Pet Vaccination Schedule
See which core vaccines are due for a dog or cat by age.
About Pet Vaccination Schedule
Core vaccines follow an age ladder of doses every few weeks in puppies and kittens, then settle into yearly boosters. Staying on schedule protects pets before disease exposure and keeps vaccinations current for boarding and travel.
Formula
Pet Vaccination Schedule
Age-based schedule (typical for healthy young pets)
- DHPP
- Core dog vaccine (distemper, hepatitis, parvo, parainfluenza)
- FVRCP
- Core cat vaccine (feline viral rhinotracheitis, calici, panleukopenia)
Worked example
With the default values below, Pet Vaccination Schedule returns Due Vaccines of Yearly booster due (DHPP + rabies). Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Speciesone of Dog, Cat
- Dog
- Age in weeksminimum 0
- 16
Results
- Due Vaccines
- Yearly booster due (DHPP + rabies)
- Next Due
- 52 wk
- Core Boosters
- 1
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Pet Vaccination Schedule
- 3Due Vaccines= Yearly booster due (DHPP + rabies)
- 4Next Due= 52 wk
- 5Core Boosters= 1
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 2 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to whole numbers, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Pet Vaccination Schedule calculated?
Age-based schedule (typical for healthy young pets) Core vaccines follow an age ladder of doses every few weeks in puppies and kittens, then settle into yearly boosters.
Why does Pet Vaccination Schedule matter?
Staying on schedule protects pets before disease exposure and keeps vaccinations current for boarding and travel.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 2 inputs: Species, Age in weeks. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.