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Originally Posted by Bella2017  My girlfriends Yorkie is 14 years old. Lives in Boston. She has never given him anything but first shots, distemper, rabies, booster every three years and 3 heart worm pills a year. He's in the best health ever! Not ALL vaccines have to be given. Just the vet's way of making more money. Now most of you may scream about this, but after reading about this dog and that dog in a coma like state, laying still, this one vomiting etc.....something to think about. I personally don't do the Lyme because he hardly goes into grass and I'm in the NorthEast. AND no Lepto either. |
I'm sorry but you keep saying vets just do something and push something just to make money and that's not really true about most. Of course there are bad vets but the majority isn't. You don't make a million dollars being a vet. I live in Maryland which is a very expensive state to live in a the average yearly income for a vet here is $60,000-$70,000. And if there like my vet they are lucky if they get two days off. My vet doesn't go vaccine happy. After getting the one year rabies shot they get the three year and that's per the law in most places they have to have the one year before the three year. Dap is every three years after the puppy booster. Although I stopped in on my girl after she turned 7 and my vet had no issues with that. My puppy did not get Lepto and after a few years ok doing it with my girl I stopped (it really depends on your area and what you do with your dog). My girl had Lyme vaccine twice and I stopped and I'm not sure that I will be doing Lyme with my pup. I choose to do bordatella and do the nasal one and have with my girl for 10 years an no issues. Only giving heartworm prevention three times a year is extremely risky and I won't risk it with my dogs they are my life and it's not worth the risk.