It is a circle of elastic and fabric called a garter. Garters used to be needed on each leg to hold up silk stockings before pantyhose were invented. Since then it has no useful function. In the days when women wore only long dresses and skirts, it used to be considered quite a turn-on for a man to see enough leg to view the garter on her thigh! This is why there is the tradition of the man making a ceremony of reaching up his brideâs leg to get the garter.
Puppies raised by a reputable breeder or obtained through a shelter normally will have had their first shots before you get them, but typically your puppy should get his first shots when he is between six and eight weeks of age.
The vaccine against parvovirus is not considered completely effective in a puppy until two weeks after the last shot is given; since the last shot is geneâ¦rally given when the puppy is 16 weeks old, the puppy can usually be considered protected by the time it is 18 weeks old.