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Originally Posted by Ellie May  I don't like following trends or using new products either. ?but DOI studies have been done for many years.
It comes down to trusting DOI (proven by challenge) and realizing no vaccine is 100% effective or trusting titers.
I understand being nervous to stray too far from every 3 years or less because owners are so programmed to vaccinate vaccinate vaccinate. But for those stilll doing annual distemper/parvo...yikes.
FWIW, I forgot to mention above that while the kids don't play with strange dogs they do shadow with me sometimes, esp. Ellie. This consists of her being in a kennel near ill animals, interacting with staff after they have touched other animals all day, getting cuddled by me after petting random puppies. The only thing I wouldn't do is handke her if I knew a dog had something really contagious or let her share the isolation area with a sick dog, but that is common sense. |
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Originally Posted by Ellie May BTW, I am current on tetanus..bc the DOI is questioned if it has been more than ten years. I'm not anti-vaccine. |
This is how I feel. I'm actually not anti-vaccine at all, I think initial vaccines are
very important in both babies and dogs and cringe when I hear people talk about being completely vaccine-free. I know people who do this with their infants, as well as I've read a few that do this with their dogs. I just think that's a bit scary.
But vaccine research is not just some internet mumbo jumbo or a new trend or fad among high end dog owners. And it's part of the reason I feel so strongly about it. But it's honestly just mostly common sense to me and going with my gut.
Nancy, I'm curious why you would think your dogs would be putting other dogs in harms way? Your dogs are not sick, correct? They've been vaccinated since they were 1 year old, right? I just don't see why you're concerned. And on the flip side, even if your dogs are around other sick dogs or exposed, since they've been vaccinated at some point in their life, and they're adults, the odds of them contracting something is rare anyway. Obviously I wouldn't purposely expose my dog to something.
The only shot I've had since I was a kid was a flu shot... like twice. I don't really think it does anything for me but working in daycare, I just figured I might as well. But I've felt like I had the flu before after getting the shot and then sometimes I don't get the flu if I didn't have the shot. *shrugs* Who knows...