Every dog has two types of immunity (immunity against infectious
diseases)-inbred and acquired. An Inbred immunity is passed from
mother to its posterity, but an acquired one develops after
vaccination or if a dog already had some disease and therefore now
its body is immune against agents of this disease.
Dog owners should know that vaccination is just temporary
protection from infection and it is active only during 1 year.
Genetous immunity inherited by Rottweiler puppy from its mother,
as already was mentioned before, is preserved until the puppy is
2-2.5 months old. Then its medical effect ends up and young
Rottweiler is vaccinated against infectious diseases for the first
time.
As for the following vaccinations you need to consult an
experienced veterinarian. He will prescribe your dog individual
vaccination schedule. Vaccination against a number of most
dangerous dog diseases (distemper, hepatitis, rabies, canicola
fever, viral enteritis) is necessary once a year at least.
Incubation (hidden) period of majority of infectious diseases
usually lasts for 2 weeks.
During all this duration before vaccination you should exercise
caution when walking with Rottweiler: avoid contacting with other
dogs and cats, strangers willing to pat your pet or treat it with
some dainty, etc.
It needs to remember that 14-15 days period previous to
vaccination-it is a singular quarantine for Rottweiler puppy and
one must closely protect the dog from unfavorable influence of
nearby environment, mental tension, fright during this period.
It is not recommended to walk with Rottweiler dog in rainy, windy
or cold weather; during winter if it is insufficiently warm
temperature in your flat it needs to place a bed warmer on the
dog’s rug–a bottle filled with warm water and wrapped in a piece
of woolen cloth. Vaccination may not be made during illness of
Rottweiler puppy.
If the dog has just had some disease then you will have to hold
over a vaccination as well. It is forbidden to inoculate
Rottweilers when their milk teeth are replaced with permanent
ones. On the morrow of vaccination you may resume regular walks
with Rottweiler puppy again however in cold season or provided
that your pet should contact with adult dogs in the yard you
should extend quarantine period a little bit.
If such symptoms as profuse salivary discharge, diarrhea, nasal
discharge, general weakness, apathy, deadness to surrounding
environment are observed in Rottweiler puppy it needs to have a
vet examine the dog immediately. Signs of probable serious disease
are impermissible to ignore because it is a lot of most dangerous
dog infectious of which they may die.
