Your puppy's first year, planned
The first twelve months set your dog up for life, and the timing of it all hangs off one date: when they were born. Enter that and their size, and this lays out a personal week-by-week plan, from the first vaccinations and the all-important socialization window to teething, neutering and the move to adult food. Tick things off as you go and send the dates to your calendar.
Pick a birth date to build your puppy's plan. Everything is worked out from that day.
This is a general guide, not veterinary advice, and every puppy and vet is different. Vaccination brands and schedules, deworming, and especially the best age to neuter or spay - which now depends a lot on breed and size - should always be set by your own vet. Use this to stay organised and to know what questions to ask, then let your vet fine-tune the dates.
Want the weight side of the story? Estimate your puppy's adult size with the puppy weight predictor, see the jab timings on the vaccination timeline, and budget the year with the first-year cost calculator. Once the plan turns into history, the pet health tracker keeps the real dates and weights - for this year and the twelve after it.
Puppy first-year basics
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