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Originally Posted by Jan & the M&M's  I'm taking Maggie (3.5 lbs.) to the groomer tomorrow. The groomer is in the Vet's office. They say she is due for shots, rabies, distemper, kennel cough, and heartworm check.
I lost my other Yorkie last week due to heart failure and I'm a bit shell shocked right now. I don't want Maggie to have all those shots. I know it's irrational, but I'm afraid she will have an adverse reaction.
Can they force me to give her shots? She had a kennel cough shot six months ago. I know rabies are a state law, and I do want the heartworm check, but is it really necessary to get distemper and kennel cough.
She is never in contact with other dogs, never goes outside. I just feel that the vet can be a total ripoff with this stuff.
Advise, please, this isn't the right time for me to be making decisions. Oh, it's so hard to lose a beloved Yorkie... I'm just so glad that I have Maggie. I bought her when Munchie's health started to fail, best thing I ever did.
Thanks for any advice you can give me.
Jan |
Kennel cough shots are good for 6 mos. My vet squirts the stuff up the nose, other than giving the shot. Most of them require you to have their shots done before they get groomed, I'm lucky, my next door neighbor is my groomer, and they've never asked for proof of shots..The only ones I give mine are the rabi shots, and I've got 2 of mine that are past due on them now, but, they never leave my house..Ours don't require the kennel cough to be groomed nor the distemper..The only 2 I get distemper shots for are the 2 outside dogs..How old is your baby? I know when I had 3 young pups a few years back, one of them got kennel cough from the vets office, and then the other 2 pups got it, but, the older dog(she was 5 at the time) didn't get it..the vet said usually it's the little ones that get it..