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Originally Posted by Michael Romanos
I take it that the rescued dog via a shelter would already have been spayed or neutered (since so many pups from breeders get this treatment sooner than later anyway paid for by the new owner), have current vaccinations, are health checked and treated by vets, have been wormed and defleaed.
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Depends on the shelter. Some shelters have all the vet work done pre-taking the dog home. Some may do the vaccinations, require spay and neuter that the owner will have to have done and offer a voucher to the vet to help with that cost. Some shelters, you take what you get and have to have all vet work done yourself. A recent maybe nine month old corgi (her puppies were adopted out earlier) was pulled from a shelter that is really decent in their vet care and work and came down with parvo at her rescuer's home. So even with precautionary vet attention, disease is a reality.
Debbie