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Your new puppy guide
Congratulations on your new family member. Our vets have put together everything you need to know for your puppy’s first year.
Your puppy’s first year checklist
- Health check and first vaccination at 6 to 8 weeks, then at 12 and 16 weeks
- Worming every two weeks until 12 weeks, then monthly until six months of age
- Flea prevention and heartworm prevention from an early age
- Microchip and council registration by three months of age
- Puppy School between 8 and 16 weeks for socialisation
- Discuss the best age for desexing with our vets
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Vaccinating Your Puppy
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Worming Your Puppy
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Heartworm Prevention
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Feeding Your Puppy
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Toilet Training Your Puppy
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Desexing Your Puppy
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Grooming Your Puppy
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Registration & Microchipping
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