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iwannayorkieplz · 08-16-2009, 05:37 AM

i didn't know there was even a choice involved, this vet just said we are doing a lepto today and i'm like 'ok'. in all fairness i'd like my dog, and any future dogs to get it, i'm not real vaccine savvy, but i do know my husband who lived here all his life, had a dog when i met him, who was only 4, and passed away from lepto. it was HORRIBLE, he spent so much money fighting to keep him alive, but all his organs started failing, and it was a very traumatic event for us both, and so i know lepto CAN happen, and is devestating in it's effects, it took down a HUGE bull mastiff, so....i can't even imagine a yorkie.

out of all the dogs he had only one was affected but one was enough if you knew that sweet dog, it was horrible and i only knew him a short while. at any rate, we have a big school yard in back of our home, passed the fence. there are feild mice, and that is where they believe it came from, so that problem is out there so i guess for us, it has to be worth the risk, but the vet did NOT say anything about lepto being bad, for small dogs or yorkies, or anything like that, and he didn't say it was dangerous in any way, shape or form. all that i did differently was sit in the office for 15 minutes, in case of a reaction. just like when you get your babies vaccined, you gotto watch their reactions, i guess it was the same w/ this shot. no reaction at all. we go back in three weeks, i hope that one is all done, in one part but idk. they do it and give us the bill.

i'm glad daph came thru with flying colors, i would have been soooo nervous if i had read this 1st. i guess if they recommended this b4 i even told them about my husband's dog passing, then there must be other cases nearby, where they advise it because of this.

hugs, michelle

08-16-2009, 05:37 AM	#24
iwannayorkieplz Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: li ny Posts: 24	i didn't know there was even a choice involved, this vet just said we are doing a lepto today and i'm like 'ok'. in all fairness i'd like my dog, and any future dogs to get it, i'm not real vaccine savvy, but i do know my husband who lived here all his life, had a dog when i met him, who was only 4, and passed away from lepto. it was HORRIBLE, he spent so much money fighting to keep him alive, but all his organs started failing, and it was a very traumatic event for us both, and so i know lepto CAN happen, and is devestating in it's effects, it took down a HUGE bull mastiff, so....i can't even imagine a yorkie. out of all the dogs he had only one was affected but one was enough if you knew that sweet dog, it was horrible and i only knew him a short while. at any rate, we have a big school yard in back of our home, passed the fence. there are feild mice, and that is where they believe it came from, so that problem is out there so i guess for us, it has to be worth the risk, but the vet did NOT say anything about lepto being bad, for small dogs or yorkies, or anything like that, and he didn't say it was dangerous in any way, shape or form. all that i did differently was sit in the office for 15 minutes, in case of a reaction. just like when you get your babies vaccined, you gotto watch their reactions, i guess it was the same w/ this shot. no reaction at all. we go back in three weeks, i hope that one is all done, in one part but idk. they do it and give us the bill. i'm glad daph came thru with flying colors, i would have been soooo nervous if i had read this 1st. i guess if they recommended this b4 i even told them about my husband's dog passing, then there must be other cases nearby, where they advise it because of this. hugs, michelle __________________ Daphne Belle 1.7 lbs, at 17+ wks! Thanks Susan Of Crestwing Yorkies!!