Vaccinations - silly question

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Haven’t posted on here before, normally post horsey things, but something came up today which made me wonder how many dog owners actually have their dogs vaccinated annually these days.

I don’t know anything about this topic at all, but mine is done annually as we are part of an obedience club and we have competed flyball in the past, and he goes to kennels regularly and my yard daily and wouldn’t be allowed to go otherwise.

I just wondered if people thought vaccinations were an important part of healthcare or are people just not bothering these days, and are unvaccinated dogs putting vaccinated dogs at risk. Sorry if this is a stupid question but it just made me wonder :s
 
Mine are all up to date, have to be to be able to go to classes, part of the agreement in having them from rescue.

I hate filling my dogs bodies with chemicals, when my Heelers got older I stopped vacctng. because they never left the farm and only met a few friends dogs, still did them for Lepto though because they were always ratting. If there was a Parvo outbreak locally I would have had them done.
 
I have two staffies and i have always had them vaccinated and kept them maintained yearly... I think if dogs are being walked etc then they should be covered. I'd hate to have one of my dogs get an illness that could have been avoided by having them vaccinated !
 
Parvo and lepto are the dodgiest ones that may cause issues. Lepto is therefore not covered for 6 months and then only some strains. Super. Lepto apparently only lasts 6 months and you can have titre tests carried out to see if the other immunity is still there rather than re-vaccinating annually. Some vaccs now last three years and some vets offer this.

Some insurance companies won't insure if you don't vaccinate annually. My lot are all vaccinated. We occasionally meet lots of other dogs so I prefer them to be as protected as I can manage.

Some very interesting reading:http://www.itsfortheanimals.com/DODDS-CHG-VACC-PROTOCOLS.HTM
 
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Not everyone chooses to, in the thought that they are actually covered longer than the annual jab period, so some titer test (this gives an anitbody count) and gives a better idea if a booster is needed and maybe an indication of when they need if at all a top up.
If you board or compete your dogs then the kennel/training class will want proof of yearly booster, unless some now take titer proof (I ask for proof of vaccine when I home board dogs)
 
Mine are done annually - it's a condition of their insurance, part of the rehoming contract for the rescue one and required for their training classes.
 
I made the decision not to vaccinate Yellow Dog for the first time this year. As a puppy he reacted badly and over the years the reactions got worse - last time he had a type of fit the night after :( My vet says hes a strong, healthy dog and he'll never need kennels as if I can ever afford to go on holiday he'll go to my mums.
 
Thought they'd already done it in the US?
From the link in my earlier post, dunno how true it is?
" ... I would like to make you aware that all 27 veterinary schools in North America are in the process of changing their protocols for Vaccinating dogs and cats. Some of this information will present an ethical & economic challenge to Vets, and there will be skeptics. Some organizations have come up with a political compromise suggesting vaccinations every 3 years to appease those who fear loss of income vs. those concerned about potential side effects. Politics, traditions, or the doctors economic well-being should not be a factor in a medical decision..."

NobiVac is the three yearly vac sonic your vet uses that one, you don't need annual boosters except for lepto. Ask!

Anyone use homeopathic nosodes? It was mentioned on another forum: I'm confused!
 
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Mine are only done annually for lepto, otherwise its bi annually. Buffy had a really bad reaction to her booster when she was 6 causing immune mediated polyarthritis amongst other problems, she was not vaccinated again, my vet and I felt the chance of another attack was more of a risk than the diseases immunised against. She didn't mix with dogs other than mine though and never needed to go in boarding kennels. I used nosodes on our old Lancashire Heeler who also had immune problems, she did go to shows and never picked up anything nasty, but having said that most dogs at the shows were probably vaccinated.
 
By choice I would do the primary course as a puppy,full booster a year later..and then do just lepto and parvo thereafter.Have`nt so far found a maker of a parvo/lepto combo vax,which would be ideal.
 
No, I don't. Never have done. Don't worm either. Dogs are extremely fit, shiny and healthy.
None of my animals,-cats, rabbits, guinea pigs (with the exception of the horses) are vacinated and keep healthy enough never to need a vet for anything.
 
hmm, I keep pondering over this then giving in and just getting my lot vaccinated again each year. I seem to leave it longer inbetween each time though. I take it leaving it say 18 months to 2 years between boosters isnt a problem then:D
 
Having seen a whole litter of pups die from parvo because the mother had got it (irresponsible idiots) its just not worth the risk of not having them for me.
 
I used to do puppy vaccs and the first booster, then only vaccinate if there was parvo in the area. The cats never got done after their mother had a really bad reaction to her first vaccination - it was too big a risk to take to jab her son and daughter. They all lived to mid teens.

Now two of my dogs are annually vaccinated as one goes to hydrotherapy (they insist on it) and the terror is from a rescue who have made it a condition of rehoming. Old dog isn't and she won't be either at 21.
 
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hmm, I keep pondering over this then giving in and just getting my lot vaccinated again each year. I seem to leave it longer inbetween each time though. I take it leaving it say 18 months to 2 years between boosters isnt a problem then:D
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Except for lepto, which is a six monther, really, but not all strains are covered anyway.
 
Having had a dog die , so called from Lepto(never proved) it seems to me the really deadly strains are not covered. Im sure dogs like cats build up an immunity to the more common strains as the actual vaccine only last 6 months.

The whole ethos of vaccinating is very much weighted in the vets favour and quite frankly because of the above it leaves a very nasty taste in my mouth.

Does anyone here know without looking it up what the top symptons for Lepto are?
 
We had Parvo here once, listened to the anti vax folk..silly me. Never again,it was only puppies that succumbed but so quick and deadly.Lepto ,symptoms,if my very first dog is anything to go by..high fever,lack of appetite and diarrhea (spelling??:D) It killed him ,and to this day I remember him clamped up to an electric fire shivering. Nasty..don`t risk it for the sake of a few pounds.
My first dog,a mongrel, roamed everywhere as dogs did back then,and was never vaccinated..back then many were not.He lived to fifteen and then lepto got him, modern thinking would say he should have built up looads of immunity by his lifestyle..but no.
 
We had parvo when it first reared its ugly head, way before the days of vaccine. The first cases started appearing countrywide after a big all breeds champ show in Scotland, it was terrifying, dogs , particularly puppies, being lost in high numbers. We had a litter of pups who were infected but miraculously we didn't lose any. Also had 2 older dogs who were very poorly but survived. Having gone through that I would never not vaccinate unless there was a very good reason .
We also lost a bitch with a week old litter of pups to lepto, she was fully vaccinated but possibly a strain not covered. It was so quick with her, a little off colour one evening and drinking more than normal but we put that down to lactating, and in the early hours of the next morning we found her dead in the whelping kennel.:( So sad, but we did manage to hand rear her litter of 7.
 
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