I did for many years without any ill effects. The law here is every 3 years, so that is what I do now.

Thanks, wish we could get our law to pass for every 3 years. Lexi hasn't had any problems with shots thank god...but, I always worry myself sick as she is so small to me.

FL state law only requires rabies every three years. Your county/city is the one that is shortening the allowed time.

I Knew I had to do a rabies for corky, The others I felt were a waste of money IMHO. But I did it because I had NO idea what shots he did have. and I live in a rural area, and there are some foxes, and other wild canine around here. I got the same line from the vet, "with out shots I MIGHT not be able to have him groomed" and He will not be allowed in a hospital IF he got sick" This with the hard press to buy their health plan.

For those that have their babies in doggy daycare, can a pup be in doggy daycare without all his shots?

Kaji will be starting soon, and the first 2 things they asked were was he neutered and was he up to date on all his shots.

Requirements may vary from daycare to daycare, or state to state. I would check with Kaji's daycare.

I would check with the day care that you will be using. In general, it seems that they require up to date DHPP, rabies, and bordetella.

No more seziures could it be because no more vaccines?
 

I agree about the topic of over vaccinating and would like to share my story for those who don't know which route to go.

My Teddy was just about 5 (now he'll be 7 in September) when i noticed he was having seziuers. He was very tiny and didn't weight much he was actually very skinny. I thought oh maybe because he's a tiny yorkie? He was never one to run around and be crazy like most yorkies. So after i discovered the seziures i went crazy and brought him to my vet than the Guelph Animal Hospital in Ontario. They checked my Teddy from inside out for liver shunts etc. All we found was a tiny bladder stone. Poor guy was so weak and stressed after leaving him for a few days at the hospital. I wanted to get to the bottom of this. After months of research and reading a few good dog books on seizures and holistic vets i decided to put Teddy on Healthy Paws raw food even when my vet recommended some science diet garbage with no proteins just fillers and unhealthy ingredients.

My vet insisted that if we went through with the operation for the bladder stone removal ($2000.00) after spending $3000.00 on previous vet bills and Guelph Animal Hospital, Teddy would be fine, but something told me not to do it because he is too weak right now. Instead, i found a great holistic vet in Toronto, who also wrote one of the books i read and after seeing Dr. Paul McCutcheon, East York Animal Clinic in Toronto, we decided NO MORE Vaccines for Teddy, he was being give a rabbies shot every year..which is wayy took much..even so he developed tiny bumps under the skin after the first few and my old vet insisted we try the other side of his body the following year and yup he got more bumps and they continued this for a number of years.

Long story short my new vet and i decided to check Teddy for heart worm, his immunity each year and rabbies shot every 3 years or so if needed. I have to point out once i stopped the vaccines and detoxed teddy's tiny body with raw food, probitics and holistic remedy to clean his liver and kidneys, Teddy now has put on more weight and is running around like a mad man.

The best part is NO MORE SEZIURES!!!!!!

Some require A LOT of different vaccines. So what then?

I had checked different boarding facilities, dog walkers, and grooming facilities- many required a bunch of different vaccines that I wasn't comfortable giving, so I just kept looking. For example, the current groomer I uses only requires the dogs to have rabies up to date (which is three years here). The same with the sitter I use.

I know some places will also accept titers now- so its worth asking about.

If someone wants to give yearly shots or whatever- that is their personal choice- but I don't think someone should give a bunch of stuff they aren't comfortable with just to take the dog to a daycare/ groomer/ boarding facility.

I'd keep looking. It's possible that I'd give a young dog DHPP yearly so they could go to daycare if they loved it. I think there will be facilities though that accept it every three years, or titers, or a letter from your vet stating that it is their medical opinion to do them less often. Ellie's vet has had success doing this for some clients.

There are some vaccines I would not consider giving just for a groomer or whatever. Those would include lyme's, corona, giardia, and lepto. Those should only be given if they have to be and some not at all. When a boarding facility or groomer tries to play vet and give all these requirements, I would walk away.

For Therapy Dogs and Service Dogs in some states yearly rabies is required or they cannot do their job (s). I have been getting titers and having the vet write me a letter that states she is healthy with no problems, diseases or contagion. With the Rabies and that letter I have managed to travel and go everywhere with my Yorkie.

please read my thread Polo was fine before he got his Vaccinations in January now at the moment he is in Icu were they monitor him three times every hour
they said he might have Gme. He was very healthy before the vaccinations
and now he can't stand go to the bathroom can only eat and drink by hand
and if you put him down he starts rolling. I hope with what has happened to Polo people will be more aware of vaccination your pet before it is to late.
I told the vet I didn't want the shots and she said oh no the are completely safe I had an uneasy feeling about Polo's shots I wish I would of said no.

Please pray for healing with Polo



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Oh No!
 

You are living our worst nightmare and we are sending strong best wishes and prayers your way. Please keep us posted. Are they telling you it is something that was not associated with the vaccinations?

Yes I have asked two vets if it could be the vaccinations and they both said no not something this severe they say it has something to do with his brain. But really think about he was healthy before them and a couple of weeks to a month after he got them he started to get ill
I mean really I don't think something like this just comes on so sudden?
Polo is small too 4.7lbs I feel sick to my stomach if the vaccinations are what caused this and thanks for the prayers we need all the prayers we can get!

While some people think that GME is caused by vaccinations, there is no research that indicates this is true. If dogs were not vaccinated, we would have very, very sick dogs with all sorts of horrible illnesses.
It is similar to the controversy that surrounds vaccines and children and autism.
I am SO sorry this is happening to Polo. I hope that if this is what he has, he will respond to treatments. There is chemo that can help.

Having a son with autism... I know that this theory has been debunked yrs ago. The connection and concern was that toddlers given the last set of MMR shots, would shortly after lose talking abilites. Suddenly unable to respond . This was a huge debate. Scientists now have taken the stand that one does not have anything to due with the other.
As far as dog vaccines , I only gave my 2 their puppy shots including rabies, Thankfully no serious adverse reactions. They are both in need for rabies vaccine though. I am taking them for it on Saturday. That way I can get their city liesence on monday .
If i were to give them anymore vaccines, I would opt for the titer testing first.

Hang in, and we will all keep you and your family in our prayers.

I had a 3.5 lb Yorkie who had encephalitis and was treated by a neurologist in Jackson, FL. She lived for 6 more years, however, I think all of the medication that it took to save he caused the renal failure that she died from at the age of 12 years old.

Just updating this thread. After listening to an interview with Dr. Schultz, I'm leaning toward going back to titering. However, if I do I won't be relying on the lab's reference numbers to revaccinate or not. I will go with what he thinks.

This isn't for everybody and it's always best to talk to your vet about it. But I know I said I don't like titers much and my opinion is changing. I just don't think the values that the labs think are protective is completely correct.

I am one of those parents that has an autistic son who still believes that MMR (before they removed the mercury) shot caused my son to lose everything. Shortly after he received that shot, he lost all cognitive and social skills.....:thumbdown

Wow, what a great thread! Glad to see that I'm not the only one who thinks vaccination shots can be dangerous. I have 2 beautiful yorkie boys and they stopped getting shots after few years old due to "not so good" experience w/ them when they were little boys.

I think it's all up to the parents to decide what is good/best but if you break down to the science and do a research on what really vaccinations contain, how could one person say it is a "good" thing?

If you read the research, you will find that actually vaccines in people and animals are a good thing. I shudder to think of the epidemics we would have without them.
Further, we would have a lot more dog deaths from illness.
I do think that over vaccination is an issue, but a blanket statement that they are not good is not accurate.

Uh oh....
 

I haven't read all of the posts on this thread as it will take me awhile to do so but Lucy was overdue with her Dhpp so we decided to have it done today. We live in a rural area where there is a lot of wildlife and little creatures around, Lucy goes out on a leash only as we do not have a fenced in yard but I don't want to take any chances on the distemper for sure.
As a kid I grew up on a farm and people had a lot of barn cats and I saw a lot of distemper and it broke my heart because farmers don't do much about it and it spreads from farm to farm as the cats roam all over.
We are not on a farm but as I said we are close to wildlife and there are a lot of critters; skunks, gophers, squirrels, etc. and you never know.....

I just found a new groomer that I am finally happy with and they didn't require those things and they had a release that you can sign if you choose not to give the boardatella, etc. which is what I did because I don't think that is necessary at all.

What a great thread....I have more to read and there is a lot of information on here so i am going to get back at it! :)

I hope this doesn't sound like a stupid question, but I'll ask it anyway. I know that it is recommended that vaccinations should be done separately. Neo is due for his rabies and DHPP shots in July. He wasn't given the "3 year shot" because my vet supposedly didn't have/didn't know to give it. This year he will get it. Connor will get his, too. I hate to, but it is the law here, especially because there has been a rabies outbreak in my county, in a town nearby. My question is: is there anything preventing me from getting the rabies shot first and the DHPP the following month? I'm asking because this time of year here makes me nervous, and I want to be up on shots for evacuation/emergency purposes. You just never know about hurricane season here!:eek:

Doesn't matter. Waiting a month between the two may be recommended on YT, but that is quite a span of time. It may be best to wait as long as possible, but if you need things up to do for the coming season, you do not need to wait that long.