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Originally Posted by YorkieSue  I don't know where you live but if your dog is not going to be in the wild, STOP VACCINATING FOR RABIES. Vaccinations are probably the most intrusive and harmful poison you can put into your dog--esp one so tiny. I am amazed that you allowed it to be done at all after her reaction to her second shot. This really told you a story and I'm sorry ou went ahead with the vaccine. Vets are there to MAKE $$$$--THEY will do and say anything to get you to vaccinate. From now on TITER you dog. I don't have time to explain titering but if you want your pup to live a long and healthy life, STOP VACCINATING. It breaks my heart that she now has that rabies vaccine in her after that reaction she had to that other shot. From now on, do your own research on what vaccines do to our dogs and use common sense. Will your teeny Yorkie be running free? In the wild? Near dangerous rabid wildlife? If the answer is no, then why are you vaccinating. Does this vet of yours recommend yearly vaccines too? The law states every three years in NY. Please research this topic and never allow such an already compromised Yorkie to be vaccinated again. |
I don't find this post to be bashing, just giving some excellent advice. Vets make their "bread and butter" giving yearly vaccinations to everyone's dogs. That's how they pay for the pretty new clinics that most have to have. And are most of the shots necessary...no. Can they harm your dog...yes. And rabies is the worst for potential harm. So weigh the pros and cons. Is the yorkie outside and around wildlife? Do you have small children around that the dog might bite? If not I would NOT give rabies. And the number of vaccinations that the little yorkie in question had received was starting to border on ridiculous. That vet was into making as much money off the customer as possible and at the dogs expense.