Wellness & Vaccinations

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Want to know the secret formula for helping your pet enjoy a truly amazing life?

As pet parents, we want our furry family members to live as many years as possible. At Dixie Road Pet Clinic, we believe the best way to accomplish this is by making a commitment to ongoing wellness care.

By scheduling regular checkups, you’ll help prevent many common ailments that can affect companion animals. You’ll also improve the chances of early diagnosis in the event of an underlying illness.

These simple steps can add years to your best friend’s life.

Prevention & Health Management

At each visit, we’ll check your pet from nose to tail, looking for anything out of the ordinary. We’ll then develop a customized preventative care plan that includes vaccines, parasite control, nutrition and weight management, and any other care your pet may need.

From time to time, the doctor might also recommend routine health screenings. These tests help us catch potential issues early—before they become more serious.

During heartworm season, protecting your pet is especially important. Heartworm disease is a serious, mosquito-borne illness, but it’s preventable with the right care. Book your pet’s heartworm disease prevention recheck—a simple step to ensure they stay healthy all season long.

Getting to Know You

Finally, annual visits give all of us at Dixie Road Pet Clinic the chance to truly get to know you and your pet. Developing a relationship with you and forging a bond with your animal friend is an essential part of the care we provide.

You want your pet to enjoy as many happy, healthy years as possible. Let the caring crew at Dixie Road Pet Clinic help you achieve that goal!

Dixie Road Pet Clinic FAQs

Most pets start with core vaccines (recommended for nearly all dogs/cats) and then add lifestyle/optional vaccines based on age, environment, travel, boarding/daycare, wildlife exposure, and health history. We recommend a plan after a wellness exam and risk assessment. Core vaccines include rabies (mandatory) and protections against serious viral diseases (for example, distemper/parvovirus in dogs and panleukopenia in cats).

Vaccines offered (per your list):

Puppy & Kitten: puppy vaccinations, kitten vaccinations, first vaccines for puppies/kittens
Core: rabies, distemper, parvovirus, panleukopenia
Lifestyle/Optional: kennel cough (Bordetella), Lyme, leptospirosis, feline leukemia (FeLV)
Ongoing: annual boosters, vaccine schedules for dogs/cats, senior pet vaccines

The vaccine series typically starts around 8 weeks of age and is repeated every 4 weeks for a total of 3 visits in the series (timing may vary slightly based on age at the first visit and health status). We’ll confirm your pet’s starting point and create a schedule that fits their age and history.

Why a series matters: Early vaccines help protect them during a time when immunity is still developing.

Often, yes. “Indoor” lowers risk but doesn’t eliminate it—diseases can be carried in on shoes/clothing, and unexpected exposures happen (escape, grooming, visitors’ pets, new pets in the home). We tailor recommendations to your pet’s real-life risk and comfort level.

Booster timing depends on the vaccine and your pet’s risk factors. After the puppy/kitten series, many vaccines move to an ongoing schedule based on your veterinarian’s recommendations. Important exception: if it’s your pet’s first time receiving Leptospirosis (Lepto) or Lyme, those vaccines typically require a booster about 1 month later to build strong protection.

Bottom line: We’ll tell you exactly which boosters your pet needs and when—because the schedule can differ by vaccine.

Staying up to date helps maintain protective immunity and reduces the chance your pet becomes vulnerable to preventable diseases. When vaccines are overdue, protection may drop—sometimes enough that your pet may need extra boosters to rebuild immunity, especially for certain lifestyle vaccines. Keeping vaccines current also helps with requirements for services like boarding, grooming, training, and (for rabies) official documentation.

Rabies note: Rabies vaccination is mandatory, and rabies documentation is tied to receiving a valid rabies vaccine.

Dixie Road Pet Clinic

10078 Dixie Road
Brampton, ON L6R 0B1
t: 905-792-3456
Also serving Springdale, ON and surrounding areas.

Business Hours

Monday – Friday
8:00am – 6:00pm

After Hours Service
Brampton Emergency Veterinary Clinic (HWY 10 And Wexford)
1 Wexford Rd Unit 10, Wexford Square Plaza, Brampton, Ontario
905-495-9907
emergencyvetbrampton.ca

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