[Filling25]

I have my border collie done yearly, it is required by the boarding kennel (along with rabies vacciations too).

[lipitrRrxX]

I prefer not to vaccinate my dog because I feel that vaccinations are not good for them. I do not vaccinate my kids either and both are very healthy. You can keep your dog healthy without even needing to vaccinate them. I did get my dog vaccinated when she was just a pup with her distemper and I did get her a rabies shot. Anyone else out there who doesn't vaccinate?

[RsQhyZyR]

Well, being a Veterinarian, what i recommend my clients is
1. Vaccinate your puppy at 45 days of age with multicomponent vaccine, then a booster after 1-2 months (Parvo viral enteritis and canine distemper are very common here and if the mother dog has not been on routine vaccinations). Vaccinate against rabies at 3 months of age and a booster too.
Then yearly. Even-though, the manufacturers claim the rabies vaccine to be effective for 3 years, in rabies endemic areas like Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia, it is always good to maintain the antibody titre by yearly boosters.

[WumibBesowe]

I vaccinate my dogs on a yearly basis. There hasn't been any adverse reaction so far so I'm not worried about that. My vet recommends the yearly boosters and since she is the professional I'll take her words for it. Plus, I figured, it's better to be safe than sorry.

[triarmarm]

Well, being a Veterinarian, what i recommend my clients is
1. Vaccinate your puppy at 45 days of age with multicomponent vaccine, then a booster after 1-2 months (Parvo viral enteritis and canine distemper are very common here and if the mother dog has not been on routine vaccinations). Vaccinate against rabies at 3 months of age and a booster too.
Then yearly. Even-though, the manufacturers claim the rabies vaccine to be effective for 3 years, in rabies endemic areas like Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia, it is always good to maintain the antibody titre by yearly boosters.

This is surprising as it wasn't the manufacturers who said the the vaccination's effectiveness is good for 3 years but the AAHA. That's why its a little confusing as most veterinarians have different stand points on this particular issue. Some have said that they're already following the 3 year gap while others are still promoting the annual adult booster.

Still, I strongly agree with you on the yearly vaccination on rabies. Have you heard of the 3 year rabies shots? We don't have it in our country yet.

By the way, do you also use 5-in-1s? And give the Parvo shot separately? According to my understanding, it's found to be more effective that way.

Thankfully, there hadn't been rabies cases here in our city for quite some while now... I think it's on 6 years and counting. If I recall correctly, for a city to be considered rabies free, there shouldn't be any cases of rabies for at least 10 years.

[triarmarm]

Having seen a puppy that was too young to be have finished his first set of vaccinations die of parvo, I'd definitely say the risk of shock or bad reaction for me would be worth it compared to the possibility of parvo.

I feel the same way for Parvo. Maybe I should have posted a question this way, "Do you vaccinate your pets yearly?"

We usually have four sets separated by 10 days. Then the next one is annually. I am lucky that my pets have not had adverse reactions to the vaccination but I've seen some who've had it really bad.

I've had puppies dying of Parvo, too. It was awful and one of my beloved dogs had it. We had no idea what it was until it was too late. Only one survived. And he only got one shot of CP-CV, but he's turning a year in March.

[triarmarm]

Dog Vaccination has been a debatable issue in the past. Some promote yearly vaccinations while others prefer a three year gap on adult booster shots. According the the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA), the vaccines being injected in our dogs are still effective even after three years it has been injected.

One of the reason why vaccinating yearly isn't promoted by other vets is because of some pets' adverse reactions to it such as skin allergies.

In the Philippines, vaccination is recommended on a yearly basis. How often do you get your dogs vaccinated?

[Nosmas]

Having seen a puppy that was too young to be have finished his first set of vaccinations die of parvo, I'd definitely say the risk of shock or bad reaction for me would be worth it compared to the possibility of parvo.

[Nosmas]

I always do yearly boosters; my vet will not support any longer, go past the year and you have to start again - I think in the UK that's the standard procedure. In the UK rabies is not standard though I think, at least my dogs don't get it, unless you're travelling outside the country then it's mandatory.

[Mymnnarry]

Have mine done yearly, simply down to vet recommendations and if not my insurance would be voided. Also I use vets4pets which do a vaccs for life programme. Pay for the initial vaccine and a £99 fee (when I did it anyway) and the boosters are covered for the rest of my dogs life, nothing else to pay which is superb value for money considering my boy should be kicking around for another 15 years or so! To keep that deal I have to have the boosters yearly within 1 month either side of the due date to continue the deal so another reason I get vaccinations on a yearly basis.

[wrenjmerg]

It's recommended to have your dogs vaccinated every year in the UK but we don't have issues such as rabies to deal with over here. In theory I have mine done regularly once a year but in reality I normally leave about 18 - 20 months between shots rather than 12 months. I cannot understand how the vaccine can suddenly "stop working" after 12 months and I am fairly sure that it's simply a ploy for vets to get more money out of customers!

I am very wary of having one of my dogs vaccinated this year due to her having a very bad reaction to the vaccine. We were told that the vets would provide us with antihistamines just in case but there was a chance of her going into shock if she had it again. It's a hard decision to make! Do we risk her going into shock or do we risk her catching an awful disease?

[Kotyara]

You can get different types of the vaccinations, it may be that she had a reaction to something in the specific make of vaccine, talk to your vet about possibly getting a different make of the vaccine in and see if that is better. And to be honest, going into shock is probably better than catching something there is no treatment for, at least with shock it can be treated.

[Ebjjrxrd]

Basically there are two types of vaccination that a dog can get. The first type is called as core vaccines and the other one is called as noncore vaccines. Core vaccines are very essential which involve the diseases which are transferred easily and the non-core includes the protection against the disease which are environment depend.

[Kotyara]

Bart gets done yearly and so do our cats.
If they happen to be left for too long they have to start the course agian.