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Originally Posted by Brodysmom
You can print this off to take to your vet. You don't need to get lepto or corona. Both are pretty much "extinct" diseases. Lepto is actually a bacterial infection that is extremely rare.
http://www.weim.net/emberweims/Vaccine.html
And after the puppy series, they only need the core vaccines every 3 years, NOT yearly.
Yearly shots are a vets bread and butter. The vaccines cost them pennies and they charge $30 or so for each vaccination. It's a huge profit margin for them. Of course they don't want to see people go to the 3 year schedule. But it is recommended and MUCH healthier for them.
We WAY overvaccinate. It's not necessary. It could be harmful. Do some reading and find out for yourself.
Here's a wealth of info ....
http://www.whale.to/vaccine/driscoll1.html |
We almost lost Lily because our (former) vet vaccinated her for lepto. We weren't aware of the reactions it causes in small dogs. We had to take her for emergency treatment at the 24 hour vet about 2-3 hours after the shot. Her face had swollen and her throat was almost closed. If we had waited any longer, she would not have made it. I kick myself for not being better informed.
My girls were also vaxed for giardia, corona, and lime. I'm not sure how many boosters they got of each but I wouldn't do any of them again. At least we did only do once vax at a time, every 3-4 weeks we'd go in.
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