Are annual revaccination booster shots really required - Myth Unleashed

in fact studies shows that vaccination is NOT needed for dogs. But i am sure depends as per geographical location and civic sense of the people living. like rabies is not needed in Europe as no case of rabies has been reported since last 40 years plus. but in india seems must as we have hundreds of cases per day. Main reason being no plans being worked out for strays and other mongrels. An average male stray dog of 8 years age produces about 28,400 puppies in his life period. Imagine the volume of puppies and adults on road.

By: Anil @ DoggiesDude | 24 Mar 2009

Dude my bull mastiff pup died of parvo inspite of the fact that the vaccination was done and the booster doses were being given by the vet on a weekly basis.
And three months before this happened to us our Lab pup died of Canine distemper.
Vaccination was given to him as well.
Either I bought infected pups or the vets were jhola chaap.
Write something on this topic keeping in mind the general information available on the net.
how to ensure that one buys a healthy pup and the vet whom u trust so much does not cheat you.

By: abhay | 24 Mar 2009

First every loose stool in India is mentioned as Parvo by many vets without testing. Its just visual diagnosis (hit and trial) done . Many times my dogs who have loose stools have been said to be having parvo but within a day they become fine.lol.. Parvo is very misunderstood here. I am sure your BM did not die due to it. Must have been something else.

By: Anil @ DoggiesDude | 24 Mar 2009

also i want to add that like in humans even after vaccines doc can't make u sure that baby will not get diease which he is getting vaccinated. as i belong to pharma company i want to tell u that even after dpv i.e. polio vaccine 1 out of every 100000 will surely suffer frm polio. more over if vaccines are not transported accurately they get contaminated. and many people keep vaccines in freezer (where ice is made) please keep vaccine down where u keep other eatables.

By: arsh sharma | 24 Mar 2009

Abhay <<>>

I am also suspecting - May be the vaccines at any point of time right from their stage of being manufacturing to the stage of their delivery at your place were improperly stored ie at unambient temperatures .Chances are that the vaccine had lost it's potency by the time it reached it's destination.Also did you checked the date of expiry of those vaccines?

By: Baawli Poonch | 25 Mar 2009

Above all no person can detect or will not dare tto ask Vet about the authentification of the vaccine he is giving. One vet i go to has made a lot of money by doing this.

By: Jitender Pasan | 27 Mar 2009

Great Subject. I TRUST NO ONE. That is the way I live my life.
I buy my vacine from over the internet and straight to my front door. I check the date to be sure they did not send me vacine that is ready to be thrown away. I make sure I tell them that I will check the dates and if it is not good for a long period say, 6 mo, up to 1 yr, then I complain and may send it back. I mostly just let them know that I am up to thier tricks.
I buy all my needles and do not buy vaccines with the needle included as they charge too much for the adding of one lousy needle when I can buy about a hundred needles for pretty cheap.
Depending on who is buying my pups and when they are being shipped is how i vacinate my pups.
I use one room to do all my vaccinations in and bleach it down or keep it clean and germ free. I send the used vials and needles to special collection pick ups off my property.
Most of my puppies go to family companion homes and they let me know if they have ever had a dog die in that household of any type of disease.
Most of the puppies will get a measle shot at 6 wks old. Then at 7 1/2 wks or there abouts they will get a distemper/corona virus shot. at 9 wks i give them a puppy shot but I only give 1/2 of a shot to young or small pups. Most times i only give 1/2 a shot. This will start my pups system to build up.
At 11 wks I give a full puppy shot. None of my puppies have ever died of any diseases in over 15 yrs of breeding.
I make sure that my clients know to take their dogs to the vet. If they have had all of the above shots i tell them that they do not need any shots for about 2 wks. I tell them to start off with a puppy shot. give them 2 - 3 wks then give the parvo shot. by that time the pup is about 14 wks old and can handle the parvo shot.

i hardly ever give a parvo shot to my dogs. My dogs are not show dogs nor do they get around the city or leave the farm. they go for rides in my car/van and go to some parks or up in the mountains but they are not OVER EXPOSED to a large population of dogs. Parvo is not a problem where i live.
I give a one yr boost with parvo and i give a full shot, say an 8 in one from galaxy.

I REFUSE to give my dogs rabies shots: a). because a vet has to do it and i do not
know what they are shooting into my dog and b). because my dogs have a really bad reaction to it and almost die from it. They loose hair/coat, go off their feed for three months. It is only when they get pregnant do they come out of the bad health and thinness. when they get pregnant, right away they begin eating and filling out. the coat comes in and they look like champions in less than one month. It takes about two weeks before i notice that the rabies shot has weakened my dogs.

It is my belief that pharmasotical companies are poisoning our dogs and rendering them unbreedable.
I do recommend that if you live in a rabied nation you must give your dogs rabie shots but wait until they are at least one yr old as i have witnessed a young 4 mo old pup go into seziours three days after a rabie shot. The dog came out of the seziours only after the emergency doctor gave the pup the pills for epilypsy. it took one week for the pups epilyptic seziours to reside. The pup has never had another seziour.
The above works for me and in my situation. i think every breeder has to find what is right for him/her and their enviroment. Hope this helps you guys though... Lois

By: lois schwarz | 01 Oct 2009

what is vac shedule and which company i should go for

By: ls | 20 Jun 2011