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Originally Posted by TLC  Rabies is a very harsh vaccine, and I would do it as a stand only vaccine.
Titers tests are blood tests to see if the vaccines are still prevalent. Roxy and TJ are both 4.5 y/o - They had their last vaccines in 07 and we are doing the titers on Saturday. I feel there is no need to over vaccinate them any longer.
Rabies is the ONLY one required by law here in NYS and it is a 3 yr vaccine. I will do the Rabies again in June and hope that in 3 yrs the laws will change and it will no longer be needed.
What I never knew about Rabies, is that if a dog bites someone and the dog is not current with its Rabies shot, the dog can be taken for quarantine, and possibly have to be tested for Rabies. And for those that do not know, the dog must be PTS in order to test the dog for the Rabies Virus....
For me, my TJ *could* and *has* nipped/bit for real...so I can't take the chance of someone turning on me and TJ and insisting about the Rabies shot.  - So *if* you have a bitter, it is best to continue with the Rabies shot, all others can be titered after they have rec'd their core and boosters. |
Wow, this is all good info. So this is my plan, can you let me know if this sounds good?
I'm going to wait till my younger pup is a little older and bigger before I get his rabies shots. I'm thinking by the time he's 6 months old he should weigh a little more.
As for my older pup, he's turning 1 year old on May 17th. I'm going to have him get his annual boosters for distemper, parvo and rabies. I'm going to have them do all these separately of course (3-4 weeks apart from one another). Then 3 years later, i'll do the titer test to see if he needs any vaccines.
Did I get that right?