Vaccines (Yes or No?) (read) "http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Truth-About-Dog-Vaccinations" The above article should shed some light for people who want to learn what you are really putting into your dogs! I have spent over $800.00 in blood work to follow the rabies vaccine in Alice. It is scary to see her body destroying itself from inside out to say the least. I could not imagine what would have happened to her should I have blindly given her annual vaccines as well during the same vet visit. The rabies vaccine is required by State Law, but you can request a letter from your vet declining the shot. Do you really think your dog needs the vaccines? That is for you to decide. There has been published reports stating some vaccines are good up to 7 or even 11 years after the first shot was given. I have personally decided not to give any more rabies vaccines to anyone of my animals. Regarding the annual vaccines, I pay for a Titer. A Titer is the drawing of blood to test for the level of antibodies inside of the animal for a certain vaccine. On October 9, 2010 all 4 of my Doxies were Titered and the results were that not a single Doxie required a vaccine injection. This makes 3 years in a row that Alice did not require an annual booster vaccine since her puppy vaccine rounds. Again she did get the rabies vaccine, but I'll be damned if I go through this again. Please read the above article to understand what your vet isn't telling you and the pharmaceutical companies hide from us animal owners.... Who so lovingly do what we think is in the best interest of our animal's health through these professionals. Posted by 2.0paradox - December 8, 2010 at 10:02 am The following message was in reply to the "parent" topic above.

Good article Thank you for posting the link to this article. This has been a great source of concern to me. My dear little girl doxie passed due to an auto immune disease this summer. Now my other doxie has an auto immune disease. Teddy has immune mediated polyarthritis and Megan had SARDS. (They are not littermate related) I switched vets due to my belief that the dogs are given too many vaccines. I know as a RN, that people do not get yearly vaccines that have the same vaccine strains in it. Flu vaccines are given yearly due to different strains of flu that is predicated. So...I have had a problem with this for a long time. I have found a vet that agrees and has told me the main reason for yearly vaccines is that it is a money making part of the vet's practice. He said that when they are seven or older there is no reason for the yearly vaccines. My little boy doxie is currently being treated for his immune disorder and trying to put it in remission. No vaccines are given to him and my vet said he will write letter stating so if any problems. Thanks again for the link and info. If I had it to do over, my doxies would not have had those yearly vaccines. But I do believe that puppy vaccines are very necessary. If I have another doxie in the future it will be done differently. Teddy's Mommy Posted by lindajp6 - December 9, 2010 at 6:27 pm

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