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Post by Kristi on Apr 15, 2011 3:20:12 GMT
Heather Leah had a minor reaction to her most recent DAP shot and our vet elected to let me wait on rabies for her "till 9...maybe 10...whenever she's closer to full grown...months"...basically saying "when I want". She then basically told me if people ask her age, lie.
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Post by Sarah on Apr 15, 2011 7:05:17 GMT
You're guys vaccinations have always thrown me!! I like that you have licenses for dogs but it all seems a bit OTT I know rabies is serious and what not but surely vets would care more about the animals afterall a vacination is a low dose of the illness they are protecting against?? Heather I'd find a holistic vet if you have one and speak to them!
Tracy that's fabulous news will his immunity drop over the years?? If it goes down will you're vaccinate him??
I'm so grateful we don't have to vaccinate for rabies
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Post by brodysmom on Apr 15, 2011 7:27:00 GMT
Thanks guys. I'm pleased to see that minimal vaccination DOES provide adequate immunity and that confirms that we don't need to be doing willy nilly shots all the time. I'm happy that the veterinary world is slowly switching gears and seeing that over vaccination can actually depress the immune system and that we are spacing the shots out longer. That's all really good news. Studies are showing immunity to be lifelong, or at least 7-15 years, depending on the study and more are pending. I will likely re-titer for parvo/distemper/rabies in 3 years and if his levels are the same - then we're done. If anything is low, we will vaccinate for whatever he needs. Rabies is every 3 years here by law. This differs depending on state/local laws. So we are done for at least 3 years.  |
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Post by Lucy on Apr 15, 2011 9:04:11 GMT
Tracy this is such great news! I was just wondering what your vet actually says about this? Does he/she normally recommended the booster shots yearly? Have Brody's results changed the way they think or did they already suspect as much. As sad as it sounds, I think there are a lot of vets out there who do not care and only want you to do it for the money. I know flat out my vet is like that. Thank you so much for sharing this with us, I think it really gives us a lot of faith in it all. Some vets will literally try to terrify you in to vaccinating  Sarah did you ask Desmond about titer tests? |
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Post by Sarah on Apr 15, 2011 9:31:30 GMT
Yeah I did he ummed and ahhhed and said we need to have lepto yearly because of the foxes so next year daisy will have lepto only he used a different brand this time
Because she had such severe poos last year!
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Post by Lucy on Apr 15, 2011 9:50:45 GMT
Did he say that he'll do them though or how much they'd cost?
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Post by Sarah on Apr 15, 2011 9:56:54 GMT
Nope he wasn't fond of the idea he would come round though
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Post by Lucy on Apr 15, 2011 10:20:17 GMT
Lol why not? If you're paying whats the problem?
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