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Originally Posted by Breezeaway  I just got home from my vet with my Charlie, He went in for his 4th vaccination series shot. He is 16 weeks old. He got a lepto this time. My vet does not give the lepto until they are older. I have never had any reaction to the lepto when given to pups 16 weeks or older. I have been going to my vet for 30+ years. He does not recommend bypassing the lepto, just wait until the pup is older.
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That is interesting that the reactions seem to lessen in your pups when over 16 weeks. I did do puppy shots of DHLPP on my two older ones (and that was the "old" vaccine) but did the DHPP without lepto on Teddy and so did his breeder. This information makes me feel better and I am going to ask my vet about this too. I am also thinking of just running the lepto series on the other two. The test is expensive ($100). Uggh...