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Originally Posted by kalina82  i don't do vaccines or titers. i don't feel the titers are accurate enough and i feel like vaccines just aren't needed after she got her puppy vax and 1 year vax. |
This is what we do but I am not comfortable with just a one year booster. I'm more comfortable with a one year, another three years later, and then consider stopping. No reason why
except that it feels right. lol.
This applies to modified live virus vaccines for us and not killed (rabies) or bacteria (lepto, bordatella). Ellie doesn't get the bacterial vaccines anyway. These do not last much more than a year and if protection is needed, then have to be given more.
Ellie was ten feed away from a dog with probable distemper today (wall separating...it was in isolation) and I'm not at all concerned.
Titers may work for some, but just remember that they do not show the whole picture and they are going to drop over time (they're supposed to). They go higher after a vaccine b/c the immune system is responding to it and dealing with that vaccine. After the "problem" is over, they are supposed to fall from my understanding. That doens't mean the dog is unprotected. It means that the antibiotic level isn't high, but there is still cellular immunity.
But I do not recommend the current protocol/research (stopping after a certain age) b/c if something went wrong, I'd feel responsible. It's between you and your vet.
