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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  I always do bordetella because I would rather prevent my dog from getting kennel cough instead of treating the kennel cough after its gotten. If Lepto is something that is in your area I would get the vaccine. My mom had an animal that died of Lepto so I make sure my dog has that. We also have a tick problem here so I make sure to get Callie the Lyme vaccine as well. I know lots of people worry about over vaccination but I also worry about my dog not being vaccinated against something she could be and ends up catching it and having to go through being sick and through treatment for it when for all we know it could hurt, the sickness and the treatment when they made a vaccine for it. |
My older dogs had bordatella vaccinations. I stopped doing it the second time Barney got kennel cough despite having the vaccine. The vaccine does not cover all strains.
I also have never done the lyme vaccine. I know of at least three dogs who had Lyme despite being vaccinated. Lyme is prevalent here - one statistic I read said 90% of dogs are lyme positive. I have never pulled a tick off my dogs, and I won't do the vaccine.
As for lepto....I've decided the risk of the vaccine is not outweighed by any benefit to my dogs. Although lepto is also prevalent here, the vaccine only covers some of the serovars of the disease.