Originally Posted by Britster  This! I am definitely somewhere in between the two types of medicine. I see no reason why one shouldn't exist over the other. Both bring good things AND bad things to the table.
My good friends two Golden Retrievers, littermates, are both 10 and the one just got diagnosed with a very bad form of cancer. Their regular vet gave him a week or two to live. They decided to see a holistic vet just to try all options. It's now been over 3 months that he's living comfortably. They are not going to be putting him through chemo, or letting him suffer, but for right now, he's comfortable and still living happily minus a small limp. I say why not? They're using all these Chinese herbs and feeding a homecooked diet that the holistic vet gave them. To me I feel the same way, what do you have to lose sometimes ya know?
My other friends 14 year old Cocker couldn't even hardly walk until receiving acupuncture. It made a huge difference. My godmom also got acupuncture and it helped her when nothing else did.
I think the biggest thing some don't understand is... those of us who may be for limited vaccinating, does not mean we're AGAINST vaccines. I know how important vaccines are. And I think that people can be very stupid when it comes to blindly following these non-vaxx'ers and thinking they're doing good. IMO they're being really stupid and messing with their children's and others children's lives. And pets lives.
With the comparision of dogs and humans though, dogs live on average, 10-15 years or so... with humans at, what, 70-80? That's a big difference. So while it makes logical sense to me that a human, in their 30's or 40's, may have a low titer show up on vaccines they received as a baby (and from my understanding, just because you have a low titer, doesn't necessarily mean you're NOT covered, I don't know, this is why I don't like titers LOL)... a dog who only lives to be 13, should, theoretically still be protected from vaccines they received as a puppy or one year old, IMO.
I would never fault someone for choosing to follow the current 3 year protocol. I really don't think vaccines are causing dogs to keel over and die or anything and I'm sure a vast majority of dogs receiving vaccines on a 3 year basis are perfectly healthy, but I have seen a scary reaction to a vaccine as well, and while it may be on the rare side, they DO happen and I don't think there's anything wrong w/ addressing it. I also know that there is solid research proving that these vaccines last 5+ years.
As I've stated in the past, Jackson received puppy vaccines and then boosted at one year. He's gotten rabies as per the law every 3 years. Bordatella 3x which I won't ever do again. He is now 6 and I am comfortable that he is adequately protected for our lifestyle but I will continue to get rabies every 3 years because of the obvious law reasons. I mayyy get him distempter/parvo boosted at his next vet appt but I haven't decided yet because after he turns like 8, I don't plan on ever getting him done anymore. |