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Originally Posted by ritapatt  Not us, Ziva had a terrible reaction. My 3 are pretty much limited to our property- I'll take my chances. |
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Originally Posted by mingo831 Copper my Chiweenie had a massive reaction from it, so I don't get any of my 4 vaccinated. They are only in my yard or my Mom's and we are in the city, so I feel safe not getting it for them. |
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Originally Posted by Ellie May My girl had a severe reaction to it, so she will never get it again. Stil though, my 15 pound (non-yorkie) boy will get it yearly. I personally wouldn't give it to tiny dogs without a very good reason. Risk assessment from the disease and from the vaccine is all you can do. Lepto is a very serious problem in Michigan. If I had an almost solely indoor tiny dog, I probably wouldn't. If we liked to play outside, then yes I probably would.
Reaction rate may be better, but it's definitely still somewhat common. Some strains of the disease and the treatment for it, including possible isolation, are a major concern to me though.
The vaccine doesn't cover all strains and the duration of immunity is in question, but my dogs getting a strain like icterohemorrhagica isn't something I want them to go through. |
Yeah, my little CoCo got that about a month ago and it was incorporated into a multi-med immunization. My vet warned of a reaction of swelling to her face and told me what to do incase it happened, and within 40 minutes it looked as if my little puppy had been beaten!!!! I couldn't even make it home! I had to stop at the nearest Walgreens to get her some baby Benadryl. That started working in about 30 - 45 minutes. When she went back this past weekend for her next round of puppy shots, I told him what happened, and he made sure that she DID NOT get it this time. He also made sure to write that she had a reaction to the drug on her chart/info so that she will not get it again.