How often do you/your vet do titers?

[my2boyz]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

I'm sorry, I can't remember, my vet told me that after x years he doesn't give shots or titers. I figured he'd remember, so I didn't have to. At my age, my brain clogs up pretty fast!

Weeelll...we must be about the same age then

[Deb1]

Other than Rabies vaccine and the DHPP combo, what do you give for vaccines?

[my2boyz]

Originally Posted by Deb1

Other than Rabies vaccine and the DHPP combo, what do you give for vaccines?

The only vaccines I ever give/gave any of mine are the rabies, distemper and parvo...nothing else...and I did titers last year so they haven't had a distemper or parvo vaccine for 3 years. After 2 years from their last vaccine they still carried full immunity to both distemper and parvo so there was no need for a booster. We'll see how they are this year when I take them in for titers again...if they still carry immunity then they won't get a booster again and they will only get their rabies booster when that is needed in another couple of years.

I don't do the bordatella, lyme vaccine, flu or lepto shot. But, I don't board my dogs, they don't go to doggie day care and they don't (usually) go out to be groomed so they aren't exposed to other dogs very often at all unless I know that dog enough to know it's healthy and has been vaccinated.

[Deb1]

Thank you My2boyz!

[my2boyz]

Originally Posted by Deb1

Thank you My2boyz!

No problem.

Talk with your vet and see what is neccessary in your area and what vaccination routine fits your lifestyle and needs. Some members do all the shots because they have a different lifestyle than we do...just be sure your pet is covered but don't overdo it.

Does that make sense?

[Ellie May]

Hmm. I think I stopped when Ellie was seven? Low distemper titer at age 6 (after vax the year before). Boosted it. The next year distemper was low again. Gave up on titering bc, imo, she has cellular immunity. We could boost and titer a couple weeks later to see what happens (this is more of what titers were originally meant for), but I don't want to vax again.Because Ry's resvue keeps on adopters about what they perceive as good vet care I'm stuck with either the AAHza protocol (vax every three years) or titering yearly with him.

I'd never tell somebody not to titer. For us it is jmo that it is a waste of money.

As for my vet, she follows AAHA and would probably recommend yearly titers if an owner didn't want to boost. That said, she has clients with older dogs who choose to stops vax and she totally understands where they are coming from.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Without titers or the vax after x years, how do you keep your dog compliant with the State vax requirements, unless they excuse it after x years?

[my2boyz]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Without titers or the vax after x years, how do you keep your dog compliant with the State vax requirements, unless they excuse it after x years?

In my state the only required vaccine is the rabies and that gets done every 3 years. I will do titers for the others and if anything is ever low they will get a booster but I won't vaccinate just because 'on paper' it says it's due.

[Ellie May]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Without titers or the vax after x years, how do you keep your dog compliant with the State vax requirements, unless they excuse it after x years?

There is no such thing has state vax requirements (in MI at least) except for rabies. And I think all of us do rabies as the law directs.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by Ellie May

There is no such thing has state vax requirements (in MI at least) except for rabies. And I think all of us do rabies as the law directs.

Originally Posted by my2boyz

In my state the only required vaccine is the rabies and that gets done every 3 years. I will do titers for the others and if anything is ever low they will get a booster but I won't vaccinate just because 'on paper' it says it's due.

That's what I thought. But I thought everybody was talking about rabies vax titers, too, with perhaps CDC perhaps now accepting those for rabies and maybe, since they were, the latest was that after a certain age or history of certain levels, some vets weren't vaccinating for rabies anymore and that's why I asked about State regs. I can see now I got lost in the different vax references. Thanx for straightening me out.

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

That's what I thought. But I thought everybody was talking about rabies vax titers, too, with perhaps CDC perhaps now accepting those for rabies and maybe, since they were, the latest was that after a certain age or history of certain levels, some vets weren't vaccinating for rabies anymore and that's why I asked about State regs. I can see now I got lost in the different vax references. Thanx for straightening me out.

You might be interested in this thread, right now there is some action in Pennysylvania, but I'm sure we'll hear about it in all states.
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...ml#post4117235

I mean should a toy dog who lives in the house need the same shot as a 60 pound dog who lives primarily outdoors?

[Ellie May]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

That's what I thought. But I thought everybody was talking about rabies vax titers, too, with perhaps CDC perhaps now accepting those for rabies and maybe, since they were, the latest was that after a certain age or history of certain levels, some vets weren't vaccinating for rabies anymore and that's why I asked about State regs. I can see now I got lost in the different vax references. Thanx for straightening me out.

I don't know of any state where rabies titers are accepted in lieu of the vax (although titering may be encouraged if the animal has a medocal exemption). After challenge studies are completed, I hope states start to move to every 5-7 years. Until then, imo, any dog healthy enough to be vaxed every three years should be.

I know to some rabies seems like a very distant threat for house dogs, and it is. But when I started shadowing a vet I realized just how real the testing for this is and just how often it is done (for human safety it has to be).