from my new puppy?

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I have a new puppy in the house, along with his father, they ate both dachshunds, I gave the puppy his parvo shot, but my older dog was a rescue dog I rescued about a year ago, and I did not give my older dog the parvo shot, will my older dog get parvo?

Christie Long, DVM · Accepted Answer

Your older dog will only get parvo if 1.) he's not sufficiently vaccinated and 2.) he's exposed to parvo. The puppy needs 3 parvo/distemper combination vaccinations given 3 - 4 weeks apart, starting at least by 8 weeks of age. Your older dog should have had the same series as a puppy - I suggest you review the records given to you by the rescue when you adopted him. Sometimes, we will give an adult dog only 2 parvo/distemper vaccinations to consider them completely protected. So you need to determine your older dog's vaccination history before you can determine whether he (the older dog) would get parvo, if exposed to it. If your older dog is not vaccinated at all he needs to start getting vaccinated right away. The best person to do this is a veterinarian, who can ensure that he is healthy and able to mount an adequate immune response to the vaccination. Both dogs also need rabies shots, and in the US only a license veterinarian can do that.

My older dog is unvaccinated. Will he get parvo from my new puppy?

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