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Originally Posted by 107barney  I don't have to tell my vet about not giving annual shots since they don't give annual shots. The vets doing annual shots are making business decisions. I feel bad for people who have to actually have this convo with their vets. |
03-29-2011, 03:05 PM #
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Update on Barney and Leptospirosis
Someone asked about Lepto today in diet and health so I thought I'd update my thread.
Barney was treated with doxycycline for two weeks for the leptospirosis infection.
My vet and I discussed giving the vaccine and decided against it. She was playing phone tag with the laboratory and the specialist to obtain more information because she just had a hard time believing he had the infection and that his positive result was more likely due to a prior vaccine. ...
... I think their individual lifestyles do not support the vaccine and I am going to go with the recommendation of my regular vet over the specialist on this. I hope I don't make a mistake, but if I do, then it is certainly not because I did not give this a whole bunch of time and consideration and that is what I believe to be in my dogs' best interest at the end of the day.
I hope this thread helps others. Thank you all for your support.
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