In this part of your bowels, stool is not fully formed. Your cecum absorbs remaining nutrients and fluid from the stool, starting its transformation to the waste you see in your toilet. Anatomically, the cecum sits in the right lower area of your abdomen, where your appendix is positioned.
1 Puppies should receive a minimum of three vaccinations between 6 and 16 weeks old, no more frequently than every three to four weeks with the final dose at 14 to 16 weeks.
If your dogs received three rounds of vaccines as puppies (around 8 weeks, 11 weeks and 16 weeks of age), they are somewhat protected until one year of age. At that time, they need boosters. Parvo is usually a juvenile disease, affecting the young and unvaccinated.