The labrador has generally a good health. He has received the first vaccination at 7 weeks, and when he’s 3 months old (12 weeks), you must go to the vet to make a renewal of the vaccinations and also to make at this moment the vaccination against kenel cough and again leptospirose. It can also be good to make the vaccination against rabies depending where you live and where you want to go with your dog. After that the vacinations are made yearly. Of course , your vet is the best people to give you all the indications about vaccinations and health.
Your puppy was wormed each two weeks since his birth, now you must do it each month until 6 months and after 2 times a year it’s fine.
In the summer or if you live in a warme country, it’s necessary to protect your dogs against fleas and ticks, we do it from march to october, products as Frontline are very good and protect your dog against the 2.
The diseases more especially meet for the labrador are the hip and elbow dysplasie and the eyes disease (cataract and progressive retinal atrophy :pra)
Our dogs have been x-rayed and we only breed with dogs who are free of hip- and elbow dysplasie. You must now that the hips and elbows dysplasie are not only hereditary problems but can also come with environemental conditions such as a dog carrying too much weight, puppy doing too much exercices (he must play and run at his own rhythm). No jogging with you before that he has finished his growth.
A food of good quality is also very important and will contribute to an harmonious growth of the puppies.
We do also eyes examination, and we only breed with dogs free of eyes diseases.
But the problem of the eyes diseases is that it can occurs only when the dog becomes 4 or 5 years or later, that’s the reason why we do the examination yearly.
The labrador has time to time problems as otitis, it’s good to check his ear and to wash them frequently with appropriate product.
It’s also nice to look the nails of your dog as sometimes if the dog doesn’t walk frequently on hard floor it’s needed to cut them. It’s not easy to do but you can ask your vet to do it when he makes the annual vaccination.
Your puppy has for the moment his first teeth, he will lose them at around 4 months and the adult teeth will come.
You can find teethpasta made especially for dogs to brush their teeth.
It’s not necessary to wash your labrador too frequently (2 times a year is enough), when you wash him be carefull to always use shampoo for dogs (shampoo for humans are not good as the Ph of the skin of the dog is not the same). Your labrador has an undercoat, typical of the breed, who protects him of the cold and of the humidity. You’ll see also that is a coat “self-washing” as when you go to walk otside when the weather is muddy, he’ll surely come at home not very proper, but after 1 hour, when he’s dry again, the mud is on your floor and not more on your dog!