[Britster]

I have a question you may be knowledgeable about:

Are they even worth it (in our case?)

Jackson got his puppy vaccines and then one year later got a DHPP booster and rabies on a different day. One of his puppy vaccines included lepto and he had a horrible awful reaction, so never again with that, and we've played it safe by giving benadryl injection before vaccines just in case.

He got his rabies vaccine in March 2010 so he's not due until March 2013. I'll be doing this due to the law.

Anyways, when it comes time for the vet to tell us he's due for DHPP (which were initially said to be "good" for 3 years by our vet), I'm going to inform them I am done with vaccines (besides rabies every 3). I'm following Dr. Dodd's protocol.

At that point, should I even request titers or do you think they are a waste of money for us? I've never been anywhere where they have asked for a copy of his DHPP (we don't do boarding, daycare, and we use a mobile groomer, etc) so wouldn't that be the only reason to provide "titers" in place of vaccine records? Also, doesn't a low titer not necessarily prove that they need another booster and on the flip side... a high titer doesn't necessarily mean they're 100% immune either? I guess I'm just confused on the issue. I mean the only REAL way to tell would be to give him the vaccines again, then titer, and if his levels come back at a low-ish number even right after vaccines, that would just be HIS normal, correct? I'm really not worried about him being unprotected honestly... titers would simply be for MY peace of mind, but I'm not sure they're worth the money. He just turned 4 btw.

I'm not too worried about letting our vet know. I think they'll support it. I've always been comfortable to talk with our current vet.