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Better safe than sorry.
My vet is not a huge believer in the vaccine as his guess is it works on about half the strains. There is an especially nasty strain plowing through Dallas and taking out vaccinated dogs right and left.
Not that my work is the be all and end all, but they recommend Bordatella every six months if there is nose to nose contact with another dog and I spend quite a bit of time squirting boosters up noses. It truly is a crapshoot but may give you some protection. Can't hurt and might help.
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Cheryl, Lynn or Pam will answer more in depth, but I do believe that they get DHPP yearly and rabies according to state law...or maybe yearly too as that would allow the dog to travel to or thru states with different vaccination laws. I think kennels do give heartworm preventative, though it may be in the form of liquid Ivermectin, which is the active ingredient in Heartgard.
As far as kennel cough, you can vaccinate for it all day long and still have a dog catch it. My vet estimates that it only works on about half the strains though some cite higher numbers. There is an especially bad strain running rampant through Dallas this summer and vaccinated dogs are catching it right and left.
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If you don't have ticks Advantage works WAAAAYYYY better than Frontline. Adams spray works very well on beds, furniture, etc. and smells great.
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Boys...The bigger they are the sweeter they are.
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I adopted out a male dog that had Lupus and he had a good and happy life with treatment for several years after his diagnosis. It does seem autoimmune often hits girls harder than boys...maybe ask you vet?
My only direct experience was with IMHA...detected by the Coombs test.
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If she is that tuned into Honey, make sure she sees her if you have to send her off
I agree. Poodle and Rex were inseperable. At the end when Rex was fighting the moraphine Poo was beside himself. When the time came for Rex to go to the bridge I took Poodle with, much to some people's chagrin. Poodle never grieved...I don't know if that was because he got to say goodbye or not.
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I'd ask long and hard about the AAHA protocol posted above and the fact that most every vet school has gone to 3 year. Everything except rabies is up to you and titers, in my book, can be very inaccurate.
I don't think a titer for rabies will do you any good as most states don't take rabies titers in lieu of vacination except possibly in extreme immune related circumstances.
I'd look for a new vet.
My vet is on board for 3 year with everything except lepto -- which is kind of a double edged sword as lepto alone is more than twice as much as DHLPP.
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Run free sweet girlie
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Even though some vets say that my Girls horrible death from Immune Mediated Hemoltic Anemia was not caused by her annuals that were given shortly before she went from fine to dead in 48 hours...that was what the vet listed as cause of death -- vaccine induced IMHA. I still believe that that was the trigger. Hers was a terrible death and if going to a 3 year protocol can reduce the odds, then that is what I've done since with my vets blessing. Lepto has to be every year if you are in a risk zone tho.
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Yep, A&M here in the great State of Texas. (think we should have them retested, you know, I always here them Aggies are kinda slow.....)
kidding, just kidding to all Aggie peeps!
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My vet told me last year it was making a rampant comback around here and shots HAD TO HAD TO be 5 way instead of 4 way. Remember, it only lasts a year so take that into account if on 3 year protocal as we are.
What do "5 way" and "4 way" mean?
4 way is DHPP
Distemper
Hepatitis
Parainfluenza
Parvo
5 way is DHLPP
Distemper
Hepatitis
Lepto
Parainfluenza
Parvo
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My vet told me last year it was making a rampant comback around here and shots HAD TO HAD TO be 5 way instead of 4 way. Remember, it only lasts a year so take that into account if on 3 year protocal as we are.
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Thoughts and prayers for both of you from Texas
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They sell it at Walgreens, CVS and WalMart. The prices at Walmart are good. It is a herb that helps liver function.
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The certificate has a lot more weight than the tag. The tag is pretty much useless except in tracking down a stray with no other tags. All of my dogs that were done by track vets did not have tags. I wouldn't sweat it at all.
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No ticks but fleas = Advantage by a mile
All the Adams stuff is really good and all I use except for Advantage as no ticks in this neighborhood. I am almost afraid to say that after our recent cleansing I am sort of growing attached to the smell of the Adams spray....
...sorta like new car smell 
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Many good pet supply stores will carry Advantage which is really better for fleas in my opinion than Frontline. You don't need a prescription to buy Advantage.
Get some Adams spray and spray bedding, furniture, etc. It works and smells really good. You could also use it on him for the errant flea if you want to wait for the Frontline.
Ann is right, if you don't have ticks Advantage works waaayyy better on fleas.
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I was thinking of you at work today. We have a little Cav boarding. I took her out, cleaned her perfectly clean cage (good girl!) and helped her back in after playtime. She is such a little sweetheart. Her name is Charlotte.
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Thoughts and prayers from here. Run free sweetie.
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If you have a hose wet down his paws and belly
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Don't know the terminology but when I was growing up we had "red ants" and "sugar ants". The red ants were big and red (natch) and the sugar ants were little and black. Red ant bites would be red and hurt and itch but not fill with liquid.
Enter fire ants. Smaller than red ants (probably your army ants) but their bites get filled with liquid and swell up. They say not to pop the bites but I do to let the clear stuff drain out and it heals way quicker.
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Oh my goodness Bonnie. Godspeed sweet Pud.
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Go to wally world and get a wading pool out there TODAY while you negotiate.
...sorta like new car smell 
Need Opinion On Broken Toe Treatment
in Health and Medical discussion
Posted · Edited by Hubcitypam
Buck broke one of his weightbearing toes on his left front last year. My vet absolutely refused to splint it saying that that transferred the pressure further up the leg and could cause way more problems unless I wanted to keep Buck confined to a kennel for weeks it was better to let it heal on its own. It did heal on its own in about 4-5 weeks.
Pam (who is nursing a broken next-to-piggy-toe on her right foot and just letting it heal)