I know they don’t allow for it here for my sister’s dog. Her dog had a horrible reaction to the vaccines, she refused to put her dog through that again, she can’t find a vet to treat the dog or groomers or anything. Mainly because of the rabies law.
From: Carey Smith Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 10:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Yearly Vaccines Most laws allow for a health exemption. Does your dog have allergies? Exemtion! Diabetes? Exemption! Hyothyroid? Exemption! Cancer? Exemtion! There are ways to get around the law in alot of cases. Just depends on how badly you want to protect your pet's health. Carey On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Pam Dean <[email protected]> wrote: It is a law everywhere probably. Easier to blindly make a law, without taking into consideration a dog or cat's health, then have to make individual decisions based on titer levels and if the pet actually needs a rabies shot. I would love to see this issue fought in court.. Yes Judge he doesn't need a rabies shot, his level is fine, but they insist I give him one anyway.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Becky <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 6:06 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Yearly Vaccines It is the law in my county to be vaccinated against rabies. Big fines, if they are not. Sent from Becky's iPhone On Apr 3, 2012, at 6:02 PM, Pam Dean <[email protected]> wrote: Well it depends on how much money he wants to make, huh?? Some figure they have you between a rock and a hard place. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Deanna Corey <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 4:21 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Yearly Vaccines I have been very fortunate that my three main vets all accept the titters scores....my groomers accept them as well. What is important is that immune levels are high...titters tells them that! It would be silly for a vet that administered the titers to refuse to treat...he would be kinda stupid then if you ask me lol!! Romping in the Dog Park! Deanna and the Dog Park Gang! The LITTLES: Mouse-chi 11-13-2004 Madison-yorkie 11-20-2010 Myrtle-chi 4-23-2010 The MIDDLES: Nugget- poodle 8-24-2004 Bella-Pom 1-15-2007 Mabel-Boston 7-14-2010 The BIGGUNS Logan-GSD 11-24-2011 Caleb-rott/chow/pitt mix 6-17-2006-RIP 2-22-2012 Maxine-Pitt 6-3-2008 Toby-ESS 12-12-2006 Stella and Stanley ( winged dog park members) And of course....the CAT (Miles) LIFE WITHOUT A DOG IS LIKE DANCING WITHOUT MUSIC. YOU CAN DO IT, BUT WHO WOULD WANT TO?? ...and I like all kinds of music!! On Apr 3, 2012, at 12:35 PM, "sheila" <[email protected]> wrote: If you don't get your dog vaccinated with the rabies shot, since it is required by law, the vets will refuse to see your animal. a lot of them here won’t see the dog if you don’t stay updated on all vaccines From: Peggy & The Girls Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 3:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Yearly Vaccines You are welcome! You should understand that some vets will not advise against the rabies shot because it is a federal law that all dogs be vaccinated yearly or every 3 yrs. A lot of vets don't want to be involved with the politics. So the decision is really up to an educated owner and like you said, each of us has to feel comfortable with our own decision. The only shots that I personally may have to make a decision on is if the Parvo Virus changes it's strain, or for that matter if any virus changes it's strain and becomes prevalent. And also the doggy flu shot. The doggy flu vaccine hasn't been around long enough to have enough data on it's overall effect on dogs, like the other shots have been. We have had many outbreaks of it here on LI, NY and in the city, so that one is a little scary. Peggy & The Girls -------Original Message------- From: Cindy Rieger Date: 4/3/2012 2:09:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Yearly Vaccines Peggy, You are AWESOME! Thank you! We do have a high incidence of heartworm disease here in SC apparently so I guess the preventative is a must, I'm sure my vet will advise against foregoing the shots but I must feel comfortable that I am making the right decision. Thanks again for the info! Cindy --- On Tue, 4/3/12, Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> wrote: From: Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Yearly Vaccines To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 12:25 PM Hi Cindy, It was me who posted all that info on vaccines. You can have a titer test done, but the odds are at 15 months old he has plenty of immunity for years to come. The titer test can be more expensive then the shots with some of these vets. So you may want to call around at different vets and get a price. They all use the same test, just that some vets make more of a profit on it. I do not give yearly boosters anymore and I don't give rabies anymore. I will post the info again in the next email. Please save them as they are loaded with info and have links that you can click on for updates as each year passes. IDEXX Fecal Ova and Parasites by Zin, is a worm test. click Worm Test for explanation. You can google any of the abbreviations for test and shots and will always find info that explains what they are. DA2PPv is the yearly 5 way booster for: Canine Distemper, Adenovirus Type2, Parainfluenza, Parvovirus, Modified Live Virus Whether you give a 1yr or a 5yr rabies shot is governed by your state/county laws. The virus and the dosage they give in the shot is exactly the same in both the 1yr and the 5yr and the exactly the same dosage is give to any size puppy and any size dog. Cindy, bear in mind, who is going to know whether you give the rabies shot every year or not? The law doesn't come knocking on your door to ask, so for me personally, I don't worry about an old outdated law that says dogs have to be the shot every year or every five years, My dogs are done for life in my book. Princess had a bad reaction to the last rabies shot that she had. I never gave one to Gigi because it is too risky for her and the odds are that since she is going to be 8 yrs old she probably had at least one some where in her past life. Not only that, but there hasn't been a case of rabies anywhere in over 24 yrs. So I would do the regular fecal worm test and do the Heart-worm test and the HW meds if you have that problem in your state, and I wouldn't worry about the other shots. JMO If your dog had a reaction to the rabies shot then you may want to read this: Please click on the PDF link for important info From: [email protected] Subj: AVMA Passes Rabies Waiver 2012 AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association) EXECUTIVE BOARD PASSES ANNUAL RABIES VACCINATION WAIVER http://www.avma.org/about_avma/governance/hod/2012RegularWinterSession/Resolution_2_rabies_vaccination_Final.pdf (please copy & paste link into browser if it doesn't work by clicking on it) "...AVMA recognizes some animals might require a waiver from rabies vaccination because the vaccination poses an unacceptably high risk to the health of the individual animal..." Peggy & The Girls -------Original Message------- From: Cindy Date: 4/3/2012 11:30:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Chihuahuas] Yearly Vaccines Hi Everyone, My vet's office just sent a reminder that Cooper my 15 month old Chi is due for his vaccinations and parasite check. I can't remember who said something about having them check the levels to make sure that he really needs a booster. I don't take any meds myself, and I certainly don't want to give my dogs anything unnecessary or potentially harmful. The ones that he is due for are DA2PPv 1 year immunity, IDEXX Fecal Ova and Parasites by Zin, IDEXX Young Canine Maintenance Profile, and Rabies Canine 1 year Booster. My little Dali had a reaction to the rabies vaccine when she got it for the first time so I am concerned. What do you think? Thanks! Cindy = = -- Carey & Rocco
