[Britster]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

Personally, I don't do bordetella - but I don't take my dogs to places that require it either. With bordetella, I'd personally rather they just get the cough and heal naturally than get the vaccine (which only vaccinates against a very FEW bordetella strains, btw).

Yes, this^^ Not to mention, EVERY time my dog has gotten the bordatella nasal injection, he's gotten cold-like symptoms. Annoying... we will never get it again.


As far as a breeder being minimal... that does NOT mean they skimp out on health tests, etc. There are quite a few breeders going 'all natural' that are reputable breeders. Whether going natural (i.e. NO vaccines whatsoever) is safe or not, well, I don't believe it is, but it doesn't make a breeder a bad one either. So long as you can do what you want once the pup is yours, I wouldn't worry about it.

I actually did not get Jackson his rabies vaccine until he was nearly 8 months old. Legally it was required at 4 months, I believe. It was just procrastination on my part mainly, but he had a bad reaction to lepto vaccine at 12 weeks old that scared me from getting him any more shots for a while. He was neutered at 7 months, but I didn't want him getting the rabies vaccine on the same day, so anyway... nothing bad happened out of it. I was pretty certain my puppy was not a bite risk to anyone and I wasn't too concerned about the rabies disease itself. But yeah not sure I would recommend doing this but a lot of people wait until 6 months or so.