booster...

just wondering do you get your sbt its booster every year....

Buster is due his shot actually, Ill have to sort it out for next week. He hates it.

Yes kaiser is going for his on monday

I plan on it once its due especially for Parvo there are so many farms around here either side of me and alot of people who don't get their dogs vaccination at all so there's too much risk.

Yep, every year...

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I do until they are 8 years old then I stop as they have there own immunity build up

Yer, anually, she's fine with it but then this will only be her second, due next month

yeh will be getting Milly's booster and Lady has her's every year, when I was 13 we lost a dog to parvo I will never forget how the dog suffered.

I was told that even if a dog has been immunised that Parvo will get them anyway, is this correct?

whmon wrote:I was told that even if a dog has been immunised that Parvo will get them anyway, is this correct?

I was under the impression that parvo was covered in there injections the vet said it was when we had Millys injection but I may have miss heard.

whmon wrote:I was told that even if a dog has been immunised that Parvo will get them anyway, is this correct?

if you leave to long inbetween there boosters and if the dog picks up parvo just before there jab they will still get it thats why its important to get it when its due and not put it off

will be getting Logans every year! love him to much to not! and a parent would immunize their child (i assume, as i dont have kids!!)

They do build up there own immunity against the disease and its a ongoing argument between vets and dog organisations that there is no need to immunise yearly but the vets are a buisness and they do encourage it done yearly. I suppose its a chance to get the dog looked over as well but my vets promote blood tests that will tell you what is likely to go wrong for your dog in elderly life and the approx age of death

gem wrote: They do build up there own immunity against the disease and its a ongoing argument between vets and dog organisations that there is no need to immunise yearly but the vets are a buisness and they do encourage it done yearly. I suppose its a chance to get the dog looked over as well but my vets promote blood tests that will tell you what is likely to go wrong for your dog in elderly life and the approx age of death

Yes vets are a business at the end of the day and dogs do build up their own immunity but i suppose to depends on the disease like you get sever cases of parvo which a dog could not fight off then you have the milder cases which they can i think it really depends on the dog on its strengh and health but living so closely to farms i don't think i will be taking the risk even if my lot are in good condition.

definateley mainly cus of the fact we at stables every day but also cus parvo is evil if can help stop it in my dogs i will

We dont get Kennel cough though as its a load of *! We got both of ours vaccinated religeously and they got Kennel cough within a month and suffered terribly from it and the expensive vaccination (we discovered by talking to the vet) probably is a waste of your money because just like the common cold, the darned Kennel cough keeps mutating so last years vaccine is this years dud! Go for the regular vaccination, and do yourself a favour, just keep your babies away from othere dogs if Kennel cough is going around (and dont let them drink out of communal water bowls, thats how our 2 got it!).