Inoculation query

[greeneyedmonster]

We have a 10 year old Yorkie who does not have regular inoculations (before anyone nags me we were told that it wasn't necessary!) and are getting a new puppy who obviously will have to have jabs. My question is will the puppy pose any risk to my dog, as she will have minute amounts of disease in her body from the inoculations? Thanks a lot.

[Ratty2E]

She is likely to come into contact with disease every time she leaves the house so I wouldn't imagine she'd be at more risk with a puppy. Also I'm pretty sure dog vaccinations are dead and couldn't infect another dog anyway.
We were also told by a vet that he believed that after 6 years old, provided they were regularly vaccinated up to that point, yearly vaccinations were uneccessary.

[lankeela]

No problem, a live vaccine won't harm your older dog. only thing you need to be careful of is not allowing the puppy to go anywhere that lots of dogs go such as a local park but apart from that your older dog won't be at risk and your puppy should be taken out as soon as you can to socialise even if you carry her. More dogs die through lack of socialisation than through catching something.

[islasmum]

The only thing you might have a problem with is if you ever need to put her in Kennels - I think they need to see a vaccination cert. I have to say, I haven't got my 14 year old and 11 year old labradors done this year I think that after all this time they have probably built up enough immunity, and they don't go out much.

[greeneyedmonster]

Thanks a lot everyone-haven't had time to reply...I forgot what it was like looking after a puppy!