I just took Louie to get a checkup at the vet and they of course tried to push on vaccinations and questioned my raw feeding and all that good stuff.
I read the Dr Jean Dodds recommended vaccination schedule thread but was confused because Louie is already 4-5 years old and the only vaccine he has is his rabies shot.
Here is a scanned list of the vaccines that the vet will be pushing on us the next time we're there:
(He's already getting a heartworm test/preventative and fecal matter test and is current with the rabies vac. And I bought frontline for him also.)
Which ones should Louie he get/not get?
P.S. Turns out he's only 37 pounds... which means he was probably closer to 30 when we first got him.
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Well it really depends on what you plan to do with your dog. I know here in FL the Lepto is popular for those living near the water because of rats. Otherwise possibly unecessary. I usually give mine the 5 in 1, bordetella, and rabies.
I know many people who only give rabies because their dog never sees other dogs nor do they live near water so Bordetella and Lepto are not needed. The Corona and Lyme is, IMO, not really necessary unless you live in a predominantly tick covered area (woods) then I would get the Lyme. Otherwise, the 5 in 1 is a good one and is something a lot of pet stores are doing now do save the cost for the locals.
Other people will have much more knowledge and experience with this so you will get some really great advice. Good luck
To elaborate, Louie lives indoors with us in a northern NJ urban area close to NYC and he doesn't associate with other dogs and we have no plans for him to do so in the near future at least. We take him on walks and runs in the local area, but nothing too crazy like wooded areas/forests/tall grass/etc. Definitely would say he's a city dog.
I personally would keep with the 3 year rabies shots and possibly distemper or parvo. But I also think due to his rough start in life as a street dog he was probably exposed to both of those diseases.
I personally do parvo and distemper when my dogs are about 4 months old and then rabies at 1 year and every 3 (or a little more) years after as required by law.
I don't do bordatella unless I have no choice but to board my dogs. The times I have they have gotten mild "colds", but never come home from boarding with one if they didn't have to get a shot that time.
There is growing evidence that once the dog has been vaccinated for parvo and distemper, they will have lifetime immunity...(as per Dr Dodds' new vacc. info)
Yeah he was a Puerto Rico rescue. I was told he was given all the shots needed to to make the trip to NJ, but the paperwork is shoddy and all I really have are his rabies vaccine docs. I will email the org that we adopted from and see if I can get a specific list of vaccinations they did. Thanks folks.
I would give no more vaccines for quite a while. I suspect he had plenty of exposure to wild type virus as a street dog, survived it, and in addition he has had vaccine within a year, and as an adult.
I am certain he is immune to CD.
This is not the "party line". The vaccine companies will not stand behind immunity unless there are yearly boosters. It is also possible that he did not make perfect immunity from the injection that he was given because he was off feed in the kennel, stressed as hell in his new environment---I seem to recall that you couldn't even get him to eat for quite awhile after he came to you.
So, I could be wrong, for sure, about whether or not he has protective immunity.
But if he was mine, I would not give DHLP-Parvo yet, especially if he's sort of sick
at the moment.
(If you just put Frontline on him, some dogs get sort of pukey from that for a few days)
Edited by Betty Landercasp (11/04/2010 11:35 AM)
Edit reason: Frontline
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