A puppy can receive their first one year rabies vaccination at the age of 16 weeks. Some states require vaccination at 12 weeks but the vaccination will not "take" so the animal must then be re-vaccinated to be protected. All pups receive a one year rabies and then after a year can booster for a three year vaccination. However; some states still require yearly boosters.
I would wait till your pup is 6 months old to vaccinate for rabies.. If you decide to do it sooner.. please don't have the rabies and the DHLPP done on the same day.. separate them by a couple weeks.
I've heard that I shouldn't vac. for Corona, Lyme and Bordetella, I need some opinions on this. Is the Rabies shot giving after 16 weeks the last series of shots for puppies, I really want to limit the amount of vaccines my puppy gets if possible without putting her in grave danger.
Rock.. If you want to limit the vaccines.. it is important that you don't give the combination shots that most vets offer.. you would need to give the parvo and the distemper separately.. you can get all vaccines individually. Most vets give these 5 in one or now 7 in one coctails.. Be specific when you talk to your vet.
Lyme disease is carried by deer tick and mosquitoes that transmit the disease from infected deer and moose. If you're like me and live out in the country I would vaccinate. If you live in the city I wouldn't worry about it.
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I have heard that the Lyme disease shot is one of the worst. Lots of problems with dogs getting sick after getting the shot. Although I myself have had my dogs vaccinated against Lyme with no side effects. But there have been problems reported.
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They don't even manufacture the Lyme vac. for humans anymore, so what does that tell you????
I live in the Lyme capital region of the US and have had many human patients tell me that they were vaccinated and had a lot of complications with joint pains afterwards that they never had prior to the vaccine.
Dogs can't talk(verbally), and most are pretty stoic, so you may not realise that they are in some mild/moderate discomfort.
I personally refuse to vaccinate my dogs( past puppy shots), esp. for lyme.Bio spot repels and kills ticks, works for me so far!!
No one ever said life was supposed to be easy, life is what you make of it!!
In the past couple of years; there have been three confirmed cases of rabid bats within a 25 mile radius of my rural home. With the abundant wildlife that also graces my property that could also potentially have disease; I would rather be on the safe side and provide vaccination(s)to my dogs and cats to insure their protection from disease.
Last fall; I found a very sick raccoon on my porch.was very disoriented and pus ran from his eyes and nose area..looked like distemper to me and a threat of disease to other's. With the back side of a coal shovel; I manuvered him into a dog crate to contain him and drug the crate with a lead rope away from the house. Pondering my next move. I went in the house to get the gun. Hubby saw how upset I was with the intended task and volunterred to end the coons' misery. Except for one small detail that I forgot to mention to him prior to..take the crate tray out first.
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