Individual veterinary protocols, Canadian licensed instructions and jurisdiction-specific rabies law govern care. This position statement does not supply numeric puppy ages.
Health & vet care
Puppy Vaccination Schedule
Turn your puppy's birth date into a simple vaccination calendar to discuss with your vet.
Puppy details
Enter their birth date and the core viral doses already given.
PUPPY PLAN
Ready when you arePuppy vaccination calendar
Ready when you are.
Enter a birth date, then choose Create puppy vaccination schedule to see planned doses and reminders.
Birth datePuppy planVet review
For general information only, not professional advice. Check the official sources below. Use your own judgement and speak to your vet before you act.
Based on official guidance
Calculated on your device
A starting point for your vet
HOW TO USE IT
A small plan.
Ready to talk through.
Add their birth date
Choose your country in the top navigation, then enter the date your puppy was born.
Tell us what's already done
Select none, one or two core viral doses from their vaccination record.
Create and keep the plan
Choose Create puppy vaccination schedule. Save a separate copy to Saved in the top navigation, print a card or add reminders after confirming dates with your vet.
HOW IT WORKS
How the calendar
works out the dates.
Viral visits use whole weeks from the birth date. Rabies dates use calendar months, not a conversion to weeks. A month-end anniversary uses the last valid day of the target month. The planner skips the viral doses marked as already given.
An overdue dose keeps its original date and shows as soon as possible. It does not prescribe a catch-up course. Calendar exports move overdue reminders to today and keep the original date in the notes.
The CVMA kennel code recommends starting viral vaccination at 6 to 8 weeks and repeating doses 3 to 4 weeks apart, with the final dose at 14 to 16 weeks or 18 to 20 weeks in higher-risk settings. The 8, 12 and 16 week dates shown fall within these intervals. WCVM Vet Topics (summer 2025, page 6) also describes three parvovirus doses between 8 and 16 weeks. Your vet confirms the complete course and actual dates.
CVMA kennel guidance places the first viral booster one year after the actual final puppy dose unless your vet recommends otherwise. This date is calculated from the planned final visit. WCVM also describes a one-year parvovirus booster. Rabies and other vaccinations have separate booster plans.
Reported doses must fit the age bounds of the linked routine guidance. Earlier or specialist courses need an individual plan from your vet. Each calendar download creates separate events, including repeat downloads of a saved plan. Remove an older import before replacing it.
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Questions before
the next vet visit?
Bring your questions and this plan to your vet.
When does a puppy get its first vaccination?
The CVMA kennel code recommends starting puppy viral vaccination at 6 to 8 weeks. The first date shown is at 8 weeks, within that interval. Your vet confirms the start date using individual risk and Canadian licensed instructions.
How many puppy vaccinations are needed?
The schedule shows three viral visits for distemper, hepatitis and parvovirus. CVMA kennel guidance allows further doses for higher-risk puppies and recommends other vaccinations on your vet's advice. Leptospirosis needs a separate vet-chosen course; the linked Canadian code gives no start age or dose interval.
When can a puppy go outside or meet other dogs?
Ask your vet about safe social contact and local disease risk. The date of a planned final dose alone does not establish protection or permission to visit public places.
Is rabies vaccination required where I live?
Rules differ by province or territory and local requirements. Confirm the legal date with your vet or public health authority; it may be earlier than the end of this range. Rabies boosters follow the actual rabies vaccination, separately from viral doses. CVMA kennel guidance describes first rabies vaccination at 3 to 4 months unless your vet advises otherwise. This kennel guidance does not establish a province-wide or nationwide legal deadline. Follow Canadian licensed instructions.
What if a dose is overdue?
The original date stays visible and is marked as soon as possible. Contact your vet to arrange a catch-up plan. Several overdue reminders do not mean several doses should be given together.
Are these dates a vaccination record?
No. These dates are calculated from Canadian vaccination guidance, not a record of administered doses. The rabies range is not a legal deadline. Keep your vet's actual vaccination record and confirm individual dates and separate boosters.
Sources and checked dates
Each note explains what its source supports. Open the link to read the guidance yourself.
Section 3.1.4, printed pages 32 and 33: puppy viral intervals, risk-dependent final age, one-year viral booster and rabies at 3 to 4 months. Kennel-specific guidance, subject to vet advice and provincial law. It does not date leptospirosis courses. Section 3.1.4, pages 32 and 33: the six-week starting age and minimum three-week interval flag histories outside this routine planner. The code allows the veterinarian to advise otherwise; individual courses are outside this planner.
Canadian university veterinary hospital: recommended disease vaccinations include distemper, parvovirus and adenovirus type 1, identified as infectious canine hepatitis.
Printed page 6: three parvovirus doses between 8 and 16 weeks and a booster one year later. Provides parvovirus guidance for pet owners; other disease courses and legal requirements need separate confirmation.
