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Originally Posted by Ellie May  They do get sent out, but some do them in-house and they can really charge as much as they want for them anyway.
I respect Dr. Dodds very much and am thankful for what she is doing. At the same time, that doesn't mean all protocols work for all dogs. I had also seen some information from Dr. Schultz about low humoral immunity not necessarily meaning low cellular immunity; thus, even a low titer does not mean that the dog is unprotected.
I wouldn't tell people to stop titering just like I wouldn't tell people to stop vaccinating. I can say this though. If we were to follow this protocol for Ellie, she would have to be vaccinated for distemper every 1-2 years which, imo, low titer or not is a bad idea. I'm sure there are many other dogs like her. So she is suddenly unprotected after 1-2 years? Or maybe titers don't give the whole picture... |
some do titers inhouse??? I have never heard of a titer being done inhouse and been doing them for 5 years mine have all been sent out even before i knew more about them that is odd - i do not trust inhouse too much prefer the lab as do the vets i work with - the only one i want inhouse is cpli as that one takes too long to come back from lab for me
i agree and most importantly is no matter people need to remember it says right on vaccination for HEALTHY DOGS ONLY so your dog having health issues would already exclude her no matter what
That is odd as dd and your dog have similar issues and dd is hypothyroid which is immune suppressed as well and dd titers come back now for 5 years with enough of vaccine she has never been low since she was 6 mos and i do them every year but i feel safe knowing they are done and worth the money to me but if they did come in low like you i still would not do them as she has way too many health issues and would be taking a big chance.
Now demi is healthy and she never got her one year booster from rescue as i rescued her at 8 mos and i titered her and it came in low and that was the most expensive titer i ever paid for $154 as it went to cornell university so to be safe and she is very healthy we vaccinated her for parvo distemper as being a rescue was not sure and they told me she did not get last set of puppy shots and she did fine and we did parvo distemper as i did not know about separating back then but this vet does separate which is nice as i know that now.