A playmate lined up! What do you guys think?
She said that he used to play with this one dog - but the family moved away. (Military) So what do you guys think? How should I go about introducing them? I know I want to wait until she has all her shots (even though he has been vacinated). But I was wondering if I should wait until she got a bit bigger? He is I like... 5-7 months old right now. He is going to be big I think - his dad is 140 lbs!  Wow!
I was also thinking about waiting until we spay her - I would hate it if she hit her heat cycle while they were playing and something horrible happened. 
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| I love american bulldogs, gorgeous funny dogs...lol...
I would not worry about the puppy not being spayed yet, keep an eye on her of course, but it is extremely rare for them to have a heat cycle that young. Most it is between 9-12 months. I have heard of one OES who went into heat at 5 months. You would know though most likely. It is rather messy for most. If the male is vaccinated and the pup has had first shots, it is fine to socialize. The pup has immunity from the mom, then recieves first shots which keep it immune for a month, then the titer begins to drop and another vaccination is given to bring it back up, it begins to drop again around 4 weeks later, and another is given which people have been taught to believe will immunize the animal until the yearly booster. In reality, a dog who recieves proper immunity from mom has it for life. If for some reason mom has not passed enough on, each puppy shot provides immunity for the month it lasts. The reason it is not thought to last long is because a pup grows so fast, cells being replaced constantly. It is now believed a pup is immune for life after puppy shots. Vaccination protocols are changing, but slowly, because these shots are the vets bread and butter and they don't want to give it up. Over vaccination has been proven to cause many ailments and diseases. The distemper shot is a live modified vaccine which has been proven to cause infection in the joints. Corona virus vaccine is pushed on puppy owners, and it is completely useless and may cause more harm than good, because corona is the common cold, the vaccine is ineffective, but may cause the pup to get sick. Same goes for bordatella vaccine. All vaccines may cause auto immune diseases, many of which are life threatening, and this is a common problem in OES. I am looking forward to the day when vaccine protocols are adapted to these proven findings. They have already begun to go with 3 yr vaccines, which are no different by the way, they just tell you that you don't have to re vaccinate for 3 years. It is believed though that after puppy shots the dog never needs to be vaccinated again. Anyway, kind of got off track. To sum it up, if your pup is not late on those puppy vaccinations I would say it is safe to socialize with healthy, immune dogs. I would not walk the puppy down a street and allow it to sniff an unknown dogs mess until all are done though. Still, your best bet is to ask your vet what he or she recommends, as I am not a vet. JMO |
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