In April 2025, Saint Pete Sheps lost a dear friend in Rescue.
Linda Healy founded a 501 (C) (3) organization known as Healy Pack Senior GSD Sanctuary.
With a focus on saving older German Shepherds that are still to this day being dumped at shelters due to age and or health-related issues, Linda fulfilled her commitment to saving this beautiful breed. We are now working full time with this rescue.
Please let us know if you are able to foster or adopt any of our dogs. I can be reached at SaintPeteSheps@gmail.com
Look for Healy Pack on Facebook www.facebook.com/healypack.org
or on the website: www.HealyPack.org
Thank you,
Sharon
...from some of our happy families
I am BoBaloo, and on June 1st of 2021, I was born on the bed! (Thus, Sharon called me Bob). Athena and Zippo are my parentals.
I like walks, playing with sticks, rides in my car or my golf cart.
Proudly a ‘velcro’ pup, my family is everything! I make certain they are safe from UPS, FedEx, mailman and squirrels.
My family says that I am the most gentle, smart and loving GSD they have ever had.
Oh, did I mention that I'm also incredibly handsome?💖
My "blondie" teaches me to be a good boy. She brings Schnitzey to help train.🙄
When To Start Puppy Vaccinations
In general, a puppy should start vaccines as soon as you get the puppy (this is usually between 6 and 8 weeks) and then every three weeks until approximately four months of age when it will receive the final round. Generally, if the puppy's mother has a healthy immune system, it will most likely receive antibodies in the mother's milk while nursing. After a puppy has been weaned off of the mother's milk, vaccinations should begin.
Puppy Vaccination Schedule
We typically recommend the following vaccination schedule for puppies:
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6-10 weeks: DHPP, Kennel Cough
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11-14 weeks: DHPP, Leptospirosis, Canine Influenza, Lyme Disease
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15-16: DHPP, Leptospirosis, Canine Influenza, Lyme Disease, Rabies
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Canine influenza and lyme disease vaccines are given depending on the lifestyle of the dog
* DHPP - distemper, hepatitis, parvovirus, parainfluenza.
It is important to stay current with your puppy vaccine schedule. Puppy vaccinations have been medically proven to combat many preventable diseases and illnesses that can occur without proper immunizations. Adhering to a puppy vaccine schedule is synonymous with responsible puppy care. Your puppy deserves every chance to be healthy and happy for life and vaccinations play an important role. Don't run the risk of your puppy contracting one of these terrible diseases, when they are so easily preventable.
**Some puppies may need additional vaccinations against parvovirus after 15 weeks of age. Consult with the veterinarian at your next appointment.
Dog Vaccination Schedule
Once your puppy reaches adulthood, and all of the core puppy vaccines have been administered, your veterinarian can begin implementing an adult dog vaccination schedule. A dog vaccination schedule consists of periodic adult boosters*, which are combinations of the same type of DHPP vaccine administered to puppies, along with several other additions.
When dogs come in for their first one year visit, we recommend boostering their DHPP, Leptospirosis, and Rabies vaccines as well as Canine Influenza and Lyme if the lifestyle of the dog requires these vaccines. If Kennel Cough (Bordetella) is due at this time, it should also be administered.
German Shepherd Dogs are-
Protective ~ Loyal ~ Highly Intelligent ~ Driven
