I will be traveling with 10 wk old pup by car for 14 hours. I have heard people say that it is easier on the dog to give it tranquilizers, what do you think?

also the dog has received 2 sets of shots thus far, after reading vaccinosis article I want to give only the live modified virus for distemper and parvo. If I am leaving friday should I give shot wendnesday(2wks from last shot)? in the article it says not to give shot if the animal will be under stress...

Why do puppies need so many but now the AAHA is advocating boosters every 3 years, does it take that many shots to get a high enough serum concentration?

also any advice on keeping puppy occupied on trip? bones etc...

hey dan , i did a similar trip when i brought hector home . make lots of stops ( 15 mins every 2 hrs ) , put a little food in his crate , provide water and you should be fine .

Dan.. I wouldn't give any more shots.. at least for a month.. but if it were mine.. no more at all. I would get a nice meaty marrow bone and freeze it..and when you are ready to go.. throw it in his crate with him. If you stop to let him out to pee.. make sure his flat buckle collar is tight enough that he doesn't slip it.. it can happen very fast..

have a great trip... oh .. NO Tranquilizers!!

I dont want to give him any more shots for now, but my wife fears that he may pick up some disease at the cottage we are going to . Here at home we dont worry because no strays can go through...

Oh Dan, for sure no tranquilizers! Just had a two day trip with a seven and a half week old with no problems. Feed four small meals a day of yogurt and ground turkey, a large soup bone and some toys and offered water at each pee stop. Finally at the end I let her tear up a roll of paper towels. She had a great time and was quite!

IMO no more shots.

Have a good time with your puppy!

Debbie

I agree, I picked up a pup who had gone through a 20 hr flight (due to a layover) and less than a week later we went on a five week long road trip. He had ONE DP shot in Belgium, and has had his rabies (at 6 months, for my own personal reasons, I admit) and he is still alive. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

The only stressful part of that trip was on ME. I would drive 10 hrs and then get to a motel with a pup that had slept ALL day and had no energy outlet. LOL... I probably don't need to tell you I didn't get much sleep!

The mutliple vaccinations they insist on in puppies are really the lazy mans way out. Instead of doing a titer to see if the vacc took, they just assume it didn't and give a series of shots to cover any pup that may have managed to not form immunity. Think of immunity like a pump being primed. Once that pump is primed, you really can't fill it anymore! Yeah, sure you can keep messing with the switch, but all you are doing is burning the pump up.

Order the book Ed sells on Vaccinations. "What vets don't tell you about vaccinations" Read it and then make your mind up.

NO TRANQUILIZERS.

Ok, maybe call your doctor and get some for you if you are sensitive to screaming puppies <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

thanks for all the help, cant wait for some R and R, well as much as you can get with 3 kids and a pup.

Don't forget the poop scoop baggies. I always travel with an emergency kit, one for people and one for the dogs. You might want to take some water from where you got the pup at to lessen chances of diarrhea and cleaning supplies are a must. Have fun and remember,dogs love country music so get that radio cracking.