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Protecting Your Pet Through Preventive Care
At the heart of your pet’s long-term health is a simple, yet powerful shield: vaccination. These preventive treatments are one of the easiest and most effective ways to protect your dog or cat from a range of serious, and often life-threatening, diseases.
Think of vaccines as a training course for your pet’s immune system. They safely introduce a weakened or inactivated part of a virus or bacteria, allowing your pet’s body to learn how to recognize and fight off the real disease in the future. This proactive approach not only safeguards your own beloved companion but also helps create community-wide immunity, protecting vulnerable pets who are too young or sick to be vaccinated.
Our veterinary team follows the latest science-based guidelines to recommend a vaccination schedule tailored specifically to your pet’s lifestyle, age, and overall health. Below, you can learn more about the dangerous diseases we vaccinate against.
Canine Vaccinations: The Core & Lifestyle Protections
We categorize vaccines to ensure every dog gets the essential protection they need, plus any additional safeguards based on their individual risk.
Core Vaccines (Recommended for ALL Dogs)
These protect against widespread, severe diseases that all dogs, regardless of lifestyle, are at risk of encountering.
A severe and often fatal virus that attacks multiple body systems, including the respiratory and nervous systems. Survivors can suffer permanent brain damage. It is highly contagious through the air and shared items.
A highly resilient and deadly virus that causes severe vomiting and bloody diarrhea, leading to rapid dehydration. It is most dangerous for puppies and unvaccinated dogs, requiring intensive—and often costly—hospital care.
This virus spreads through infected bodily fluids and can cause severe liver damage, kidney failure, and eye problems.
A fatal viral disease that attacks the brain and is transmissible to humans. Rabies vaccination is required by law due to its serious public health significance.
Lifestyle-Based Vaccines (Recommended based on risk)
These are important for dogs who are social, boarded, or explore the great outdoors.
The primary cause of kennel cough, a highly contagious respiratory infection causing a persistent, hacking cough. Essential for dogs that are boarded, groomed, or go to dog parks.
A bacterial disease spread through contaminated water and soil via wildlife urine. It can cause severe liver and kidney failure and is transmissible to humans. We recommend this for dogs who hike, swim, or have exposure to rural areas or wildlife.
Viruses that contribute to respiratory illness and kennel cough. Important for social dogs to help prevent outbreaks.
Feline Vaccinations: Safeguarding Your Indoor and Outdoor Cats
Even if your cat lives exclusively indoors, they are not fully safe from contagious diseases that can be carried in on air, clothing, or shoes. We tailor our recommendations to your cat’s individual exposure risk.
These are essential for every cat’s health, as the diseases they prevent are widespread and severe.
A highly contagious and often fatal parvovirus that causes severe vomiting, diarrhea, and dehydration. It is remarkably resilient in the environment.
These two viruses are the leading causes of upper respiratory infections in cats. Symptoms include sneezing, nasal and eye discharge, conjunctivitis, and oral ulcers. Once infected, a cat can become a lifelong carrier.
A fatal viral disease that attacks the brain and is transmissible to humans. Even for indoor cats, rabies vaccination is a critical safeguard and is often required by law.
Lifestyle-Based Vaccines (Recommended based on risk)
This vaccine is crucial for cats with any potential for exposure to other cats.
This virus suppresses the immune system and is a leading cause of cancer in cats. It is spread through prolonged contact with infected cats, via saliva (mutual grooming, shared bowls) and bites. We strongly recommend this vaccine for all kittens and for any adult cat that goes outdoors or lives with a FeLV-positive cat.
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