[Ellie May]

I wouldn't want to assume it's greed. Sometimes it's an honest fear that less vaccines could lead to an outbreak of disease. Every 3 years for DHP is now considered safe and fair now though.

Sometimes vet hospitals have that rule about no hospitalization without yearly vaccines. And sometimes not all vets in the practice agree. It would be the boss's choice what protocol to follow. So if you don't see the owner of the practice, then maybe the vet you see doesn't agree with the rule and can change the protocol for you if you bring it up. Some vets aren't allowed to bring up the topic but can talk about it if the owner of the animal brings it up.

If it's the boss you see, then you can pretty safely assume this is their stance. If they were unwilling to work with me, then I would move on. I have never been forced to vaccinate yearly after expressing my views on the subject. And even with hospital rules, I have never been forced to do DHP annually to hospitalize my pup. Unless they have seen dogs on the AAHA (3 year) protocol getting distemper and parvo, then I just don't see any excuse to force doing it annually. Vets like that and I just wouldn't get along really well. I'm very big on continuing education. If they refuse to move ahead with this, what else are they refusing to move ahead in? Anesthesia? Newest technology? I just don't believe all of these vaccines yearly are good for my pup and won't put her through it.