Guest ellieb Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Indigo is due for her check-up. (She will be 9 years old in June.) We switched vets for Max, last spring, and plan on taking Indi to the new guy. He is older (mid-60s) and has been in practice for many years. Maximilian went to this vet last May. Dr. did an exam, stool check, collected blood for the HW test, expressed his anal glands and hand-scaled his teeth. He vaccinated him for Bordetella and also gave him "DHLP-PV - Canine". (I think this is a multi-vaccine?) Reminders on Max's paperwork say all things will be repeated each year. He is not due for Rabies until 2010...dr does 3 year. (Just a side note: all of this only cost $112.90) We occasionally go to Meet-n-Greets. The hounds walk around our neighborhood and sniff all manner of pee-mail. We occasionally have other dogs visit. What vaccines are really necessary? How often? Just looking for some opinions. Hoping the vet member weighs in, too. Thanks! Ellie & the gang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burpdog Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Every 3 years and after age 9 or so, it depends is my opinion Thread on Vaccines Quote Diane & The Senior Gang Burpdog Biscuits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellieb Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Every 3 years and after age 9 or so, it depends is my opinion Thread on Vaccines Printed out pages 4-8. Plan on taking them to the vet with me. Rabies is obviously necessary every 3 years, by law. Core vaccines listed: Parvovirus Distemper Adenovirus-2 Those seem to be necessary...yes? Non-core vaccines listed: Parainfluenza Bordetella Leptospira interrogans Do you vaccinate for the non-core ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EmilyAnne Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 On the Rabies vaccine, I just break the law. Nobody has bothered me about it yet. Your law breaking friend, Emily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreytHoundPoet Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 (edited) I do the core ones and bordatella..my dogs go to parks, stores, m&gs and other functions with dogs. Better safe than sorry. Buy I have a houseful of young un's... Edited January 14, 2009 by GreytHoundPoet Quote Masquerade Hounds & The Hounds of East Fairhaven & Ibizan Hound Club of the United States Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SueG201 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 3 yrs for rabies, and I do not vaccinate my dogs for anything else after 2 yrs old. I do not think a 9 yr old dog needs this vaccines anymore just Rabies and only because that is the law Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetdogs Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 3 yrs for rabies, and I do not vaccinate my dogs for anything else after 2 yrs old. I do not think a 9 yr old dog needs this vaccines anymore just Rabies and only because that is the law Ditto. I think a dog being out & about in the world, instead of just the backyard, is building immunity to disease. The core vaccines listed are for what I consider puppy diseases. If your dog has been vaccinated multiple times for them & is an adult, I think the risk of not vaccinating is very low. Quote Deirdre with Conor (Daring Pocobueno), Keeva (Kiowa Mimi Mona), & kittehs Gemma & robthomas. Our beloved angels Faolin & Liath, & kittehs Mona & Caesar. Remembering Bobby, Doc McCoy, & Chip McGrath. "He feeds you, pets you, adores you, collects your poop in a bag. There's only one explanation: you are a hairy little god." Nick Galifinakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotaina Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 If you live in an area where lepto is prevalent, that one is a yearly vaccine. Others are 3 year, as Burpdog noted. Bordatella is given every 6 months at my vet's office. Quote Meredith with Heyokha (HUS Me Teddy) and Crow (Mike Milbury). Missing Turbo (Sendahl Boss), Pancho, JoJo, and "Fat Stacks" Juana, the psycho kitty. Canku wakan kin manipi."Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greyvettech Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 At nine years of age, if she has been vaccinated every previous year, chances are she is still protected for quite some time (even though they say give vax every year) We do 3 year rabies at the clinic I work for- The distemper vaccine (da2pl/cpv/cv) Is very important- I would def vaccinate every year for this despite the age of the hound. Bordetella is important too but every two years is sufficiant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KennelMom Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Every 3 years and after age 9 or so, it depends is my opinion Thread on Vaccines Especially after talking with the specialist that treated Harmony about vaccinations. He agreed we way over-vaccinate dogs in this country and said he recommends every 3 years and rabies as required by law. Vaccinations have been linked to IMHA because they put a load on the immune system (though Harmony was 2 years into her vaccination schedule so it wasn't the case with her). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmom Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 We do lepto every year -- lot of it around here, and we live on the edge of a natural area with lots of animals traversing our yard. We do bordetella (kennel cough) every if we're going out and about among other dogs. Everything else we usually do 3 year. Quote Star aka Starz Ovation (Ronco x Oneco Maggie*, litter #48538), Coco aka Low Key (Kiowa Mon Manny x Party Hardy, litter # 59881), and mom in IllinoisWe miss Reko Batman (Trouper Zeke x Marque Louisiana), 11/15/95-6/29/06, Rocco the thistledown whippet, 04/29/93-10/14/08, Reko Zema (Mo Kick x Reko Princess), 8/16/98-4/18/10, the most beautiful girl in the whole USA, my good egg Joseph aka Won by a Nose (Oneco Cufflink x Buy Back), 09/22/2003-03/01/2013, and our gentle sweet Gidget (Digitizer, Dodgem by Design x Sobe Mulberry), 1/29/2006-11/22/2014, gone much too soon. Never forgetting CJC's Buckshot, 1/2/07-10/25/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Greytdawgs Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 (edited) We do DHPP every three years at our vet hospital. Lepto is given to at risk dogs on a yearly basis. Lyme and bordetella are given yearly to at risk dogs. Rabies is done every three years. We will never give all the vaccines on the same day! There is talk in the veterinary field of going to every 5 years with the dhpp...it remains to be seen what the AVMA and AAHA will recommend. Puppy shots have to be timed appropriately for adequate coverage...if you have a hound with a sketchy background (unknown vaccination status) I think it's a lot safer to booster the DHPP a year later and then perhaps go to the 3 year protocol. I can't tell you how awful it is to see any dog infected with distemper or parvo virus let alone a whole kennel of them (and not all of them were puppies!) Personally, I've seen it and I feel it is worth protecting against. Obviously, if your hound is not feeling 100 %, or has medical problems such as immune mediated disease, cancer, renl failure,etc. you should postpone the vaccines. Edited January 15, 2009 by Greytdawgs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FullMetalFrank Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 We do lepto every year -- lot of it around here, and we live on the edge of a natural area with lots of animals traversing our yard. We do bordetella (kennel cough) every if we're going out and about among other dogs. Everything else we usually do 3 year. Ditto here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan41 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 In the latest edition of Care of the Racing & Retired Greyhound, there is a statement that reads "In addition, the current Bordetella vaccine was developed many years ago and does not provide reliable protection against current strains of Bordetella that cause disease today." Any virus can mutate in order to become more opportunistic, but should we vaccinate "just in case" and hope that a stimulated immune system will react appropriately? Since the big C is a disease of the immune system, will an immune system that is busy reacting to vaccinations fail to respond correctly to the formation of cancer cells? Is there a statistically predictable number of dogs that will succumb to these diseases regardless of vaccination status? It's early and my mind is wandering, but these are the questions that drive me crazy. I realize that there are no guarantees, and everyone should work with their Vet to make the best decisions for their own circumstances, but are there any resources that provide statistics of disease prevalence by county, state or region? Quote Linda, Mom to Fuzz, Barkley, and the felines Miss Kitty, Simon and Joseph.Waiting at The Bridge: Alex, Josh, Harley, Nikki, Beemer, Anna, Frank, Rachel, my heart & soul, Suze and the best boy ever, Dalton.<p> ....for all those hounds that are sick, hurt, lost or waiting for their forever homes. SENIORS ROCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubcitypam Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 At nine I would only give lepto (if I lived in a high risk are -- like here) in addition to rabies as required by law. Unlike the others in DHLPP lepto really does only provide protection (though partial) for a year. My vet thinks bordatella is pretty much vastly overrated and doesn't push except in boarding situations where you have to have it. I went to 3 year on DHPP eight years ago after my first grey died of Immune Medited Hemolytic Anemia shortly after her shots. A vet on another board recommended it and the more homwork I did the more every 3 years made sense. It is now pretty much the norm here. I'd say out of 50 or so vet clinics we call from work for vaccination updates only about 5 still push yearly DHLPP for older dogs with proven vaccination history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellieb Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I really appreciate everyone's input. I hate to put something in my dogs' systems that is unnecessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellieb Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I plan to definitely tell my vet that I want to vaccinate every 3 years. Which vaccines are crucial? We live in SW Ohio. Ticks are not a problem, at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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