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Originally Posted by JCBL  I appreciate all the good advice given here. If only I had seen this site before last Wednesday. We've used this vet for over 12 years. I just blindly thought they knew best.
Now how to find a vet that will listen to me. I can't pay consultation fee after consultation fee. My breeder has always used the same vet I have. She just hasn't ever had any problems. I don't blame her at all for this. I think she just wasn't informed. She does have papers on her dogs and offered to give us papers for Sophie. She raises these dogs for love I think - not profit. She is very particular about who she sells to, requriring visits and fully knowing your home circumstances. She normally doesn't let the puppies come home till 14-16 weeks but since I'm a at home mom, she let me have her early. This is only her 2nd or 3rd litter and she said it probably would be the last. It is too hard on her to let the dogs go.
I feel like saying no vaccines, no vets but I know that is not the answer. We have to have the rabies by law and the fact that we are a foster home and it is requried for that. I am praying that this new pup is healthy. We get to pick him up tomorrow and though he won't replace Sophie I hope it will close the hole in my heart a little. At night I think over and over about what happened and that if I had only been informed it might have been prevented. I just never imagined anything like this could have happened. She was the cutest, liveliest thing. So playful even with our big 38 pound dog. She would hang on his tail as he walked around (he didn't mind). It is just hard to believe that all the life and energy could be gone in 4 days. |
I completely understand your apprehension now concerning going to the vets......The vet can make recommendations concerning treatment and care of your pup, ultimately it is your decision, if it isn't an emergency you could always decline and go home and research.....
.......You can always call the vets office instead of going in and ask if they do just the core vaccines (distemper, parvo, and rabies) and their position on boosters.........You could also try a holistic vet, here is a list of some possibilities ....
AHVMA - American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association
I also agree with Ann, (Wylie's Mom), I don't do corona, bordatella, lepto, giardia, or lymes. Here are a couple of experts views on lepto......
Dr Ron Schultz (the world’s foremost independent authority on canine vaccines) hates to see them in with anything else and, in puppies, advises that they are completely finished with the viral inoculations before getting a vaccine against Lepto, which he neither recommends nor advocates - even in Lepto endemic areas.
“I have seen older dogs go into kidney failure within two days of receiving a Lepto vaccine.”
In the Canine Health Concern vaccine survey, 100% of dogs with leptospirosis contracted it just after being vaccinated against it. Leptospirosis, of course, attacks the kidneys – and the puppy had severe kidney damage.
Good luck and I wish you and your new pup well....