What should you pay attention to when vaccinating your Wirehaired Pointer Griffon? Vaccinating your dog is not a one-time thing, but you need to vaccinate your dog every year. So what issues should you pay attention to when vaccinating your dog?
Where are dog vaccines generally given?
Subcutaneous injection method:
Those drugs that are easily soluble and non-irritating and some epidemic vaccines can be injected subcutaneously. The injection sites are generally on the sides of the dog's chest, middle of the neck, back of the shoulder blades, and back of the buttocks. During the injection method, first trim and disinfect the area to be injected, then lift the skin at the injection site with your hands to form a wrinkle, press your index finger slightly on the top to make it slightly concave, hold the syringe in your right hand and insert it from the concavity. Injection can be done 1-2cm under the skin. Remember to disinfect the injection site after pulling out the needle. 2
Intramuscular injection method:
The injection site can be selected from the dog’s thighs, waist, hip back, neck and inner thighs where the muscles are relatively plump. If it is a small dog, it is usually enough to ask a family member to cooperate; if it is a large dog, it is best to keep the dog properly restrained. After disinfecting the injection site with alcohol, hold the syringe so that the needle is at a 60-degree angle to the skin or insert it vertically about 1-2cm, inject the liquid, and disinfect the injection site after the injection. When performing the above two injection methods, the movements must be fast and accurate, the needle must be inserted simply, and the operation must be completed before the dog has time to react.
What should you pay attention to when your dog is vaccinated?
1. Vaccines are the basic guarantee for dog health and safety. However, some owners currently do not have a comprehensive understanding of the importance of vaccines, or do not understand the methods and taboos of injecting vaccines, which results in counterproductive results.
2. As the number of companion animals increases, the density increases rapidly, and the interactions between relatives and friends, as well as the owner's outing, may bring the virus to the dogs at home.
3. There are many taboos when vaccinating. If the owner ignores some conditions that make the dog unsuitable for immunization and rashly immunizes it, or takes a vaccine with poor quality, expired, or improper storage, or even worse, if the owner encounters a hospital with low medical ethics and technology, it will definitely Will cause negative consequences. But this does not mean that all dogs will get sick after being vaccinated, nor does it mean that the vaccine should not be given.
4. Unvaccinated puppies have to gradually adapt to their new environment, eating and resting. If the puppy comes from a market where the environment is dirty, plague is rampant, and the puppy suffers from hunger and cold, his physical condition must be very poor, and he may have been infected with a terrible disease but has not developed an attack. In this case, vaccination will be counterproductive. The patient should be nursed back to health and observed for about 10 days. It is best to undergo immunization after a hospital test confirms health.
