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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  The recommendation is to only get lepto if there is truly a prevalence in your area - or - if your dog spends a lot of time in water. Otherwise, it's not worth getting due to its known potential for reactions. If your vet thinks it's that necessary - you should feel free to ask him what the incidence and prevalence is in your area. Never get lepto with other shots at the same time. |
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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom I would not be getting lepto unless there is true prevalence in your area. Bordetella is also not a core vaccine and not needed except for certain dogs. See my post above for links. |
Yes you are absolutely right, but we live in Turkey, which is way behind on the vaccination science and puppy shots schedule. I was happy to find a vet who also thinks it's bad to start vaccination at 6 weeks (which is how most of them do it here) and who is ready for discussion. I will ask her again to look into possibility of ordering single Lepto vaccine separately. Last time I asked - she told me that no one does it here this way due to extra cost and that's why it is difficult to find.