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The place where Ellie was overvaccinated was an AAHA vet. Some are more likely to follow that protocol though. She goes to an AAHA vet office now that does them every three, but there is lots of room for the clients and vets to change that schedule. :) A good number of vets here require vaccines for boarding...possilby even annually. |
ok here is jean's response Deb: Yes, so I’ll explain. Some manufacturers claim that they add some extra antigenic mass in the 3 –yr product – BUT, in fact the label specification is intended for legal documentation purposes. Because, puppies must have two doses of vaccine within a year to complete the protocol as required by law. So, the veterinarian gives a rabies vaccine labeled one year initially, and thus the client record indicates that only the first of two doses was given, as it legally expires in a year. Then when the puppy is due for his/her second dose, a 3 –yr product is given because the 3rd dose would be due three years from now. If by accident, the veterinarian’s chart shows that a 1-yr labeled product was given for the second dose , in error, then legally it would expire a year later. This has happened and led to lawsuits and pet quarantine and even confiscation and euthanasia because the product was legally expired – though medically equivalent. |
Tomorrow is our annual visit and I have been reading this thread and doing LOTS of research for the last ten days. I was particularly interested in this because last year when Armani had her annual vaccinations she had an extremely adverse reaction. I am so grateful for the information shared in this thread. Our vet is wonderful and I had a consultation with her today. We have decided to proceed with titers test tomorrow...wish us well. Thanks for sharing everyone! |
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Yes, we are going to do a full blood panel. I saw in an earlier post where you had indicated that "dogs with adverse reactions prior the next one can be much worse". Honestly, I can not even imagine a worse reaction, the last two were scary enough. She get rabies on a different cycle and she had a pretty bad reaction to that as well and she gets pretreated with Benadryl. All the Benadryl does is slows down the reaction, it did not prevent it. Additionally, Armani has allergies so when you put all of that together I was very concerned about annual vaccinations. |
When reactions are that severe, it is usually best to skip entirely. Depends on the situation, but everytime they are given you pup's life is in danger. What was the reaction though? Lethargy, etc.? or did it turn into shock? Hoping the titer is high so you don't have to worry about it. Yes, reactions can be worse the more it happens... |
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I talked to another vet about annual vaccinations and she said titers are a good idea. She said that I should do all of the vaccines 2 times (for 2 years) to make sure she's really protected and then do titers after that. So this year, my baby is only getting the rabies because it's required to come into the U.S. and back into Mexico. I asked the people who control animals coming into Mexico and they said the 3 year rabies isn't accepted. The doggie has to have the yearly one, something I hate having to do. I'm going to double check with my vet here in Mexico. But it really makes me mad that they aren't accepting the 3 year. That would be less stress to my baby. |
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Thanks for the well wishes on the titer. |
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The only reason we vaccinate our dogs is because we do have to kennel them at times and the vaccinations have to be kept up or they will not allow them in the kennel. Some states allow rabies every 3 years but the state we now live in require a yearly vaccine which I hate. |
Please excuse me if this is a really stupid question, or if it was already answered in this thread, but who is Dr Dodd? I consider myself to be fairly new to yorkies, being a first time owner for less than a year. I understand the training and behavior part because I "trained" shelter dogs where I volunteer. But, vaccine protocol and all of that mediciney stuff is still very new to me. Kaji will be due for his boosters come Aug, and I want to do what is best for him. Also, Kaji and I cross the border to TJ to visit family very often, will that make a difference as to what he needs to have? |
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she is in garden grove not far from you either :) by knotts berry farm http://www.itsfortheanimals.com/DODDS-RESUME.HTM |
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