bounetteyvette,

If you decide to skip vaccines you may want to get the titers done to see if your dogs are in fact immune to the diseases that can be tested for. When we did titers, our dogs were not immune to 2 of the 3 that could be tested for. I don't know that I am willing to risk that my dogs will get a disease that they could have been vaccinated against.

Well, actually Richard, one might want to do titers when they vaccinate as well. We take for granted that vaccines 'work'. And this is not necessarily true. That is what started my quest on vaccines. I did do the recommended puppy series on one pup and decided to do titers to 'see' etc. I was quite shocked (so was my vet!) to find that even though I had vaccinated the titers came up 0. My vet suspected the vaccines.

On the other side of the coin, I have done no vaccines on a pup and titer tested him at a year of age and he had immunity to both distemper and parvo.

Depending upon the area you live in for frenquency of disease exposure, if the dog stays home or travels and health conditions of the dog; would be my primary guide as to frenquency of vaccination. My autoimmune disease dog has not received any vaccinations in four years and she does not leave the confines of the safe home or yard. Others are vaccinated on a yearly basis even though most do not travel outside of home. For my "go with" dogs; they are the ones who can be exposed more readily to whatever may be lurking so I must not only protect them; but the others as well. I also go the extra mile to throughly clean their paws as well as my shoes prior to setting foot into my truck or property.

The frenquency of disease is great in this rural area because of irresponsible humans who either dump their sick/unwanted animal or allow them to run at large to spread disease.

Also; the raccoon population is notorious for distemper and on more than one occasion; I have had to "do the right thing" and end the animals suffering.

So as to what is the correct and preferred interval for vaccinations..I'd rather be safe and vaccinate those who I can; rather than wish I had.

Originally posted by Aiko:

Parvo is a disease in puppies. Old topic - and I posted prior - no excuse for me missing this - but Parvo is NOT a disease limited to pups.