Britster | 05-03-2017 06:19 PM | Quote:
Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom
(Post 4720194)
Like you, my goal is to be an absolute minimalist with vaccines for my dogs. I never do bordetella/kennel cough. I only get the Core Vaccines, and then I'm done vaccinating for parvo/distemper once my dogs are around 7 yrs old.
The DOI for parv/dist is MUCH longer than the AAHA recommended 3 years on the vax schedule. Stating "3 years" was considered a compromise - a middle ground - as it relates to the *actual* DOI results, which were rated as 7yrs+...!!! So.....keep that in mind for sure!
You could certainly titer, but it won't tell you the actual info that you need to make a decision either way. That's why titers are really a waste, it's for that reason right there. | :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
So Jackson had his puppy vaccines as well (I think it was like 8, 12, 16 weeks or something similar). His 12 week vaccine he had a *horrible* reaction to the lepto vaccine so never again can we do that. Then at one year old he had his pup vaccines boostered (and rabies).
We did titers when he was... 6.5yrs old. So it had been over 5 years since his last vaccine. The distemper titer did come back on the lower side but he was still considered adequately protected. We opted to give another distemper vaccine just in case. I likely won't vaccinate for anything else but rabies every 3 years per the law for the remainder of his life.
Honestly, the titers were probably pointless. But sometimes they are considered "proof of vaccination" and I preferred to just.... have them. I paid $60. So w/e lol. Titers are not really being used properly. Like a low titer doesn't always mean they're NOT protected and vice versa. Correct me someone if I'm wrong but I'm pretty certain you could literally give the dog their vaccines and then the next day do a titer test and it would show what their immunity levels are and it may show up low, even though they JUST had the vaccine. Someone can explain it better than I can. :p |