Can my puppy go in the garden before vaccinations in the UK?
Maximilian Mertz
2025-08-25 08:50:56
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Your puppy can go in the garden straight away – provided it’s secure. Make sure there are no holes or broken bits of fence that your puppy could sneak under or through. Reduce the risk of disease and clear your garden of any fox or cat poo before you let your puppy outside. Until then, you can stick to the garden, carry your puppy outside in your arms or in a puppy sling, or use dog buggy so they can still experience everything safely. Puppies benefit from going outside as soon as possible to start getting used to the big wide world. However, they are at risk of catching nasty diseases until after they have had their second vaccinations. You should wait until after your puppy has had their second vaccination before taking them out for a walk. If you have a garden, you can start toilet training your puppy to go outdoors straight away.
Mike Kassulke
2025-08-17 19:25:20
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As long as your garden is safe, enclosed with solid fences and not used by unvaccinated dogs, then your puppy can explore the garden straight away. It’ll help to build their confidence, get them used to their new home, and you can start their toilet training. Taking your puppy for their first walk is a huge milestone, but you’ll need to wait until they are fully covered by their vaccinations to be safe. This is usually a week or so after their second jab in their primary vaccination course, but this does vary depending on which vaccine your puppy has had. You’ll need to wait until your puppy is fully covered by their vaccines before they can meet most other dogs. There may also be some places with a higher risk that you’ll need to avoid for longer – often for around a month after their final vaccine – such as near rivers and farms. It’s best to ask your vet when you take them in for their jabs, as they’ll be able to give you exact timings.
Porter Legros
2025-08-15 21:11:11
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To help reduce the risk of disease, it is important to use a space where no other dogs have access, except ones that you know the vaccination history of - such as your own or other family dogs.
While this doesn’t eliminate the chance of your puppy picking up an infectious illness, it does greatly reduce the likelihood of this happening.
Make the most of all the ‘safe outdoor spaces’ you have around the house - such as back and front gardens, patios etc.
They get to walk on different surfaces, see what is going on outside the back door, hear the sounds of the world around them, and begin to get a hint of all the fascinating smells that the great outdoors has to offer.
You can set up a puppy pen so you can both relax too.
Play games in your garden, spend time letting your puppy explore and investigate, or just hang out together in the sunshine.
Puppies are full of energy, but they tire very easily so exploring the garden and playing with you will be more than enough exercise for them when they are very young.
Garfield Trantow
2025-08-02 21:16:37
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If your garden is safe and secure from other dogs or animals, you may be able to allow your puppy out into the garden as soon as you take your bundle of joy home. If you know that foxes or other animals are frequently in your garden, it may be best to wait until after their vaccinations. If you have a clean, secure, and enclosed garden, your vet may say that your pup can go out to play in the garden straight away. It’s important to limit contact with other dogs or animals like foxes – so if your garden gets unwanted visitors, it may be best to wait. Seek your vet’s advice or wait until after their vaccinations have kicked in. Make sure to puppy-proof your garden before allowing them outside. You must also keep a close eye on your playful pup and watch they don’t get too excited and get into mischief. Your precious puppy should not mix with other dogs until at least two weeks after they’ve had their second lot of vaccinations.
Francisca Durgan
2025-08-02 18:24:19
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We advise that your puppy is not allowed out until after the second vaccination. However, you puppy may go out in your own garden for toilet training and can mix with other healthy, fully vaccinated friend’s and family’s dogs within their own gardens. We recommend that a veterinary surgeon carries out a general health check on your new puppy within a couple of days of its arrival. Puppies require a vaccination course of two injections which can start from six weeks of age. We normally give the second vaccination four weeks later. If you are thinking of attending a puppy party to get your dog socialised with other dogs, this can be done after first vaccination, provided that all puppies are vaccinated to this level.