[blueskies]

I have a breeder friend who let a 12 week old puppy go to their new home last year. She was doing great and the new owner took her to Banfield for her check up. They gave her a parvo/distemper shot as well as a Corona shot. They also did bloodwork and it was normal. The next day the puppy started going downhill. She was hospitalized over the course of 4 days and eventually got so bad that she had to be put down. Her body was sent to a veterinary school state testing lab that has an excellent reputation. A necropsy was done and there were NO abnormalities, no shunting, nothing. The report concluded that the puppy had "hypoglycemia brought on by vaccines". My breeder friend did not have to since the cause was not genetic, but she replaced the puppy. She held onto the next one until she was done with all her vaccines and had had a full blood workup at the breeders vet when she was 4 months old, and the owner went to a different vet. These vaccines DO cause issues in small breed puppies, especially Lepto and Corona. They are both so dangerous and if they are REALLY needed in an area with high incidence of either disease, then they should be given separately from the regular 5 way shot. Vets are too quick to give a 1-2 lb puppy a load of these shots, and they give the same dose to a 100 lb dog. It just doesn't make sense.