Absolutely. I do even less than every 3 years. Yearly vaccines are a thing of the past -- and it's good that your vet is not doing them. They are probably following AAHA protocol.
I personally follow Dr. Dodd's vaccine protocol. I do the initial puppy vaccines (DHP at 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 16 weeks, then rabies. Repeat at one year old. Don't give any more vaccines for the lifetime of the dog, except for rabies by law).
I do not give any non-core vaccines.
CORE Vaccines for a canine (should be given to all dogs,
unless a medical condition warrants otherwise):
*Distemper
*Hepatitis
*Parvovirus
*Rabies
NON-CORE Vaccines for a canine (should be given only when a dog has risk factors for the disease which
exceed the risk of the vaccine):
*Corona
*Leptospirosis
*Lyme
*Bordatella
*Giardia
*Parainfluenza
Quote:
The present study examines the DOI for core viral vaccines in dogs that had not been revaccinated for as long as 9 years. These animals had serum antibody to canine distemper virus (CDV), canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV-2) and canine adenovirus type-1 (CAV-1) at levels considered protective and when challenged with these viruses, the dogs resisted infection and/or disease. Thus, even a single dose of modified live virus (MLV) canine core vaccines (against CDV, cav-2 and cpv-2) or MLV feline core vaccines (against feline parvovirus [FPV], feline calicivirus [FCV] and feline herpesvirus [FHV]), when administered at 16 weeks or older, could provide long-term immunity in a very high percentage of animals, while also increasing herd immunity.
Age and long-term protective immunity in dogs ... [J Comp Pathol. 2010] - PubMed - NCBI |
Some good reads:
Science of Vaccine Damage Bordetella Vaccination for Dogs: Fraud and Fallacy