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Old 09-23-2006, 06:37 PM   #8
Lacy's Mom
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At 3 pounds she definitely weighs enough. I, too, am not crazy about vaccines, but I still give them. If they are puppies to be sold they get them at 8 weeks, 12 weeks and 16 weeks and mine are half the size of yours.

I never give Lepto. The vaccine for lepto only guards against like 5 strains when there are over 50 strains. It has the highest reaction rate than any vaccine, even higher than the rabies. Dogs have died from the vaccine, but lepto is rarely fatal. The vaccine is only good for 6 months so, technically, to be "protected" you would have to readminister it every 6 months.

I never give rabies with another vaccine and never before 6 months, preferably closer to a year unless you feel exposure is a problem.
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