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Originally Posted by PiperPuppy  I had something very similar happen when Piper had her 2nd rabies shot. (she had the first at the breeders). Fortunately the vet was open still when she started having problems and they told me to try Benadryl right away. I gave her that and then brought her in as well. They then gave her a steroid shot. She recovered, but it was quite scary. I don't think you overreacted at all. My vet never made me feel like I was being silly for worrying about my dog.
It's been a year and Piper just had one more round of vacinations. This time the vet was very careful and gave her benadryl and a steroid BEFORE the shots. Then we waited 20 minutes before he gave her any shots. Then we waited 30 minutes before leaving the office...just to make sure she was fine. It cost a good 30 dollars more to pre-treat...and was worth every penny. She had no reaction at all this time because her little body was ready for the shots. She was just really, really tired. I would advise anyone who is worried about this sort of thing to talk to their vet about pre-treating. It seemed to do the trick for Piper.
The vet said that a lot of times when a dog has a reaction to something like a vaccine, the first time is kind of a warning sign and the second reaction is much, much worse.
Please be careful and find a vet that understands about pretreating for reactions.
I'm so glad Shorty is okay. |
thats a really good idea to pre-treat before vaccines.
Shorty is close to four years old, and this is the first time she showed any reaction to vaccines, so Im kinda confused.
I spent 160 dollars for a 15 mins visit to the ER, and the service was not even that pleasent
I would rather spend 30 to pre-treat by my regular vet who is a lot nicer
