Vaccines

Vaccines are suspensions of organisms, bacteria or viruses, designed to prevent illness. Having your pet properly vaccinated prevents illnesses that can cause mild to severe coughing, vomiting, diarrhea, kidney and liver problems, ventral nervous system disease, and even death. Some of the diseases vaccines protect against are transmissible to people and so vaccinating your pet helps protect the community also.

Puppies and kittens receive an initial series of vaccinations beginning at the age of 6-8 weeks. Boosters are given every 3-4 weeks until the age of 16-20 weeks. One yearly booster is given at 16 months or age prior to beginning our routine vaccine protocol.

We are on a rotating three-year vaccine protocol for rabies (required in North Carolina), distemper, and parvo. The canine lepto virus and our feline PureVax rabies vaccines are still given every year. After a complete medical exam is done, your veterinarian will give the vaccinations.


Learn more about our new vaccine protocol.

To learn more species specific information, click Canine Vaccines and Feline Vaccines

Besides giving appropriate vaccines, we also recommend heartworm tests, fecal exams, and monthly Flea and Heartworm prevention.