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Originally Posted by MaWilliams3  Here in Colorado Springs we start vaccines at 6 weeks (6,9,12, 16). We trend a lot of your puppy ickys constantly due to the wildlife and a lot of resistance to vaccinating. Add the 5 military bases in a 20 mile radius and boom. He'll get titers at 4 months. And teeth and fixed at 6 months. |
I don't understand why you're doing titers at 4 months....this doesn't make sense to me. I understand doing them a year a after the 1yr boosters, but not before.
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Originally Posted by MaWilliams3 He is better today, thanks. I mentioned to the vet about the mothers immunities. She told me not to use Dr. Google. That I needed to let her do her job, and that mine was to keep being a good momma. I even called another vet, one out east further info the country, he said the same. Except he said the part about the wildlife on my end of town. Hard to explain unless you live here. We are technically in Colorado Springs, but we are annexed. We live in the more rual area of town. We have dear, coyotes and a bear that walk through our "yard" every morning. .... the bear had been sight unseen for about a month, but you get the gist. Anyway, that's why started at 6 weeks. |
Some vets....either greedy ones or those who are not up to date/educated on the gold standard of vaccinating....will tell you to overvaccinate - and this is NOT good for your dog, not at all. Vaccinating that early is totally ineffective. If I came across a vet who still recommended this (now) very old practice, I'd be running as fast as I could in a different direction. They are years and years behind the times
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