Your vet works for you and your pup. Sure we want to rely on their knowledge and expertise. But we also want to weigh that against other information available. The vet is just one source of information. This is a relatively new recommendation to wait til 6 months to vaccinate our small toy breed. Most vets went to school before vaccine concerns really started getting more attention. Some take the newer recommendations seriously, and others seem to be blowing them off and still want to use the old ones. My vet wants to stick with what he knew. He is so good with other things, I don't want to change. Besides, he does what I need done.
It should not be a debate. When she says "they will be fine" you say, "Just the same, I am going to wait til they are 6 months for the rabies. Thank you." Be firm but polite. Like I told you in the other thread, my vet thinks I am overly concerned, but he does it the way I want. Well.....once he did not and went ahead and gave the rabies with the last boosters. I did not realize what happened until I was paying and the rabies was on the bill. Had them check and sure enough, they had snuck it in there on me! That did not go over well at all but the tech said the vet just forgot. How you forget something just discussed is beyond me! But, I don't think that mistake will be made again! Annie had all of her boosters and is getting her rabies by itself at 6 months. |