Wednesday 2 August 2017

Pet Vax-questioning has been here a long time and it started with rabies.

Pet Vax-questioning has been here a long time and it started with rabies.

Did rabies need boosting every year or was a 3 year cycle was sufficient. Now we vaccinate every 3 years so that was a question worth asking. Vet care is expensive and I don't vaccinate for disease that isn't a risk in our area. I also didn't do flea/tick regularly because, again not endemic for our area. We do bordatella even though the effectiveness is questionable because the dogs go to a kennel that requires it and they don't have any observable reaction. And deworming, dogs like eating dead/decaying things and we have a yard.

I had a dog with autoimmune disease so he didn't get his vaccination while he had an episode that degraded his liver. I kept him away from other animals. Eventually he was boosted. Milo and Duffy don't even yip when they get their boosters. Milo is 15 and Duffy is 12 August 30.
http://www.refinery29.com/amp/2017/08/166174/anti-vax-movement-dog-pet-owners

1 comment:

  1. Sentence them to watch Old Yeller 50 times in a row, I say.

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