Whats your vaccination plan for your dogs? - Page 5

SSG, Thanks!

When my dogs were 3 years old, I got my vet to do a blood test and check the anti bodies.

If sufficent levels my vet stamps my vaccinations card like if I did have injections......my dogs are now 7 and 8 years old and they have not needed another vaccination for the last  4-5 years.

Its common knowledge that we should not be vaccinating our dogs as common.....check their levels and vaccinate when needed.

The same goes for the rabies....it last 3 years. I injected mine when they were about 1 year old....i did another 3 years later (4 yrs old)....and I checked their levels 3 years later...it was ok, so now gonna check again next year, so it would have been 4 years since their last rabies injection...hopefully more !

Have a great day!

 

This is a very interesting subject.  You will get a different opinion from everyone you ask - including vets as no one truly  understands the way vaccines and maternal antibiodies work.  This is why puppies are given a series of vaccines.  Lets say when puppies are born the level of maternal antibiodies is 100 as the grow this level begins to drop - then about 6 weeks or so we start giving vaccines, at some point the maternal antibiodies drop below the effective level - this depends and many factors including breed, amount of colustrum the puppy got and the stress level of the puppy.  The goal is that by this time we have given the puppies enough vaccine to raise the immunity level back above the danger zone. 

That said my et breeds and show Rotties, he took one of his puppies that they were keeping to show gave it the usual course of vaccines and at 16 weeks pulled blood and sent it for titers - the puppies immunity was not high enough to protect this puppy from anything.  He continues to vaccinate and test on a monthly basis and it was 9 months before the puppy had titers high enouhg to provide proper protection.  Since that time the dog has een tested every year and still shows full protection. 

Here I vaccinate at 6, 8, 11 & 15 weeks the last 2 now include Lepto since a puppy I sold died of that horrible disease 6 weeks afeer she was placed because the new owners vet said it was not needed.  Unfortunately due to a severe rodent infestation due to a large amount of construction several dogs including adults dies of this horrid disease. 


As for rabies I have to do it close to 16 weeks to keep my license as big brother is watching.