Having annual jabs done a few days late

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I've just realised my horse is due to have his jabs tomorrow, normally i make sure i've got the vet arranged to come out in plenty of time but due to working crazy hours it has slipped my mind this time. I don't compete and am never planning to, we just like our happy hacking :) Can he get his jabs a couple of days late or will i have to start again.
Stupid me!!
 
I'm sure you have a few weeks grace - best to check with the vet obviously ;)

It's not the certificate that's important - it's the fact that you need to have your horse fully vaccinated regardless of competing or just hacking. Or have I misunderstood ???
 
I'm not sure it matters in terms of your horses health, but some yards and most shows insit on it.

I made the mistake of calling up for vacs, and my vet was on hols so made an app for other vet to come out, after chatting to the nurse on the phone she said a day wouldn't matter ect.

Vet came out and basically said, nope it'll need doing all over as we attend PC. Missed it by one bloody day, was not a happy chappy :(
 
shysmum said:
I'm sure you have a few weeks grace - best to check with the vet obviously ;)

It's not the certificate that's important - it's the fact that you need to have your horse fully vaccinated regardless of competing or just hacking. Or have I misunderstood ???
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No you dont - there are no 'days grace' for the flu jab. Tetanus yes.
 
I need mine kept up to date as I'm competing, and my vet absolutely refuses to give boosters, to horses that are a day overdue!
My mother's a microbiologist and she once gave my vet a lecture about this practise defies all scientific logic, and the vet was in total agreement with her, then smiled and insisted he was not allowed to issue a booster. It just annoys me when you are forced to start a brand new course of injections (costing several hundred pounds) when it isn't necessary.

In the olden days, the vets would post date the book, if you weren't more than a couple of weeks overdue, but not now it seems.
 
Thanks everyone, was getting stressed at the thought of having to start all over again! Will give my vet a ring & hope they will say a few days wont matter :)
And nope my vet doesnt send a reminder, wish they did though!
 
I did exactly the same thing, managed to misread the date in the passport and mine was a week late.

Vet has done my horses for years and said from a health protection point of view it was not a concern, if I had needed the cert for competing it would have been different.
 
It won't matter from your horses protection point of view, but you will have to get the whole course done again. Vets have been struck off for post dating.
 
Can't you have a ring around and get any old vet to do it tomorrow? If you cannot do this would someone else hold her?

Being a couple of days over doesn't matter to the health of the horse but if you want to do any RC team or affiliated competitions or poss move yard it could be a problem.
 
Under no circumstances now will vets back date a passport, even by a day or two over annual flu jabs. It's really not worth their jobs. All vets will agree that your horse is protected for pretty much 15-16months from the last jab but rules are rules and you can't be a day late.

Your going to have to start over again I'm affraid.
 
Vets will do the jabs late as quite a few people only realise when they have there certs checked at comps! If you are a happy hacker it won't matter but if you are competing even 1 day late will matter.
 
MissMincePie&Brandy said:
I need mine kept up to date as I'm competing, and my vet absolutely refuses to give boosters, to horses that are a day overdue!
My mother's a microbiologist and she once gave my vet a lecture about this practise defies all scientific logic, and the vet was in total agreement with her, then smiled and insisted he was not allowed to issue a booster. It just annoys me when you are forced to start a brand new course of injections (costing several hundred pounds) when it isn't necessary.

In the olden days, the vets would post date the book, if you weren't more than a couple of weeks overdue, but not now it seems.
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Backdating a horse's passport is a suspension/being stuck off the register offense. So no no vet will be willing to backdate anymore.

It was common in the past as the consequences were not very clear.
Once flu arrived in Australia and cost them millions to contain the responsible people higher up began to get concerned about the common practice of backdating passports as it could lead to international trouble and as it puts the whole profession in disrepute. It was Irish horses that were initially blamed for the outbreak but it was later proven that they were not the cause and the flu wasn't even a european strain.
One high profile case has came up where a Vet was suspended and now everyone is a hell of a lot more aware of the rules.

Its true you dont need to vaccinate every year on the dot for flu but if you want to travel or compete the rules are unbendable.
 
MissMincePie&Brandy said:
I need mine kept up to date as I'm competing, and my vet absolutely refuses to give boosters, to horses that are a day overdue!
My mother's a microbiologist and she once gave my vet a lecture about this practise defies all scientific logic, and the vet was in total agreement with her, then smiled and insisted he was not allowed to issue a booster. It just annoys me when you are forced to start a brand new course of injections (costing several hundred pounds) when it isn't necessary.

In the olden days, the vets would post date the book, if you weren't more than a couple of weeks overdue, but not now it seems.
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Can see why he would refuse to do it mine does late boosters has done it for me several times but of course the passport is dated with the date the booster is done so you can't do BE or stuff like that but if you are not completing that's not an issue.
 
I remember chatting with my vet about this, as my stay at home mare was possibly going to have hers a few days late - he was saying that it can even affect their future saleability as a prospective new owner may have problems competing etc.
 
But it only matters if you compete.
Someone who is so little committed to your horse that having to restart vaccs would stop them buying is not a great loss.
I would say a third of the horses I buy need the vaccs sorting out.
 
Also, although you don't compete now, if you ever want to in future, or move to a yard etc, the dates going right back to the start of the passport will be checked, which will be several years.
 
Bert&Maud said:
Also, although you don't compete now, if you ever want to in future, or move to a yard etc, the dates going right back to the start of the passport will be checked, which will be several years.
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But not an issue here .the horses I am referring too are my OH's and hunt we never sell them keep them at my home so have no issue If say I know the vet is coming out to something else in a few days , I will wait and let them go over and saving the call out.
 
Spanish Eyes said:
I remember chatting with my vet about this, as my stay at home mare was possibly going to have hers a few days late - he was saying that it can even affect their future saleability as a prospective new owner may have problems competing etc.
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All the buyers that I have sold to lately have checked the injections before they bought them..

OP ring your vet. Last month I realised that my horse's boosters were due that day, I rang the vets, told them what a numptey I was and asked if there was any way they could fit me in. They did. I chucked a few bottles of wine at them as a thank you on top of the bill. Its worth asking.

By the way, our vets will do them late, and say it doesn't matter if you don't compete on RC teams or affiliated..
 
Soo vets aren't actually allowed to give the jabs even it it's only a few days overdue, but by the sounds of it some do? Didn't get through to anyone when i rung earlier so will just have to ring first thing in the morning.
Thanks everyone! :)
 
They are allowed to, as long as they put the date it was done on the passport. What they aren't allowed to do is backdate it.. By the sound of it some practices won't do it once overdue though. No idea why if the owner is aware that they won't be able to compete etc - unless its to earn more money from a new starter course...
 
Honey08 said:
They are allowed to, as long as they put the date it was done on the passport. What they aren't allowed to do is backdate it.. By the sound of it some practices won't do it once overdue though. No idea why if the owner is aware that they won't be able to compete etc - unless its to earn more money from a new starter course...
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oh i see, thanks! :)
 
Cortez said:
It won't matter from your horses protection point of view, but you will have to get the whole course done again. Vets have been struck off for post dating.
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you are right about being penalised for post dating BUT if you are not competing and yard do not insist (most are happy if the vet says the horse is covered) then most vets in my area will happily do vaccs every 18 months, for competition there are no days grace i got caught out on a leap year!
 
Do you work? If not, can't you box up the horse and take him to your vets tomorrow? As it only takes a couple of minutes to do they could probably fit you in. If they can't and you do have transport I would be tempted to take the horse to any local vet that could do it. It also saves the call out fee so it's a lot cheaper too (I take my horse 20 miles to get his done as the diesel is cheaper than the vets call out fee)
 
asmp said:
Do you work? If not, can't you box up the horse and take him to your vets tomorrow? As it only takes a couple of minutes to do they could probably fit you in. If they can't and you do have transport I would be tempted to take the horse to any local vet that could do it. It also saves the call out fee so it's a lot cheaper too (I take my horse 20 miles to get his done as the diesel is cheaper than the vets call out fee)
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That would be a good plan, but I don't have any access to any transport
 
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