26 Pet Vaccination Record Templates (2023)

FAQs

How do I prove my dog is vaccinated? ›

Acceptable Proof of Vaccinations

All proof that your pup has been vaccinated must come in the form of a copy of a medical record, invoice, veterinarian statement, rabies certificate, or receipt provided by the owner or sent to our facility from the dog's veterinarian.

All adult dogs should receive: a rabies booster one year after the first vaccination and every three years thereafter; a DHPP (distemper/adenovirus/parainfluenza/hepatitis) booster one year after the last puppy series; a DHPP booster at two years of age and a DHPP booster in three-year intervals thereafter.

You can save a lot of time, money, and energy by vaccinating your dog at home. As long as you know the correct procedure and follow basic guidelines, vaccinating at home can be simple and safe. However, you need to make sure your dog is first thoroughly examined by a veterinarian and is healthy.

Core vaccines are required for all dogs and puppies. A core combination vaccine should be given at 8, 10 and 12 weeks of age, and then repeated annually. Some veterinarians may switch to a three-year vaccination schedule after a dog reaches two years of age.

The answer:

A dog's antibody levels are relative to the DOI and can be checked or tested, sometimes known as “titer testing.” Antibody or titer tests, like Biogal's VacciCheck, can be used to demonstrate the DOI after vaccination with core vaccines.

It may be possible to conduct tests to look for anti-bodies as evidence that a dog has previously been vaccinated, but this is not easy and may not be reliable a year after the vaccination is reported to have taken place.

At what age do you stop vaccinating your dog? Senior dogs do not generally stop requiring vaccinations, but it will depend on your dog's lifestyle and overall health. Once a dog reaches seven years of age, its senior status requires some special considerations to keep them healthy and happy.

If your pet's vaccinations are overdue by more than around 3 months, your veterinary surgeon is likely to recommend that your dog restarts their vaccination course. This generally means that they repeat the vaccination course that they had as a puppy – two injections usually 2-4 weeks apart.

Puppies are vaccinated against parvo at approximately 6, 8, and 12 weeks of age. They are vulnerable to the disease until they have received all three shots in their vaccination series, which means owners need to take extra precaution during this time to prevent their puppies from contracting the virus.

Studies show that over-vaccination can cause hypersensitivity reactions and autoimmune diseases. Over-vaccination is especially dangerous for younger animals because their immune systems are still developing. Their bodies cannot handle vaccines at the same rate as adult animals.

Is it OK not to vaccinate your dog? ›

The vaccines' purpose is to ensure that your dogs don't experience parvo, rabies, or distemper, which is another fatal disease. A lot of puppies can be exposed early on if they're not vaccinated. These diseases are horrible for your pets to go through, and they're entirely preventable.

For Dogs: Vaccines for canine parvovirus, distemper, canine hepatitis and rabies are considered core vaccines. Non-core vaccines are given depending on the dog's exposure risk. These include vaccines against Bordetella bronchiseptica, Borrelia burgdorferi and Leptospira bacteria.

After the puppy series, we re-vaccinate the patient when a year has passed. For rabies and distemper, we would go for an every-three-year protocol after the one-year booster. The Leptospirosis, Bordatella, influenza, and Lyme are done annually.

If you don't protect your pets with vaccines, you will be putting them at risk of contracting diseases. Since they don't have activated antibodies to fight off infections, they would only be left to deteriorate. Fatal results usually follow.

And never ever give any other shot (especially not a rabies vaccination) within 3 weeks of a combo vaccine. This also means no Bordetella given nasally. Giving a rabies vaccine and Bordetella as well as a combo could mean as many as 9 shots in one day. Some dogs don't survive this.

The rabies vaccination certificate is formal proof that your dog has been vaccinated against rabies. As of March 1, 2023, the CDC Rabies Vaccination and Microchip Record [PDF – 1 page] is the only rabies vaccination certificate that CDC will accept from dogs that were vaccinated outside of the United States.

If dogs aren't vaccinated at a young age, they will be vulnerable to diseases such as rabies, canine distemper, hepatitis, canine parvovirus, Lyme disease, canine influenza, leptospirosis, and kennel cough.

Annual booster vaccinations are needed throughout your dog's life to maintain their protection from harmful disease. Some boosters are required every year, while others are needed every three years; this is because the protection they offer becomes less effective over time.