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.
Your vet can advise you about when to give shots. I usually give a parvovirus shot first (at. 7 weeks of age), since parvo is the most virulent and contagious thing puppies can get. I give a. distemper/hepatitis/leptospirosis/parainfluenza (DHLP) shot at 8 weeks.