what amazes me is that we don't question the booster programmes and the links with AI disorders enough and happily accept vet's advice
....if parents were told that their children needed a MMR booster jab in order to go to school every year wouldn't parents question it?
Doctors are as much professionals as vets, yet we seem to question doctors not vets.
and this really confuses me...what's the difference between boostering cats, and boostering dogs? Surely if you booster one, you should booster the other?
If I was concerned about my dogs protection levels I would titre. It costs about £35.00 from my vet.
However, you can get a low titre and the dog still be protected as titre testing only measures circulating antibodies - it cannot measure memory cells.If you do titre , and get good results - then you're ok. The decision is yours to re-vaccinate or not if you get low results.
Can someone please correct me on this if I'm wrong, but it's my understanding too that the same vacs are given to all dogs - whatever the size. So my assumption is a spaniel would get the same dose as a Great Dane?
I find the whole vaccination thing a minefield, and its a really personal decision which is based on your own research and requirements.
The risks are yours to weigh up, but please do not booster you dog if they are at all unwell
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in my honest opinion, any dog that has reacted to a vaccination should not be vaccinated again, as the likelihood is that the next time they will react more strongly.