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Originally Posted by jp4m2

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....

agree and lepto nor bordatella covers all strains of it anyway and kennel cough is easy to treat if they get it so many vet techs on groups say they just treat it if they get it