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Originally Posted by Lady_756  My neighbor just got a Yorkie after falling in love with my Yogi. Unfortunately, she didn't get any shot records for her dog. The person claimed that they couldn't find them but assured her that she had been vaccinated. My neighbor is now freaking out because she doesn't want to vaccinate the dog twice.
Personally, I would rather be safe than sorry, but I understand her concern about double vaccination. Any advice? |
If your friends main concern is not to over vaccinate ( which is an understandable concern), then having a titer test done would be the best way to go, it will show antibodies if vaccinating occurred.......
Dr. Ronald Schultz, in discussing the value of vaccine titer testing, these tests “show that an animal with a positive test has sterilizing immunity and should be protected from infection. If that animal were vaccinated it would not respond with a significant increase in antibody titer, but may develop a hypersensitivity to vaccine components (e.g. fetal bovine serum). Furthermore, the animal doesn’t need to be revaccinated and should not be revaccinated since the vaccine could cause an adverse reaction (hypersensitivity disorder). You should avoid vaccinating animals that are already protected. Protection as indicated by a positive titer result is not likely to suddenly drop-off unless an animal develops a medical problem such as cancer or receives high or prolonged doses of immunosuppressive drugs.
If she does vaccinate, with or without a titer being done, the good news is that since her yorkie is a year and a half old, she does
not have to do three doses for each virus.....Only
one of each is required......If a dog is vaccinated after the age of six months the natural immunity they have is gone, therefore there is no risks of the vaccine being blocked. This is why three are typically done, they are done way too soon.....The answer is not to vaccinate earlier or more frequently, but to vaccinate scientifically. Earlier vaccination is clearly a doomed strategy, because maternal antibody wears off over time, and the puppy would have had more, not less, maternal antibody at a younger age....... This is from Dr. Dodds......
"Dogs and cats immune systems mature fully at 6 months. If a modified live virus vaccine is given after 6 months of age, it produces immunity, which is good for the life of the pet (ie: canine distemper, parvo,feline distemper). If another MLV vaccine is given a year later, the antibodies from the first vaccine neutralize the antigens of the second vaccine and there is little or no effect. The titer is not "boosted" nor are more memory cells induced. "J Dodds, DVM
This is from The AAHA.....
Multiple vaccinations with MLV vaccines are required at various ages only to ensure that one dose of the vaccine reaches the puppy's immune system without interference from passively acquired antibody. Two or more doses of killed vaccines (except rabies) and vectored vaccines are often required to induce an immune response, and both doses should be given at a time when the passively acquired antibody can no longer interfere. Thus, when puppies are first vaccinated at 16 weeks (or more) of age (an age when passively acquired antibodies generally don't cause interference), one does of an MLV vaccine, or two doses of a killed vaccine, are adequate to stimulate an immune response." (American Animal Hospital Association)
She should
never do a combo vaccine.....The risk of adverse reactions is greatly increased and they contain useless and unnecessary components......This is from Dr J Dodds......
Renowned pet vaccination expert Dr. Jean Dodds has written about combo shots (she calls them combo whombos) that they: “can overwhelm the immunocompromised or even a healthy host…. The recently weaned young puppy or kitten being placed in a new environment may be at particular risk.”
This means: no combo shots for small dogs — or any other dog for that matter. And NEVER EVER GIVE ANY OTHER SHOT — ESPECIALLY A RABIES SHOT — WITHIN 3 WEEKS OF A COMBO. This also means no Bordetella given nasally. Giving rabies and Bordetella with a combo could mean as many as 9 shots in one day. Some dogs don’t survive this.
This is a nice schedule from Dr. Dodds it lists core and non- core vaccines.....
Vaccination Schedule Recommendations For Dogs