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.
Parvo is a serious virus, spread through infected fecal matter, that can attack your dogâs intestinal tract as well as their overall immune system. Parvo is most commonly found in puppies. Puppies are susceptible to the virus approximately around the time they stop nursing, and before they get their first round of vaccinations. For this reason, it is recommended that puppies get vaccinated as early as six weeks of age.