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You can get more information from your doctor or pharmacist. So far, my only side effect is slight soreness where I got the injection--kind of like a flu shot. |
Dang, well I better get on it then...Better a sore arm then the alternative. Thanks so much! |
Here it's mandatory. Cocoa and Chloe got flu shots in September. It's 2 rounds at $75 each per dog. |
I'm not getting the vaccination for Gidget. We don't go to dog parks and we're not around other dogs. I take her for walks here at the apartment complex so she's not exposed to other dogs. When I take her to the groomer, she's usually the only one there. I've stopped taking her to PetSmart for training classes and have started ordering her food on Chewy. I'm leery of taking her to places like PetSmart because you never know if the dogs you encounter are up-to-date on any of their shots. Better safe than sorry. |
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I don't think I gave another update everyone did fine after, they go for the second shot next Thursday. I was talking to my vet and she said the flu shot is the shot she has the least issues with dogs having issues with. Penny didn't even know she got hers and came home playing and running around as normal. |
I checked and they're not real concerned about flu shots around these parts. Lyme disease is the biggie scare here. I had Piper vaccinated (hopefully Lyme preventative) the other day and she goes back for booster end of February. |
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Our little Biewer went into the vet for her last booster shot plus rabies shot at 15 weeks old...and she got so sick...I mean sick!!...I hAD TO TAKE HER into emergency vet that night. I thought I was going to loose her that night.......I asked the head vet why they gave the 2 shots together? the answer was elementary, with( normally we do that)... I lost my $$it... As far as taking my dogs into the USA, they must have all their shots up to date...and at that time I will definitely get what is the minimum required....NOTHING more.... I thought the article from Canada was well done, JMHO |
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LOL.....This is my whole point of commenting on this thread....If I would have known this ahead of time, I most definitely would have givin her some....This vet...IMHO wanted the $$ rather then the safety of the animal. both my dogs have been vaccinated now and will not get anymore... Thanks |
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I do not let my vet give my kid double shots, I pay the extra office visit and get separate vaccine. Years back I had an older girl that had a bad reaction to double vaccines, my younger one was ok, the older one had to be kept for 4 hours, they had to reverse the shots. After that, they never got back to back vaccines. Lyme is a core vaccine in my county. |
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Techs do his monthly allergy shot. I only get charged for the shot, |
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Food for thought: A Science-Based Vaccination Schedule For Your Dog And Cat Giving a dog Benadryl and Metcam will make him comfortable after a vaccine. But the dog’s body is trying to tell you something, depending on his post vaccine symptoms. More severe symptoms should not be ignored, and IMHO a less frequent vaccine schedule would be discussed with my vet. Lyme vaccine only works 60-70% of the time, and there are topical tick repellants that can be used if you decide not to vaccinate. I think the Flu vaccine helps to lessen the severity of the disease, but does not prevent a dog from acquiring the disease. With dogs that have problems getting vaccines, I would skip this one too and keep the dog in the house, or at least away from other dogs and areas that other dogs frequent a lot. |
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In my part of the country, we get the leptospirosis vaccine and not the Lyme's vaccine--it really depends on where you live. Bordetella is required by the groomer and boarders. I will start the dog flu series at Bella's next appointment. Bella is not extremely exposed to other dogs (other than grooming and boarding), but we are close enough to one of the ground zeros (Chicago) to warrant it. |
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To take dogs into US, you definitely need rabies shots and the rabies certificate with the dates of when it was administered and when it expires. The last time I crossed the border, they were very strict about it. Luckily, I always bring it with me in their carriers. The rabies tags are not enough for customs. Oh and also, the rabies shots must be administered some time (I think it's 30 days) before you can cross the border. |
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Here are some good links to vaccine info and an interview with Dr Schultz about vaccines. https://healthypets.mercola.com/site...uidelines.aspx https://healthypets.mercola.com/site...s-is-more.aspx https://healthypets.mercola.com/site...too-often.aspx I feel like I killed my own dog Tink because in hindsight I could have made better decisions in managing her health. I will share what I have learned. 1. All dogs are different. Tink was a special needs dog with liver issues. Vaccines are processed/metabolized through the liver, so I was never sure if her body was producing antibodies from the vaccines. After discussing her situation in great detail with her vet, it was decided to only keep her current with her Rabies vaccine every three years. She had been given all her puppy shots, I may have given boosters when I adopted her as a 2 year old. I should have run titers on her at some point as that would have told me for sure if the vaccines worked, or not. I limited her exposure to other dogs in an effort to protect her. 2. Do blood work and get the results before getting vaccines. Dogs can be ill without showing any signs. Vaccinating a sick dog doesn’t work because the sick dog’s antibodies will wipeout the vaccine before it has a chance to work, and it can make a dog more sick. 3. Vaccines, surgery, injuries, illness, and bug bites All stimulate/challenge the immune system to produce antibodies. Too many concurrent challenges to the immune system can break it. It can go into overdrive and start attacking the dog’s own good cells, which will cause death. I always waited four weeks after a vaccine, surgery or illness/injury to schedule a surgery or another vaccine. A vaccine’s action on a dog peaks at 2 weeks, and should cease totally after 4 weeks. Tink always appeared to handle her vaccines and surgeries well. But this last time was not good, as she needed her Rabies vac and surgery to remove a lump in her abdomen. This was too close together, her immune system went crazy and the end result is that she died. For the record, Tink was a 16 pound purebred Yorkie. I hope and pray this doesn’t happen to anyone else’s dog. Please vaccinate wisely. My basic rule is to not vaccinate against diseases that can be successfully treated, and to use other methods when and where available and appropriate. Of course this depends on my lifestyle and what I choose to expose my dogs to. |
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kjc--You sound like an intelligent, careful and caring, totally loving 'mom'/owner. I think we all feel responsible for anything untoward that happens with our little ones, but I hope you can forgive yourself for something that you absolutely did not do 'killing Tink.' We can't know what we don't know and it would seem you did your absolute best with your Tink at every turn. You took such wonderful care of you little (13 lbs!!) one. Thank you for sharing what you learned over time and I know that I will be copying and saving your post for reference. I think Tink had a wonderful life with you and probably a much longer one than she would have had with anyone else. I'm not expressing myself very well here, I just think you did everything possible for Tink and the last was simply out of your hands. |
kjc---oops, dirty spectacles...16 pounds!! I'll bet she was just such a precious little bundle!! |
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