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Toodles · 07-02-2014, 08:38 AM

Trinket

Toodles · 07-02-2014, 08:46 AM

Got a notice from Vet ... she is due for her Bordatella, Corona virus and DHP-P. I hate to do this to her at her age, with her list of problems (collapsing trachea, arthritis, lp, hip dysplasia).
She is always lethargic for a few days after the shots.
What are others doing about shots for older dogs?

MauiGirl · 07-02-2014, 09:03 AM

I'm not expert, but I would seriously question the vet about wanting to do these at her age. I guess it depends on how much exposure your girl has.

With my mini Schnauzer, they stopped vaccinations in his senior years, based on low risk being in the house most of the time and not exposed to much.

Toodles · 07-02-2014, 09:21 AM

Thanks! I appreciate the input from others on this forum.
I keep her indoors or in our back yard. When the grandkids are here they walk her around the park in a baby carriage ($10 at Goodwill). She isn't exposed to other animals.
So I will discuss the shots with the Vet.
We haven't had a problem with fleas this year in Oxnard, so haven't used flea treatment for about six months.

lisaly · 07-02-2014, 09:26 AM

My little girl, Ashley, lived to a month shy of seventeen. She was an active little girl up until a couple of days before she passed away. At close to eleven, my vet discovered Ashley had an enlarged heart most likely due to tracheal issues, since everything on her echocardiogram were within normal limits. At that point, my vet advised me not to do anymore shots. We walked miles each day, so she was exposed to other dogs, and Ashley did fine without her shots. I never gave any of my Yorkies Corona, Lepto, or Bordadella vaccines.

Trinket is really precious.

BlueBelle · 07-02-2014, 09:26 AM

While my Sophie isn't old she did have a problem with being very lethargic after her shots one year. Ever since that time they give her a small steroid injection at the same time as her vaccines and it has really worked. Now she doesn't seem effected at all.

xFoxyx · 07-02-2014, 10:25 AM

We stopped Presley's shots at 15 because of his conditions. My vet recommended it. He was never around any other dogs and rarely outside anymore because he was blind. He lived to 17 1/2. No issues with not having any shots.

Bellabean · 07-02-2014, 10:33 AM

I have stopped giving vaccines to my 11 yr old chihuahua. She never leaves our yard.

107barney · 07-02-2014, 11:05 AM

Mine are 14, we are not doing any vaccines except rabies.

matese · 07-02-2014, 11:13 AM

my last girl, vet stopped all vaccines except Rabies at 13 y/o, she had to be put down at age 17 y/o. She was also not around other dogs.

Yorkiedaze · 07-02-2014, 02:23 PM

My Delsi, who lived to be almost 16 years had puppy shots and never had another. (she almost died with the first shots) My girls get rabies every three years and that's about all. I read somewhere a long time ago that after all their initial shots, that having anymore was not necessary. I think this issue is debatable with Vets..

Toodles · 07-02-2014, 03:30 PM

Thanks everyone.
Called the Vet for a consult instead of shots.

Toodles · 07-07-2014, 11:09 AM

OK so no shots, just fecal exam and biopsy of two mammary tumors today.

AZME · 07-08-2014, 04:22 AM

Hope all goes well with the biopsies.

I would only have concerns at the because of kennel cough. My old guy and I traveled and so unfortunately (and though they mostly did not check) I had to have his health record up to date. Otherwise I would have just made sure on the Bortadella.

Toodles · 07-08-2014, 08:15 AM

Trinket needs dental cleaning. They require bordatella because they keep her for observation after anesthesia. Will wait for result of biopsy ... Then if surgery to remove tumors needed, both procedures will be done under one use of anesthesia.

07-02-2014, 08:38 AM	#1
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07-02-2014, 09:03 AM	#3
MauiGirl Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Maui, Hawaii Posts: 7,740	I'm not expert, but I would seriously question the vet about wanting to do these at her age. I guess it depends on how much exposure your girl has. With my mini Schnauzer, they stopped vaccinations in his senior years, based on low risk being in the house most of the time and not exposed to much. __________________ SANDY, MOM TO TIKI , KAYLA , KARLEE , R.I.P. MEIKA

07-02-2014, 09:26 AM	#6
BlueBelle Donating YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Alpharetta, GA, USA Posts: 1,190	While my Sophie isn't old she did have a problem with being very lethargic after her shots one year. Ever since that time they give her a small steroid injection at the same time as her vaccines and it has really worked. Now she doesn't seem effected at all. __________________ "I do not at all understand the mystery of grace-only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us"-Anne Lamott

07-02-2014, 10:25 AM	#7
xFoxyx Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Duluth, GA Posts: 568	We stopped Presley's shots at 15 because of his conditions. My vet recommended it. He was never around any other dogs and rarely outside anymore because he was blind. He lived to 17 1/2. No issues with not having any shots. __________________ _______________________________________ Proud Mommy to Presley (RIP), Ripley Skye . and Chloe Belle RIP my beautiful boy, Presley. 8/96 to 1/14

07-02-2014, 10:33 AM	#8
Bellabean YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: North Ridgeville, Oh. US Posts: 1,396	I have stopped giving vaccines to my 11 yr old chihuahua. She never leaves our yard. __________________ Kathy & Bella

07-02-2014, 08:46 AM	#2
Toodles Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2014 Location: Oxnard, California, USA Posts: 25 Blog Entries: 1	Got a notice from Vet ... she is due for her Bordatella, Corona virus and DHP-P. I hate to do this to her at her age, with her list of problems (collapsing trachea, arthritis, lp, hip dysplasia). She is always lethargic for a few days after the shots. What are others doing about shots for older dogs?

07-02-2014, 09:21 AM	#4
Toodles Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2014 Location: Oxnard, California, USA Posts: 25 Blog Entries: 1	Thanks! I appreciate the input from others on this forum. I keep her indoors or in our back yard. When the grandkids are here they walk her around the park in a baby carriage ($10 at Goodwill). She isn't exposed to other animals. So I will discuss the shots with the Vet. We haven't had a problem with fleas this year in Oxnard, so haven't used flea treatment for about six months.

07-02-2014, 09:26 AM	#5
lisaly Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 5,892	My little girl, Ashley, lived to a month shy of seventeen. She was an active little girl up until a couple of days before she passed away. At close to eleven, my vet discovered Ashley had an enlarged heart most likely due to tracheal issues, since everything on her echocardiogram were within normal limits. At that point, my vet advised me not to do anymore shots. We walked miles each day, so she was exposed to other dogs, and Ashley did fine without her shots. I never gave any of my Yorkies Corona, Lepto, or Bordadella vaccines. Trinket is really precious.

07-02-2014, 11:05 AM	#9
107barney T. Bumpkins & Co. Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New England Posts: 9,816	Mine are 14, we are not doing any vaccines except rabies. __________________ T. Bumpkins & Co. Washable Doggie Pee Pads (Save 10% Enter YTSAVE10 at checkout) Cathy, Teddy, Winston and Baby Clyde...RIP angels Barney and Daisy

07-02-2014, 11:13 AM	#10
matese Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: E.Stroudsburg, Pa. Posts: 69,270	my last girl, vet stopped all vaccines except Rabies at 13 y/o, she had to be put down at age 17 y/o. She was also not around other dogs. __________________ Joan, mom to Cody RIP Matese Schnae Kajon Kia forever in my A House Is Not A Home Without A Dog

07-02-2014, 02:23 PM	#11
Yorkiedaze My hairy-legged girls Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: lompoc, ca. Posts: 12,228	My Delsi, who lived to be almost 16 years had puppy shots and never had another. (she almost died with the first shots) My girls get rabies every three years and that's about all. I read somewhere a long time ago that after all their initial shots, that having anymore was not necessary. I think this issue is debatable with Vets.. __________________ AZRAEL RAZAEL JILLI ANN

07-02-2014, 03:30 PM	#12
Toodles Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2014 Location: Oxnard, California, USA Posts: 25 Blog Entries: 1	Thanks everyone. Called the Vet for a consult instead of shots.

07-07-2014, 11:09 AM	#13
Toodles Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2014 Location: Oxnard, California, USA Posts: 25 Blog Entries: 1	OK so no shots, just fecal exam and biopsy of two mammary tumors today.

07-08-2014, 04:22 AM	#14
AZME Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Cave Creek, AZ, USA Posts: 165	Hope all goes well with the biopsies. I would only have concerns at the because of kennel cough. My old guy and I traveled and so unfortunately (and though they mostly did not check) I had to have his health record up to date. Otherwise I would have just made sure on the Bortadella.

07-08-2014, 08:15 AM	#15
Toodles Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2014 Location: Oxnard, California, USA Posts: 25 Blog Entries: 1	Trinket needs dental cleaning. They require bordatella because they keep her for observation after anesthesia. Will wait for result of biopsy ... Then if surgery to remove tumors needed, both procedures will be done under one use of anesthesia.