Hello..
I hv a question regarding vaccinating my 16 months young gsd...I live in india nd as a known vaccines in here my dog had heen gone through wd 3 particular vaccines(it was around her 3 months of age)..the first was DHPPIL,the second was corona I guess and d last was rabies as d vet suggested so.now whn she s 16 months young I asked my vet shoupd I repeat these all vaccines again bcuz I dnt wanna push any repeat vaccines other than rabies but m nt dt much experienced abt ds to tk up my own dicision..I have red a lot abt over vaccination nd vaccinosis so jst wanna lil bit wis3 about it...I have asked so many vets in here abt d repeat vaccines nd all r saying to go through wd those vaccines again..m jst so confused nd worried abt my fido....wht should I do? Nd if I should repeat it, which one should I inject first?? Parvo or rabies?
Hoping a trustworthy answar frm ur end ASAP...
THANX- ASIT

I would not vaccinate again. My 15 month old dog just got his rabies done. He got his combo vaccines at 8 and 14 weeks. He is good for at least 5 years now. Good on you for worrying about over vaccinating.
If he has had the parvo, bordetella ect. I wouldn't vaccinate those again. Rabies, one shot and he should be good. If you are really worried you can always get a titer test done.
it measures the levels of the antibodies in the blood.

Perhaps what we do in the USA isn't quite what you should do in India. There IS active rabies in India. With a large stray dog population, there is likely active distemper and parvovirus as well.

I would vaccinate for rabies one year after the first rabies injection. I'd use a 3 yr vaccine, and boost it every 2 1/2 years until the dog is 5 or so - then I'd go to every 3 years. Humans die of rabies in India. I wouldn't fool around, just my opinion.

Regarding the "other" diseases, parvo and canine distemper, you have more wiggle room. If your dog has contact with street dogs, he likely has contact with "street virus" , so his immune system
"sees" these agents and is constantly "reminded" to make protective antibody. Even if he is just walked on the street and encounters dog poop from stray dogs he is likely constantly exposed.
So for these agents, I'd boost once about a year after those first puppy shots, and then I might not do them again.
This is all just my opinion, the opinion of a woman 6000 miles away, and perhaps should be taken with a grain of salt.
I would give the rabies booster first, wait a few weeks, then the distemper parvo.

 Quote: Betty Landercasp

Perhaps what we do in the USA isn't quite what you should do in India. There IS active rabies in India. With a large stray dog population, there is likely active distemper and parvovirus as well.

I would vaccinate for rabies one year after the first rabies injection. I'd use a 3 yr vaccine, and boost it every 2 1/2 years until the dog is 5 or so - then I'd go to every 3 years. Humans die of rabies in India. I wouldn't fool around, just my opinion.

Regarding the "other" diseases, parvo and canine distemper, you have more wiggle room. If your dog has contact with street dogs, he likely has contact with "street virus" , so his immune system
"sees" these agents and is constantly "reminded" to make protective antibody. Even if he is just walked on the street and encounters dog poop from stray dogs he is likely constantly exposed.
So for these agents, I'd boost once about a year after those first puppy shots, and then I might not do them again.
This is all just my opinion, the opinion of a woman 6000 miles away, and perhaps should be taken with a grain of salt.
I would give the rabies booster first, wait a few weeks, then the distemper parvo.

EXCELLENT POINTS all coming From a Vet !!! THANKS

this s vry true that my dogs go out twice nd smtime comes in contact of stray dogs bt i never let them to play or touch each others although i know m fooling myself thinking of this,bcuz this kinda virus will effect my dog even if she comes nearer to those strays...so shoud i continue the DHPP nd rabies vaccines every year or i should jst continue the rabies evry year nd boos d DHPP once in 3 years???

I think what Betty recommended was this: (Hope I am right here)

- Rabies: Booster 1 year after initial visit (which by your post would be now), then again in 2.5 years, then every 3 years after that

- All "others", give one booster of Parvo/Distemper, wait 3-4 weeks after giving the Rabies vaccine before giving this one. Then no more for the life of the dog.

She did say this was all her opinion - and I have to agree with her. I am a huge proponent of limited vaccine, and after having 2 litters I am almost in the "no vaccine" camp. However, my risks for non vaccination are WAY different than your risks.

I agree with Betty's recommendation and think for your area, this protocol is about as close as you can get to "limited vaccination".

I would check titers at least if you're not going to re vaccinate for parvo and distemper. Sometimes those vaccines don't provide effective immunity if the maternal antibodies are still active when the pup receives the vaccine.

I would like to recant what i said and agree with Betty.

thanx a lot , i will try to go with titer test if possible otherwise will do as niomi said

With this being the first set of vaccinations after being vaccinated last at 12 weeks I wouldn't bother with the expense of a titer test. JMO especially with the increased risk of exposure in your area.