I have 2 questions.

1. My almost 10 wk old puppy is going to her first puppy vet visit tommorow. The "puppy pkg" includes appropriate shots for the age. Normally, at 10 wks they would be getting their 2nd shot (according to the puppy package schedule), but she got her first shots at 5 wks and her 2nd at 8 wks, by the breeder. They were the 7 in 1...I know...not good, but I didn't have a choice or a say...

QUESTION: Does she need a 3rd shot at 11 weeks? Are the shots she got sufficient? I don't want to vaccinate again if I don't need to. Is she protected from Parvo at this age by what she has had?

2. When I got her at 8 weeks, she had never been crated. The first time in the crate, of course, she barked, whined, yelped..etc. She stopped after about 15 minutes and only made a fuss about the crate a couple more times for a few minutes. Now, she totally quiets down when she is in there, unless she is playing with a toy. BUT, her outside kennel is a different story. It is 8'x9' and has grass, a couple toys, her igloo and blanket.. even a radio, and she still YELPS like I am hanging her upside down by her ankles for what seems like forever (at least 15-20 minutes). I have never rewarded her barking by going to her, but she still does it. I can ignore it, but I don't know how loud it is to my neighbors (at 7:30am). I have tried throwing some of her kibble around the kennel to give her something to do, but her sniffer isn't as developed as my older dog, and she doesn't even know it's there (at least not while she is preoccupied with whining).

QUESTION: I was thinking about giving her a raw chicken wing to keep her occupied for a while (so she will forget I left her) instead of her morning kibble & raw frzn. Would that be safe (by that I mean, safe to leave her alone with it)? Would that be a comparable substitute to 1/3 of her daily meals? I am feeding her 7/8 cup Innova Puppy food and 4 oz Natures Variety frozen raw, split over 3 feedings. I gave her the "big" part of a wing last week. She was kept busy for a while and left about half the bone. I could give her a kong filled with something, but I don't know how that would affect her tummy. Things seem to be going well in there right now and I don't want to mess it up.

Any suggestions about what else I can do to stop the yelping, or ideas about how long this normally lasts, would be greatly apprecieated

Mishele, I have the same problem with kenneling Carbon. He's excellent in the crate and he's excellent in the car (cargo area fashioned like a large crate). In the outdoor kennel, all bets are off.

This is my fault, of course, for not exposing him to it earlier...but in my defense, it was freezing cold when I got him and it's only now warm enough to start getting him used to it. I do think it would have been easier when he was younger, though.

Basically, the approach to the kennel should be the same as the approach to the crate. Make it a great place to be, etc. But, when you have neighbors who are starting to leave their windows open, it's adds an element of "hurry up and get it already!"

So, I've started gardening while he's in the kennel so that I can be aware of his progress before I leave him alone in there to screech his unhappiness to the neighbors for 4 hours. He already knows the "quiet" command, so that came in really handy to make him understand what I wanted. It's a work in progress, but he's finally starting to chill out in there. I worked for about 2 hours yesterday and he didn't make a peep.

This is important for me because I've always taken him with me everywhere, and if he couldn't go in to the place I was, he just stayed in the car. But soon it will be too warm to do that.

As far as the neighbors go, what I suggest to you (and what I did) is go and talk to them and tell them what you are trying to do and ask them if there is any time over any others that they would prefer you keep him indoors. In my situation, they're early risers and said the only time they would really love some quiet is at dinner time...fair enough!

But if I hadn't talked to them and just left him to bark, I doubt they'd be so patient or understanding. At least now they know the barking is a means to an end.

Does anybody have any feedback on the 3rd vaccine? She goes to the vet in 1 1/2 hours..... Is she safe at parks after her 2nd shot?

I take my puppies to the park (not dog park) all the time and they have had NO vaccines

Jason, how old are your puppies?

12 weeks old right now but was at the park long before that.